As part of the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) Strategic Plan 2023-2026, one of our main goals is to campaign for a progressive criminal justice system that upholds human rights. Engagement with the media plays a large part in that as we discuss our evidence-based research, advocate for people in prison, and work to change attitudes and challenge misconceptions about people in the criminal justice system.
Below you will see a list of most of IPRT's media features including recordings of radio discussions, links to TV appearances, and access to written articles and opinion pieces. You can also listen back to long-form recorded discussions with podcast hosts on our Podcast webpage.
27th September 2011
IPRT's Liam Herrick appeared on RTÉ's 'Prime Time' in a report on imprisonment of fine-defaulters, which asked whether the Courts are dealing with the issue in the most appropriate manner, given the straitened financial times in which we are living?
17th September 2011
Writing in 'The Irish Times', Carol Coulter reports on Minister Shatter's "wide-ranging speech" at the Irish Penal Reform Trust’s annual lecture.
7th September 2011
Paul Walsh reports on the release of the Report of the Thornton Hall Project Review Group and the IPRT's response to the recommendations made.
26th August 2011
The Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2010 reveals further worrying increases in the Irish prison population. Liam Herrick discusses this and other issues emerging from the report.
13th August 2011
Calls for improved prison conditions and an independent complaints system for prisoners are among the items under consideration during the UN periodic review of Ireland, 'The Irish Times' reports.
11th August 2011
June Shannon examines whether the State is meeting the basic human rights of Irish prisoners with a mental illness in an overcrowded and decaying jail system.
8th August 2011
Dr Mary Rogan, Chairperson of IPRT, talked to 'News at One' about current proposals to tackle prison overcrowding, including incentivised early release; Jane Mulcahy, IPRT Research & Policy Officer spoke to RTÉ Nine News.
5th August 2011
Mountjoy Prison is to remain open even after the planned new Thornton Hall prison is completed, writes Conor Lally in today's 'Irish Times'.
20th July 2011
Senior Counsel, Michael O’Higgins and former prisoners John and Eamonn talked to RTÉ's Pat Kenny about prison conditions.
29th June 2011
A man imprisoned for non-payment of a dog licence fine talked to TV3's 'Midweek' about his experience; IPRT's Liam Herrick was in studio to respond.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.