Interview with Niamh McCormack on the Last Word with Matt Cooper (Today FM)
2nd December 2025
IPRT's Legal Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Niamh McCormack speaks to Matt Cooper on the Last Word about the findings of the IPRT's Progress in the Penal System (PIPS) 2024, highlighting the scale of prison overcrowding and its consequences for safety, dignity, rehabilitation and overall prison conditions. Niamh also explains why building more prisons is not the answer.
Listen to the interview here. Timestamp: 1:00:10
Related items:
- 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
- No electronic tagging of prisoners yet despite 2007 law paving the way - Irish Independent
- Urgent calls to address major overcrowding in Limerick Prison - Limerick Post
