Almost 800 drug seizures in prisons this year

There were almost 800 drug seizures in Irish prisons in the first nine months of this year, the Department of Justice has confirmed.

Mountjoy accounted for 310 of the seizures, followed by Wheatfield with 126 and Midlands Prison with 100.

Castlerea, Cloverhill, and Limerick prisons had the next highest numbers at 60, 61, and 57 respectively while in Cork prison, drugs were confiscated 16 times.