‘COWBOY steaks,’ avocados, and sugar-free Monster drinks were among the items hand-delivered to subversive prisoners in the country’s highest-security jail. Special arrangements for inmates at ...

INNOVATIVE inmates have counteracted new prison nets to stop drone deliveries – with contraband flown directly onto a jail landing this week. The Irish Sun can reveal how lags at Portlaoise Prison lit ...

Councillors in Laois are calling for Portlaoise Prison, which has housed some of the country’s most high-profile prisoners, to be turned into a museum. The primary high-security facility, which has a ...

A prisoner has died at Midlands Prison in Portlaoise as a result of a suspected drug overdose. The inmate, understood to have been in his 30s, was discovered in his cell in the Laois jail on Sunday ...

General view of Portlaoise Prison in Portlaoise, Co. Laois(Image: Collins) The Government is to install new netting in all prison yards to stop crime gangs from using drones to drop drugs and ...

The 39-year-old is not allowed to interact with any other prisoners and is being detained in a single cell where he will stay for 23 hours a day. Everything he does will be supervised Sean McGovern ...

RTÉ report that for unexplained reasons, Mr Rosney was taken to Cloverhill Prison instead of the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, where he was an inpatient many times. Held in custody for some ...