In the north inner-city, tenants of 15 years evicted so council can buy their home
Dublin City Council is buying 40 homes in the Northbank apartments. It is not clear how many tenants have been evicted for the deal to proceed.
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Too many people are kept in their cells between 19 and 24 hours a day, says chief prison inspector
"It really is an absolutely critical issue," says Mark Kelly.
A documentary follows the ripples of the 1981 hunger strike to the California prison system
"The Strike" is due to be screened in Dublin, Belfast and Cork this month.
Inmates still earn just 50 cents for a day’s work in Irish prisons
While costs of basic items have risen, including snacks bought from the prison shop to fill long gaps between meals.
More than 900 people are on waitlists for addiction supports in Ireland’s prisons
The longest queue is in Dublin’s Mountjoy, where more than 240 people languish on the waitlist for counselling for substance addiction.