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Prison inspector concerned at lack of progress on HMP Magilligan recommendations

Prison inspectors have voiced concern at progress against recommendations made at HMP Magilligan in Co Londonderry. More progress was found to have been made at HMP Maghaberry in Co Antrim but inspectors concluded there remains “much to do” to ...

08 Feb 2024 at 09:24

Derry News

Four prison officers off due to incidents

Derry Magistrate's Court heard today how a man on remand in Maghaberry had been involved in incidents in the last number of days that had resulted in four prison officers going off. Ciaran Cregan (31) of no fixed abode is charged with ...

07 Jan 2022 at 18:00

Northern Ireland

Concern over Prison Service resources to support inmates with multiple needs

Concern has been expressed that Northern Ireland’s Prison Service does not have the resources it needs to support inmates with multiple health issues. Prisoner Ombudsman Dr Lesley Carroll was speaking following an investigation into ...

15 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Twenty prisoners to run their own Belfast Marathon in aid of charity

Twenty prisoners are to run in the Belfast Marathon on Sunday – along their own course in Maghaberry Prison to raise money for charity. Administrators of the Belfast Marathon have measured an official course inside the maximum ...

02 May 2025 at 11:00

Local News

Striking barristers asked to ‘reflect’ on impact of action on prisons

Striking criminal barristers in Northern Ireland have been asked to “reflect” on the impact their action is having on the stretched prison service. Justice Minister Naomi Long told MLAs that trial delays were increasing the ...

25 Feb 2025 at 08:20

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland catfish abuser who drove girl, 12, to suicide to be sentenced today

An online predator from Northern Ireland who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life is set to be sentenced. Alexander McCartney, 26, has admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, although a court ...

25 Oct 2024 at 00:02

Northern Ireland

Man unlawfully at large after being granted compassionate bail to attend funeral

A man believed by police to be the lead member of an organised crime gang which targeted the elderly is unlawfully at large. The PSNI said Ray Lee, 30, failed to return to Maghaberry Prison last month after being granted ...

15 Sept 2023 at 11:52

Northern Ireland

Striking barristers asked to ‘reflect’ on impact of action on prisons

24 Feb 2025 at 17:17

Northern Ireland

Online catfishing abuser believed to have targeted 3,500 victims across world

A Northern Ireland man at the centre of a global web of catfishing, blackmail and sexual abuse is believed by police to have targeted about 3,500 children. From the bedroom of his childhood home near Newry, Alexander ...

25 Oct 2024 at 15:07

Local News

Prisons running out of space to hold offenders, MLAs told

Prisons in Northern Ireland are running out of space following a sharp increase in the number of offenders in custody, Justice Minister Naomi Long has warned. Ms Long told MLAs that the prison population in the ...

11 Mar 2024 at 18:30

Local News

Alleged mistreatment of County Derry republican prisoner described as 'inhumane'

A local councillor has described the alleged mistreatment of a republican prisoner in Maghaberry jail as 'inhumane'. Dermot Burke, from Drum Road in Dungiven, was remanded in custody after he appeared in court ...

19 Mar 2024 at 16:00

Local News

Tyrone man pleads guilty at Derry Crown Court to Waterside burglaries

A twenty-two years old Co. Tyrone man who is currently in custody in Maghaberry Prison has pleaded guilty at his arraignment before the Crown Court in Derry to burgling two houses in the Waterside area of ...

08 May 2025 at 20:30

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