Three prison officers have lost their separate High Court challenges related to internal transfers and bullying allegations within the Irish Prison Service.

The Department of Defence has agreed to pay financial compensation and provide extra days leave to soldiers after it was alleged they worked excessive hours which breached the EU Working Time Directive (WTD).

Was Ethel Gavin’s transfer actually an attempt to cover up a dangerous mistake in the prison service? asks Michael Clifford

There was a major security incident in Portlaoise Prison last weekend when a prisoner in a high-security wing was not accounted for at evening lock-up and had to later approach prison officers and ask to be put into his cell.

Convicted killer Frederick 'Freddie' Thompson has brought a High Court challenge over what he claims is the " extremely oppressive" and the "severe" regime he is being subjected to at Portlaoise Prison.

The family of murdered prison officer Brian Stack will meet with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris later to get answers over his killing.

There was a far greater turnout by voters registered to vote at Mountjoy prison in the recent European and local elections than in some of the surrounding areas outside the prison in Dublin.

Sources at every level within the Irish Prison Service have contacted the Irish Examiner over the years to express concerns, ranging from sexual harassment to malpractice in the investigation of deaths in custody, writes Michael Clifford

The four cases claiming breach of the Working Time Directive (WTD) within the Defence Forces have been adjourned after the Department of Defence offered to enter into mediation talks with the organisation taking them.

A man serving a 20-year sentence arising from the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke has failed to get a High Court inquiry into his detention on grounds he is illegally detained in an "alien" county, Co Laois, where the people are "GAA supporters to a child".

The High Court has ordered the extradition of a man to Northern Ireland in connection with the alleged murder of prison officer David Black.

An official complaint has been made to the Health & Safety Authority (HSA) about the dire conditions soldiers guarding Portlaoise Prison have to endure.

The State is bracing itself for the outcomes of around 880 court cases on “slopping out” in prisons after it lost a landmark action in the High Court.

Nearly 900 pints of homemade alcohol was confiscated from prisoners in Irish jails last year, new figures have revealed, writes Darragh McDonagh.

Nearly 900 pints of homemade alcohol was confiscated from prisoners in Irish jails last year, new figures have revealed.

Riot squad teams were deployed over 370 times at Portlaoise maximum security prison last year.

Prison authorities will consider the need for a high-security unit for gang bosses after Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald opened up the possibility of such a move.

The programme examined events in the months leading up to the murder of the garda and the maiming of Ms Phillips in October 2015.

Scissor sister, Charlotte Mulhall, 32, and killer waitress, Marta Herda, 29, are just two of 10 women serving life sentences in Ireland.

Detectives investigating the shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly have denied that offers to drop a murder charge were made to an accused man who turned prosecution witness before he gave a statement about the case.

Defence lawyers at a dissident republican's murder trial are challenging the evidence of an accused man who turned prosecution witness.

The son of a man killed by the IRA says his family has been subjected to a "pattern of untruthful deception".

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has become embroiled in a damaging row with the son of provisional IRA victim Brian Stack after insisting he received the names of four people involved in his murder from the grieving family.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has called on Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to clarify who gave him the names of four senior provisional IRA members who may have been involved in the 1983 murder of prison officer Brian Stack.

Exclusive footage of former drug lord John Gilligan making the most of his time spent in Portlaoise prison has been uncovered by TV3 documentary ‘Paul Williams: State of Fear’.

High-support units should be introduced in all Irish prisons and prison staff should get ongoing training on mental health issues, an inquest jury recommended yesterday after returning a verdict of suicide in the case of a prisoner who was found dead in his cell over three years ago.

Defects inherent in the old Cork Prison building in terms of housing vulnerable and suicidal prisoners have been rectified at the new multi-million euro facility, Cork Coroners’ Court heard yesterday.

The number of sex offenders currently in Irish jails makes up one of the largest groups in the prison system.

An application for the release of jailed Alan Hutch, whose father Eddie Hutch was among the victims of the gangland feud still raging in inner-city Dublin, has been adjourned pending a High Court decision tomorrow.

Convicted criminals have been gifted more than €1m in ‘bus money’ to cover the cost of transport following their release from jail since 2009, new figures have revealed.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed as an “abuse of process” Brian Meehan’s bid to have his conviction for murdering journalist Veronica Guerin declared a miscarriage of justice.

Prison officers have told an inquest that they would have placed a prisoner, deemed by medical staff in another prison to be at “unprecedented” risk of suicide, in a padded cell had they known the level of risk.

The partner of a prisoner deemed to be at “unprecedented” risk of suicide said she was extremely concerned for his welfare during a prison visit just days before he was found dead in his cell.

A former detective garda has hit out at the lack of “danger money” for gardaí even though he claimed they are doing the same job of prison officers, who have shared in a €1m allowances for dealing with dangerous criminals.

A father and son have appeared in court charged with helping an armed robber escape from custody last February.

Prison authorities are struggling to combat the problem of smuggling in Irish jails, with new figures revealing that more than 3,200 drug seizures have taken place in prisons over the past three years.

The Taoiseach’s recent claims about deploying the Army to man ATMs at the height of the banking crisis appear to be true. So what would such a situation entail, asks Tom Clonan