The chief inspector said he had raised serious concerns about the degrading conditions that he had found in the cells in Cloverhill on that occasion with the Minister for Justice and the director general of the IPS

The man was arrested on Saturday afternoon and was released from detention under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

Shortly after 5.30am on Saturday, October 5th, gardaí and emergency services were alerted by prison authorities to an incident within the prison

The call for greater measures to prevent and detect contraband in prisons follows the death of a prisoner a few hours after reports he had consumed drugs and home-made alcohol in Cloverhill Prison in Dublin three years ago

He had claimed that his human rights were breached at Cloverhill Prison, where he is currently remanded in custody.

He claims his rights are being breached due to the Prison Authorities' alleged failure to provide him with Kosher food, which is food prepared in accordance with Jewish religious beliefs.

The Office of the Inspector of Prisons has recommended that the Irish Prison Service should intensify efforts to physically prevent drugs from entering jails

The governor appealed the decision and on Tuesday, a three-judge CoA unanimously dismissed the appeal.

The court heard Anthony Dennis (39) has spent half of his life in custody

A mentally ill prisoner who strangled his cell mate has been jailed for 10 years for what a judge described as a "savage" attack carried out without "any justification"