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Serious drug problem at Maghaberry Prison highlighted by inspectors

More than a quarter of inmates surveyed in an inspection report said they had developed issues with drugs while inside Maghaberry Prison. The report has highlighted a “serious drug problem” at the high security Co Antrim prison and has called for ...

16 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

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 region had increased by more than ...

11 Mar 2024 at 16:24

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 security ...

02 May 2025 at 11:00

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 has ...

25 Oct 2024 at 00:02

Northern Ireland

Police to investigate after prisoners gain access to roof at Maghaberry

Police are to investigate an incident in which four prisoners gained access to the roof of a building at Maghaberry Prison. The incident in the Co Antrim prison occurred on Wednesday and was brought under control without ...

14 Jul 2022 at 20:43

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 ...

15 Sept 2023 at 11:52

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, ...

25 Oct 2024 at 15:07

DerryNow

Man who stole 17 steaks from supermarket jailed to 'protect' Limavady shopkeepers

A County Derry man who stole 17 steaks from a Limavady shop has been jailed for four months to 'protect' local shopkeepers. Appearing, via videolink from Maghaberry Prison, before Limavady Magistrates ...

09 Aug 2023 at 18:30

Northern Ireland

Abuse victim ‘left feeling suicidal’ after photos were shared with friends

A victim of David John Andrews has told how she was left suicidal after he shared nude images of her online. Clare (not her real name) said she believed she was talking with a 14-year-old boy after ...

10 Dec 2024 at 14:03

Local News

Suspended sentence for Derry man who resisted police

A man has been given a suspended sentence at Derry Magistrate's Court for what a solicitor described as 'not the most serious incident'. Caoimhinn McConnell (32) of Glenowen Park in Derry admitted ...

04 Apr 2025 at 20:30

Northern Ireland

Lorry driver who admitted role in deaths of 39 migrants moved to NI prison

A lorry driver jailed for his part in a lucrative people-smuggling operation that ended in the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in an airtight container in Essex has been moved to a prison ...

03 May 2024 at 13:12

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 ...

11 Mar 2024 at 18:30

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