Midlands Prison, with 891 beds, is operating at 113 per cent, with 1,011 inmates in custody as of Friday, according to prison service figures. Portlaoise Prison is the most overcrowded at present ...

Convicted drugs trafficker Nathan McDonnell remains under threat from Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and, for his own safety, is set to remain on the same landing of Portlaoise Prison where he was ...