Women speak out about being instructed to remove underwear on visits to Irish prisons

The issue was raised in the Dáil yesterday following a report by the 'Irish Examiner' of a solicitor being forced to remove her bra in order to attend an urgent meeting with her client in Cloverhill Prison.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has demanded a review of an incident in which a solicitor was told to remove her bra to gain entry to a prison for a meeting with a client.

Details of the incident, first reported by the Irish Examiner, have sparked further complaints from women who were subjected to similar experiences while visiting Irish prisons.