1st May 2014
IPRT statements & other media reactions to the publishing of the report, 7 years and 9 months after his death in Mountjoy Prison.
5th April 2014
Writing in the 'Irish Examiner', IPRT Executive Director Deirdre Malone underlines the importance of the protection of communication between lawyer and client from disclosure.
1st April 2014
Today Taoiseach Enda Kenny revealed to the Dáil that phone calls between prisoners and their solicitors were 'inadvertently recorded' by the Irish Prison Service. Press Rel
4th January 2014
The Irish Examiner's Cormac O'Keefe interviews IPRT Executive Director Liam Herrick about the factors contributing to the conditions at Cork Prison.
31st December 2013
TheJournal.ie reports on the high level of sharing of cells in the Irish Prison System as demonstrated by the Irish Prison Service's October 2013 'Census of Prison Cell Occupancy and In-cell Sanitation'. TheJournal.ie also discusses the issue with IPRT Executive Director Liam Herrick.
27th December 2013
Stephen Collins writes about a Department of Justice memo on prison population from 1983, released this month under the '30-year rule'.
21st November 2013
IPRT's Liam Herrick spoke to RTÉ Morning Ireland about the issue of temporary release and overcrowding at the Dóchas Centre women's prison.
1st November 2013
Cormac O'Keefe, writing in the Irish Examiner, reports on the drop in the number of prisoners held in solitary confinement since July.
21st October 2013
Today's RTÉ ‘Morning Edition’ programme visited Wheatfield prison as part of its ‘Doors Open’ series. In studio IPRT's Liam Herrick was interviewed about current issues in the prison system.
16th October 2013
Article in today's Irish Independent reports on Government and Civil Society reaction to the development of a new national children's detention centre at Oberstown
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.