Coverage of Progress in the Penal System (PIPS) 2024 Launch by national broadcaster
2nd December 2025
RTÉ’s Six One News covered the launch of the PIPS report, featuring interviews with IPRT Executive Director Saoirse Brady, as well as two speakers from the accompanying panel discussion: Robert Cullen, an MA student with lived experience of the prison system, and keynote speaker Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The segment explored key human rights concerns and provided a stark picture of what overcrowding looks like within Ireland’s prisons.
The news item can be seen here. Timestamp 33:28.
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