Residents vow to take no prisoners

Residents in north Co Dublin are preparing to fight the Government’s attempts to locate a new super prison in their area, writes John Breslin.

RICHARD LYNAM is not the most popular person among his neighbours, friends and even relatives.

The landowner has completed the sale of 150 acres at Thornton in north Co Dublin, the proposed site of the State’s new super prison and, adjacent to it, a central mental hospital.