Council decision sees Mountjoy value drop 25%

THE value of the Mountjoy prison complex has been cut by up to 25% following a ruling by Dublin City Council.

The news comes as residents, opposed to a new super prison to replace Mountjoy, plan to launch a legal challenge today unless they receive word it will not go ahead.

Campaigners have promised to take their challenge as far as possible to the Supreme Court and then to the European Court of Human Rights.