The DPP has agreed to review his refusal to prosecute prison officers for perjury concerning an incident where a convicted rapist was assaulted in custody, the High Court has heard.

More than 3,500 makeshift daggers and other deadly weapons were seized by prison officers working in jails during the past five years — an average of two every day.

The British Government has won its High Court bid to obtain a permanent ban on industrial action by prison officers.

Three prison officers are awaiting the results of HIV tests after being bitten by a convicted rapist in Midlands Prison, Portlaoise.

Prison officers are calling for gangland criminals to be separated in our jails.

Officers at the country’s only maximum security jail have shared a €1m windfall in ‘danger money’ backpay for dealing with some of the most dangerous criminals.

The Irish Prison Service (ISP) has been criticised over the accuracy of record keeping of checks by prison officers on vulnerable prisoners in two separate investigations into the deaths of prison inmates.

Prison officers have called for tougher sanctions for inmates who attack staff after a fresh incident in which a convicted murderer tried to choke an officer in Portlaoise Prison.

Prison officers escorting high-risk prisoners are to be issued with anti-stab vests, batons and incapacitant spray, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said.

Two prison officers were slashed across the face and head after trying to bring breakfast to an inmate in isolation.

Industrial action planned at the country’s prisons has been deferred following an intervention by the Labour Relations Commission.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald faces the prospect of potential industrial action by prison officers just hours after she meets officials from the Prison Officers’ Association tomorrow morning.