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Climate activist charged with trespassing at TCD to spend Christmas in jail
- Environment
- December 23, 2020, 19:08
A Dublin-based postgraduate student turned climate protester, Ronan Browne, will spend Christmas in jail after refusing to comply with bail conditions(...)

The Irish Times view on prisons: Old problems resurface
- Editorial
- November 30, 2020, 01:00
Familiar themes emerged last week around Irish penal policy. Unresolved issues have not gone away and some of the problems that dogged the prison serv(...)

Man charged with people-trafficking at Rosslare Port
- Irish News
- November 27, 2020, 19:51
A Bulgarian man has been charged with two people-trafficking offences after two people were found hidden in a truck at Rosslare Port on Thursday eveni(...)

Growing number of people in pre-trial custody for minor offences
- Crime & Law
- November 25, 2020, 01:00
Prison overcrowding is being driven by a massive increase in defendants being placed in pre-trial custody on minor charges, according to an internal P(...)

Mentally ill prisoner found naked on floor of solitary confinement cell
- Crime & Law
- November 24, 2020, 00:02
A European committee investigating conditions in Irish prisons found a severely mentally ill inmate lying naked on the floor of his cell, with faeces (...)

Aryzta chief executive Kevin Toland steps down
- Agribusiness & Food
- November 19, 2020, 20:55
Kevin Toland stepped down as chief executive of Aryzta on Thursday in a shake-up of management at the embattled baked goods company. Shareholders hav(...)

Midlands Prison believe Covid outbreak contained after five inmates test positive
- Crime & Law
- November 2, 2020, 19:17
Prison authorities are confident they have contained a Covid-19 outbreak in the country’s largest prison. Mass testing has been ongoing in the Midlan(...)

Food giants circle embattled Aryzta
- Agribusiness & Food
- August 21, 2020, 05:15
US-based Flowers Foods and Hostess Brands, Japan’s Yamazaki Baking and Grupo Bimbo of Mexico have emerged as possible buyers for troubled Swiss-Irish (...)

Prisons see huge increase in ‘hooch’ seizures during lockdown
- Crime & Law
- August 11, 2020, 02:55
Irish prisoners, like much of the rest of the country, took to the drink in a big way during the coronavirus lockdown. Figures obtained through a Fre(...)

Airport immigration detention facility still not operational
- Crime & Law
- August 11, 2020, 02:53
A dedicated immigration detention facility due to open at Dublin Airport in June 2019 is lying unused 14 months after its scheduled opening. The new (...)