Ireland news brief
Prison service proposed sentence cuts due to overcrowding
NEWS DESKIreland
PUBLISHEDOct 29, 2026, 1:32 PM
What the source reports
Irish jails were so overcrowded that a proposal to cut 40 days from the sentence of every prisoner in the State was put forward by authorities struggling to find more space.
Main source: RTÉ
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