My Life with Alan Amsby: I performed in drag at Mountjoy Prison

The first thing I did was warn them to be quiet and behave, because if they didn’t, I would have them “thrown out onto the street”

Alan Amsby, aka Mr Pussy, who is one of Ireland's longest performing and most successful drag queens.

It was the only splash of colour in an otherwise dark and empty prison cell.

But, however small and seemingly insignificant, the Christmas tree staring back at me from a nondescript jail cell remains ingrained in my memory.