15% of prisoners are foreign nationals, with most from other EU states

Just under one in seven inmates in Irish jails are foreign nationals, with the vast bulk of them from other EU states, according to new research.

Just under one in seven inmates in Irish jails are foreign nationals, with the vast bulk of them from other EU states, according to new research.

A study by criminologists at Maynooth University found that Ireland’s rate (15%) of foreign national prisoners (FNPs) is the same as the EU median.