A 30-year-old former Mountjoy inmate has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of a fellow inmate at the jail over three years ago.

A murder trial has heard that the victim, who died while an inmate in Mountjoy Prison, had a poor disciplinary record at a number of prisons throughout the state.

The jury in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has been shown CCTV footage of the fight that led to the death.

The trial of a 29-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering another man in Mountjoy Prison has been adjourned until Monday because the accused is unwell.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to try a man charged with murdering another man in Mountjoy Prison in 2007.

ONE prisoner has died while in custody in an Irish jail every six weeks since the start of 2007, the Department of Justice has confirmed.

The jury in the trial of a Mountjoy prisoner accused of murdering another inmate by stabbing him in the heart has failed to reach a verdict.

The jury in the trial of a Mountjoy prisoner accused of murdering another inmate by stabbing him in the heart has been sent to a hotel over night after failing to reach a verdict following three hours of deliberation.

Closing speeches have been heard in the trial of a Mountjoy Prisoner accused of murdering another inmate.

The jury in the trial of a Mountjoy prisoner accused of murdering another inmate has heard that the deceased was the main suspect in a shooting incident in a Cabra pub in 2005.

The jury in the trial of a 28-year-old prisoner accused of stabbing another inmate to death in Mountjoy has heard that the deceased had threatened to cut the accused man’s throat.

The jury in the trial of a Mountjoy prisoner accused of murdering another inmate in a stabbing incident has heard that the deceased was an “extremely aggressive and hostile” bully who was “totally unpredictable”.

The jury in the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of committing murder in Mountjoy Prison has been shown video footage of the alleged incident.

The jury in the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of murdering Derek Glennon in Mountjoy Prison last year has been discharged following the withdrawal of two jurors.

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of committing murder in Mountjoy Prison last year.

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A date has been set for the trial of a 27-year-old Dublin man charged with the murder of a fellow inmate in Mountjoy Prison earlier this year.

A Dublin man charged with murdering a prisoner in Mountjoy has been remanded in custody for a further four weeks.

GARDAÍ are forensically examining a car seized as part of an investigation into one of two grenade attacks in Dublin last week.

GARDAÍ in Dublin are fearful of further attacks involving lethal explosives, following an incident in Crumlin shortly after 11pm last night in which a live grenade was thrown at a house.

Two men are being sought in connection with last night's grenade attack on the southside of Dublin city.

The Gardaí are investigating a link between a grenade attack in south Dublin last night and the death of a prisoner in Mountjoy jail earlier this week.

A man held for questioning about the death of a fellow inmate at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin was back in jail today.

A man was arrested today in connection with the murder of an inmate in Mountjoy Prison on Monday night.

A 24-year-old man has died after being stabbed by a fellow prisoner on a landing in Dublin's Mountjoy Jail yesterday evening.

A man who escaped from custody while serving a prison sentence for manslaughter has been jailed for five years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

GARDAÍ were last night searching for a violent criminal who was freed at gunpoint as he attended a hospital.