Category: Events
€600 raised for Irish Cancer Society
The staff and inmates of Cloverhill Prison combined to raise €600 for the Irish Cancer Society on June 20th 2017. Cancer is something that affects everyone, and this message promoted togetherness fo... Read More
Liam Minihan Lecture 2017
Details of this year’s lecture: Date: 11h May Venue: Wynn’s Hotel, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin Registration & tea and coffee: 7pm Lecture will begin at 7.30pm Title: Mindfulness in a Prison Con... Read More
Portlaoise Prison Annual Calendar
Every year students from Portlaoise Prison Education Centre collaborate on a calendar that features work from the creative writing & art classes in the prison. Several workshops are arranged throu... Read More
Upcoming National Exhibition
The impetus for this art exhibition springs from the wide range of excellent artistic genres encountered over the past 5 years. Much of this work has been fostered by an inspirational, dedicated teach... Read More
2016 Conference
IRISH PRISON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016 This year’s conference was held on Friday 11th & Saturday 12th November with the theme – Supporting Prison Education: Healt... Read More
Exploring Education in Prisons with Erasmus+
Exploring Education in Prisons with Erasmus+ I recently experienced my first Erasmus+ contact seminar, on the theme ‘Education in Prison‘. The seminar was organised for those interested in getti... Read More
TG4 Visual Artists in Prison Scheme
Below is a blogpost and interview (as gaeilge) by Eoin Mac Lochlainn Visit Eoin’s blog here. I thought that I’d have more time but, in prison, there’s a lot of waiting around – waiting for... Read More
Irish Red Cross Prison Programme
The award winning Irish Red Cross prison programme is a unique approach to raising community health, hygiene awareness and first aid in prisons using groups of special status Irish Red Cross Volunteer... Read More