IPRT in the News
As part of the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) Strategic Plan 2023-2026, one of our main goals is to campaign for a progressive criminal justice system that upholds human rights. Engagement with the media plays a large part in that as we discuss our evidence-based research, advocate for people in prison, and work to change attitudes and challenge misconceptions about people in the criminal justice system.
Below you will see a list of most of IPRT's media features including recordings of radio discussions, links to TV appearances, and access to written articles and opinion pieces. You can also listen back to long-form recorded discussions with podcast hosts on our Podcast webpage.
Today FM: Inefficiencies in the System
7th April 2010
IPRT Executive Director Liam Herrick speaking on The Last Word.
4FM: Mental health provision for prisoners
9th March 2010
IPRT's Agnieszka Martynowicz spoke to David Harvey on 4FM about the provision of mental health care in Irish prisons.
Irish Examiner: System "unable to deal with prisoners with mental illness."
8th March 2010
In today's 'Irish Examiner', Cormac O'Keeffe reports on a woman's struggle to secure appropriate treatment for her brother who has severe mental health issues, citing a failure of both the health system and the prison system.
RTE 'Drivetime': Community Service Orders
17th February 2010
IPRT Executive Director Liam Herrick speaks to Mary Wilson on RTE's 'Drivetime'.
RTE 'News on Two': Government Commits to Community Service Orders
16th February 2010
IPRT Executive Director Liam Herrick speaks about the issue of community sanctions.
Sunday Business Post: ‘Urgent’ need to address custodial ill treatment
14th February 2010
"The government should ‘urgently address’ allegations of ill treatment of people in custody, the Council of Europe has said following a review of Irish prisons and Garda stations," writes John Burke in 'The Sunday Business Post'.
The Irish Times: Call to publish anti-torture group findings
10th February 2010
IPRT calls on the government to release the findings of an anti-torture group that recently visited Ireland.
4FM: Drugs in Prison
8th February 2010
Liam Herrick talks to David Harvey on 4FM's 'Lunchtime on 4' about the problem of drugs in prison and the opportunity prison offers to break the habits of addiction.
RTE's 'The Frontline': Mandatory Sentencing for Burglary
1st February 2010
The issue of mandatory sentencing for burglary was the subject of RTE's 'The Frontline' this week; IPRT's Liam Herrick and others voice their opposition to such moves.
Today FM: Convicted offenders to do community service
19th January 2010
IPRT's Liam Herrick spoke to Today FM's 'The Last Word' on a pilot project between the Probation Service and Dublin City Countil which will see convicted offenders do community service, such as cleaning graffiti from city walls.
