Assistant governor of Cloverhill Prison, Mark Delaney, told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court that the success of the pilot project at Mountjoy meant netting was now being rolled out across the prison network.

A message from their director of operations said they had done everything in their power to deal with overcrowding in jails as numbers in custody approached 5,000.

Officers investigating the smuggling of controlled drugs and contraband into prisons have carried out searches.

A “danger to society”, who was spending €600 a week on drugs, has been jailed for a further two years for headbutting a graveyard flower seller

The officer was treated at Dublin’s Mater Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

At his trial in the Central Criminal Court last month, David Dunne, with a last address in Summerhill, Dublin 1, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr O’Connor (34) on the July 29th, 2022 at Mountjoy Prison, North Circular Road, Dublin 7

David Dunne had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert O’Connor on the 29th of July 2022 at Mountjoy Prison

David Dunne (40), with a last address in Summerhill, Dublin 1, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert O’Connor on July 29th, 2022, at Mountjoy Prison.

David Dunne (40), with a last address in Summerhill, Dublin 1, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert O’Connor on July 29th, 2022, at Mountjoy Prison.

Eamon Shield was slashed across his face in Mountjoy Prison by Christopher Coakley, cousin of Kinahan cartel murder victim Derek Coakley Hutch

The court did not require the teacher to purge his contempt, the judge said

Mr Burke, who appeared before the High Court on Friday, remains in prison where he has spent the last eight months over his refusal to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath.

The three prisoners were being transported from Mountjoy Prison to the Central Criminal Court when the prison transport waggon was struck by a food delivery truck

A Mountjoy prison officer found a sock which contained a black Sony smartphone inside a cavity wall, the court was told

Enoch Burke has now spent over 275 days in prison.

CCTV played to the court showed six prisoners, including Crosbie, attacking a man near a billiards table.

Stephen Penrose has brought High Court proceedings over his placement in solitary confinement in Mountjoy Prison, where he is serving a sentence for murdering his friend, Philip Finnegan

The teacher said compliance with the order would be like "giving up" his religious beliefs and an endorsement of transgenderism

Ross Thompson (24) pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Mountjoy Prison on December 18th, 2018

Judge Michele Finan imposed eight-month sentences in their Dublin District Court cases but suspended the final three months for Ward and two for Jones.