Cork ‘super prison’ plans spark concern

This is an artist’s impression of what the new multi-million euro H Block-shaped Cork prison will look like when opened in 2015.

The facility is planned for a six-acre greenfield site in a residential area, adjacent to the current jail on Rathmore Road.

Plans to build a new super prison for Munster at Kilworth Army Camp were axed after the Government opted, instead, for a Cork City development.