There has been a security alert at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin after a bag of replica guns were discovered in a van.

One-in-three inmates at Mountjoy voluntarily locked up in cells for 21 hours a day over gang fears.

Gardaí at Mountjoy in Dublin are appealing for witnesses following an alleged assault incident this morning, December 22.

A convicted drug dealer was caught hiding heroin, cannabis and a mobile phone behind a panel above the toilet bowl in his prison cell.

A prisoner was on the roof of Mountjoy jail for just over four hours after attempting to retrieve a suspected drugs parcel.

A Brazilian woman says she was forced to share a Mountjoy cell with a vomiting woman after arriving in Dublin on holiday.

Two Mountjoy prisoners have been taken to hospital following a stabbing incident.

Part of Mountjoy Prison is being considered as a new home for some of the country's most vulnerable and ill older prisoners, it has been revealed.

The State has spent more than €50m to date on the doomed super prison project at Thornton Hall — and the north Dublin site is currently valued at just €2m.

A man serving time for killing a teenager was found dead in his cell in Mountjoy Prison yesterday morning.

Two prison officers were slashed across the face and head after trying to bring breakfast to an inmate in isolation.

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The former governor of Mountjoy Prison has appealed to men to volunteer as youth leaders and become positive role models for teenagers.

The Government has been accused of creating a highly dangerous ‘revolving-door’ prison system after it was revealed that a convicted killer and dozens more violent offenders were among more than 500 prisoners on temporary release this week.

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Prison officers claim they are being attacked with "impunity" and that jail chiefs are not taking disciplinary action against the inmates responsible.

The violent death of a prisoner in Mountjoy Prison followed a litany of failures within the Irish prison system in the way the victim and his "vulnerable" killer were treated.

A Dublin youth, who tried to smuggle drugs hidden inside Kinder eggs into Mountjoy Prison when he was visiting relatives, has been given a six-month sentence.

The Irish Prison Service and Gardaí are continuing their investigations after an inmate was found dead in his cell at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin yesterday.

An inmate died tonight following a violent attack in Mountjoy jail, the Prison Service confirmed.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell today announced that a Commission of Investigation is to be established into the death of Gary Douch, who died following an attack on him while he was a prisoner in Mountjoy prison on August 1, 2006.

Pressure was mounting on Michael McDowell today following the suicide of an inmate at Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison.

A man in his late 30s was found dead in a cell at Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison today.

The Prison Officers Association (POA) is due to meet representatives of the prison service this afternoon to discuss overcrowding at Mountjoy.

The Prison Officers Association (POA) is calling for the re-opening of Spike Island and the Curragh prisons to deal with the current crisis in the system.

Calls have been made to speed up plans for a new prison for Spike Island following a series of chronic overcrowding problems and a number of violent incidents in Cork and Dublin prisons in recent days.

Fine Gael has said that the recent spate of violent attacks at Mountjoy prison is due to overcrowding.

An inmate of Mountjoy Prison was treated in hospital tonight following another stabbing incident at the jail.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has said the apparent circumstances surrounding the killing of an inmate at Mountjoy Prison earlier this week are a cause for real concern.

The 23-year-old man detained yesterday following the killing of an inmate at Mountjoy Prison has been returned to the jail this morning.

A 23-year-old man remains in garda custody this morning after he was arrested in connection with the death of an inmate at Mountjoy Prison yesterday morning.

A prisoner was tonight being questioned about the killing of a drug dealer in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison.

An 21-year-old inmate has died after he was attacked in his cell in Mountjoy Prison overnight.