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“It is a sad fact that the prison population includes a significant number of individuals who are highly vulnerable.” Photograph: istockphoto

Spike in prison inmate deaths last year with 22 fatalities

Expert calls for inquiry into rate of self harm and suicide in prisons across island of Ireland

An image of an recent LÉ Eithne rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

Irish Times Ipsos MRBI Poll Attitudes to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean

Analysis of election spending for the last general election and subsequent byelections shows successful TDs spent an average of €18,746 campaigning. Image: Paul Scott

Election expenses How much did your TD spend per first preference vote?

Three-quarters of inmates in North have a mental health or addiction issue

Stormont Justice Minister orders review of support services for vulnerable prisoners

Society is measured in part by how it treats its prisoners

A better understanding of rehabilitation is required if the public is to be protected

A third of prisoners who died in last 10 years were on release

‘If you have been in prison for a long time, your tolerance for drugs is probably a lot lower’

Hacked Yahoo data is for sale on the dark web

Three buyers have each paid $300,000 for the information, says cybersecurity firm chief

Dozens of Irish prisoners held in solitary confinement

Of 51 inmates in solitary last January, nine had spent more than a year in isolation

Cured: The Tale Of Two Imaginary Boys review – no inside story here

Former member Lol Tolhurst’s account soars when talking about the Cure’s early days

Suicide deaths in North hit 318 – the highest on record

Figures obtained by Detail Data show of suicide fatalities registered, 245 were male

Most IT companies unsure of data regulations, survey shows

‘People are confused’ as negotiations surrounding Privacy Shield agreement continue

Digital data deal with US must prioritise vulnerable citizens

European Parliament to vote on Privacy Shield agreement

There isn’t a single app on my tablet or phone that I don’t resent or mistrust

Annoying and sneaky apps deliberately lie to you

Benefacts site brings financial transparency to 18,600 groups

Free-to-access website on civil society bodies aims to provide one-stop-shop for core data

Big Data: Don’t put the chart before the horse

Before jumping into data science, business executives need to work out what they’re trying to accomplish with big data, and data scientists need to think more like business execs

Insights into the trails we leave in the digital world

Book review: Big Data In Practice by Bernard Marr

Paramilitaries active on large scale in North, study shows

Republican and loyalist gangs killed 22 and forced almost 4,000 from home since 2006

European Court of Justice is human rights Rottweiler

ECJ has gone from being almost invisible to giving the US government a good, hard shake

Microsoft sues US government over customer privacy

Authorities allowed to look at emails without a person’s knowledge

FBI tried to beat encryption more than ten years ago

Newly-available documents show recent iPhone battle not US authorities’ first such effort

European Parliament passes tougher data protection laws

Rules aimed at streamlining legislation between member states

Journalist gets two years in prison in LA Times hacking case

Former Reuters editor convicted of helping Anonymous to log on to Times sites

EU watchdogs unhappy with transatlantic data transfer pact

European Commission urged not to ratify successor to Safe Harbour without changes

White House declines to support encryption legislation

Law would allow US judges to force tech companies to help police to access protected data

Property prices up 8% in year to end of February

Residential prices in Dublin decreased by 0.1 last month, but 4% higher over the year

Rents higher than at peak in boom with 9.8% rise nationally

Dublin rents last year up 9.5% for houses and 8.7% for apartments

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This year Ireland received a record number of nominations for the Oscars. Irish Times Data examines Ireland’s association with the world’s most famous statuette

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