The original bill for the web-based production was just over €41,000

Of the eight foster care standards that were assessed, one was found to be compliant, two were found to be substantially compliant and the other five were found to be not compliant.

The call for greater measures to prevent and detect contraband in prisons follows the death of a prisoner a few hours after reports he had consumed drugs and home-made alcohol in Cloverhill Prison in Dublin three years ago

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

Homeless people accounted for almost one in 10 of all convicted persons sent to prison last year, according to new figures published by the Irish Prison Service