A prison watchdog has warned of the “tremendous burden” on staff in trying to manage tensions caused by overcrowding at Cloverhill Prison — the scene of a riot two weeks ago, during which a foreign national inmate was stabbed.

A rally will take place in Dublin tomorrow to protest an assault on an Afghan man in Cloverhill Prison.

Five ambulances were seen leaving Cloverhill after the incident.

Prisoners took an inmate hostage, broke his arm and slashed his face, during a serious riot at the country’s remand prison yesterday.

Two separate investigations into a protest at Cloverhill Prison in West Dublin earlier will be carried out by gardaí and the Irish Prison Service.

Two prisoners have climbed on to the roof of Cloverhill prison as part of a protest.

There is “no strong evidence” the drugs problem in Irish prisons is reducing, despite the massive security infrastructure put in place, according to a new report.