Portlaoise
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On Kinhan's return to Ireland, RTÉ have said that a large security operation will be in place and the prison service has also upgraded facilities in the maximum-security Portlaoise Prison.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Portlaoise appealed on the grounds the free throws should not have been allowed as the clock had expired at the same time the foul was called.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
But after he was locked up with prominent I.R.A. men for two months in Portlaoise Prison in Ireland, the charges were dropped and the priest was released.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2016
He then moved to Portlaoise with his family before the Easter Rising to work as a journalist for the Nationalist.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2016
Officials in Dublin promised to appeal the Portlaoise ruling.
From Time Magazine Archive
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