Inmate treated in hospital after Limerick Prison yard stabbing

AN inmate was being treated in hospital yesterday after being stabbed in Limerick Prison at the weekend.

The prisoner was stabbed once in the lower back while in the prison yard around 11.15am on Saturday. He was taken by taxi to hospital for treatment, one source said, and kept in overnight.

The wounded prisoner is serving a three-year sentence and it is believed he may be linked with the west Dublin criminal gang known as “the Westies”.