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Ireland: human rights body to discuss "prison overcrowding litigation"
The State’s human rights commission and the prisons’ inspector are to discuss legal concerns over potential breaches of European laws caused by the prison overcrowding crisis.
Source: Irish Examiner (14/01/2026)