Coverage of Progress in the Penal System (PIPS) 2024 Launch by national broadcaster (RTE Six One News)
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.
Related items:
- News at One coverage of Prison inspection reports - RTE Radio One
- Press Release: IPRT responds to new Inspection Reports from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons highlighting serious failings
- Prisoner numbers on course to reach 'unimaginable' level - The Irish Examiner
- Electronic tags for released prisoners to be trialled - Live 95 (Limerick)
- Number of non-nationals in Irish jails has more than doubled in past five years - Irish Mail on Sunday
