Ten prisoners are being treated for suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison. A number of prisoners were taken to hospital by ambulance after the incidents while others received treatment at the ...

Irish soldiers have been withdrawn from guard duty at Portlaoise Prison after 51 years due to the declining numbers of subversive prisoners. Since 1973 the Co Laois prison has been guarded by a ...

Armed military personnel will be withdrawn from Portlaoise Prison later this year. The Cabinet approved the request from Justice Minister Helen McEntee at a meeting on Wednesday morning.

Three prisoners remain in serious condition in intensive care following suspected drug overdoses in Portlaoise Prison earlier this week. Another two prisoners are being kept in hospital for ...

Ten prisoners are being treated for suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison. A number of prisoners were taken to hospital by ambulance after the incidents while others received treatment at the ...

Ten prisoners are being treated for suspected overdoses from synthetic drugs at a prison in Ireland. Inmates from Portlaoise Prison, Co Laois, were rushed to hospital by ambulance following the ...