Advertisement

Huw Edwards and prison overcrowding

Huw Edwards has been given a suspended sentence earlier today over accessing indecent images. End...

Share this article

15.49 16 Sep 2024


Huw Edwards and prison overcrowding


Listen to this episode


Share this article

15.49 16 Sep 2024


Huw Edwards has been given a suspended sentence earlier today over accessing indecent images.

Enda Brady TRT World Presenter, joins Kieran to tell more - including how prison overcrowding played a part in the decision.

It’s not just in the UK. In Ireland, we are dealing with a lot of overcrowding in our prisons. Should we be building more? Taoiseach Simon Harris believed that more prisons should be built when he was Minister for Justice in May 2023.

John Lonergan, Former Governor of Mountjoy doesn’t think so, and also joins Kieran to discuss.

Image: Metropolitan Police


Read more about

The Hard Shoulder Highlights

Related Episodes

Proust & His Irish Connect...

00:52:15

Proust & His Irish Connections

Talking History With Patrick Geoghegan

00:52:15


A new book argues Roy Keane he...

00:17:09

A new book argues Roy Keane helped shape modern Ireland itself

The Pat Kenny Show

00:17:09


President Catherine Connolly p...

00:06:30

President Catherine Connolly pays tribute to the approximately 20,000 Irish people living in Spain

The Pat Kenny Show

00:06:30


UK Prime Minister Starmer to f...

00:12:48

UK Prime Minister Starmer to face MPs tomorrow as he returns to Parliament

The Pat Kenny Show

00:12:48