Officers treated after prison attack

TWO prison officers were jumped on after they seized a package containing drugs thrown over a wall of a Dublin jail.

Officers treated after prison attack

One of the officers, a female, was knocked unconscious after hitting her head on the ground in the attack at Cloverhill Prison in West Dublin.

The officers, both in their 20s, were brought to hospital for treatment and were said to be badly shaken by the incident.

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