Report into Midlands Prison death 'extremely distressing'A report into the death of a man at Midlands Prison after staff were unable to find the key to his cell was "extremely distressing to read", the Irish Penal Reform Trust has said.
1,700 complaints to ombudsman over children's servicesThere were 1,778 complaints to the Ombudsman for Children's Office last year about children's public services, according to the organisation's latest annual report.
Man died in cell after staff unable to find key - reportA nurse "was obliged to watch helplessly through a cell door" as a man lost consciousness and died after staff were unable to locate a key at Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.
Taoiseach slams 'disgusting' video of flotilla activistsTaoiseach Micheál Martin has said that he is appalled and shocked at the manner in which activists on board an aid flotilla to Gaza have been treated by the Israeli authorities.
