‘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 ...

CARTEL leader Daniel Kinahan “won’t receive a warm welcome” from his locked-up lieutenant Sean McGovern if he is eventually extradited to Ireland from Dubai. It’s understood McGovern, along with ...

Gardaí in Portlaoise, supported by the Divisional Drugs Unit and Detective Unit, recently carried out a successful operation targeting the use of drones to deliver contraband into the Midlands and ...

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 ...

Once he is deported back to Ireland, it is likely Daniel Kinahan will be held in Portlaoise Prison along with other cartel members.

Wife killer Joe O’Reilly was joined by his ‘very devoted’ partner as he celebrated graduating from a university course behind ...

Two drones delivering what is believed to be drugs and phones into the Midlands and Portlaoise Prison complex were intercepted by gardaí (Pic: Collins) Two drones delivering what is believed to be ...

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The 6ft 4in murderer was honoured at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, Co Laois, after completing his Open University course ...