Disgruntled residents today showed politicians the reasons behind their objections to the Government’s plan for a major prison complex in north County Dublin.

Fingal County Council’s refusal to support plans for a controversial prison in north Co Dublin prove the project is doomed, local residents claimed today.

Plans for a super prison in rural Co Dublin should be subject to normal environmental and planning regulations, it was claimed today.

Residents battling to block a new €30m jail in north Dublin today took their campaign to the front page of a national paper.

Plans to revamp Spike Island jail in Cork cancel out the need for a controversial new €500m prison in north Co Dublin, it was claimed today.