Mountjoy Prison in Dublin has been overtaken as the State's largest penal institution by Cloverhill remand centre to the west of the city. Mountjoy's era as the State's largest prison ended last ...

Almost every prison in the country has been swamped, with 987 in Mountjoy, a jail with a bed capacity of 807. The Irish Prison Service has created more temporary accommodation there over the past ...

After being in and out of the courts, he was remanded to Mountjoy prison on the serious charge of armed robbery. The charge was dropped, but he returned to the prison many times. He describes in ...

Conditions at Mountjoy Prison were described as ‘deplorable’ yesterday with prisoners crammed into cells and sleeping on floors. The grim picture was painted by chief inspector of Irish ...

Mountjoy Inhouse Voices is a choir made up of men serving time in the Progression Unit at the prison. Governor of the unit, Donnacha Walsh, explained that these men are considered "well-behaved ...

Read More:Violent protest by over 40 inmates at Mountjoy as prisoners removed and sent to other jails In the same week prison officers were dealing with the fallout of Mr O’Connor’s murder ...

PRISON officers have blamed chronic overcrowding for the weekend riot by over 70 inmates at Mountjoy Jail. There are current 609 inmates in the facility, which was only designed to hold 420 prisoners.

You can check out at any time. More info The remains of an innocent man who was hanged in Mountjoy Prison have been found in the prison grounds and will be handed over to his family for reburial ...