VIDEO: Cork Prison: ‘From chalk to cheese... this prison will be here in 100 years time’

“Cork Prison is the worst jail in the system. It’s inhumane.”

These are not the words of a lobby group or an inspection watchdog. They are the views of the boss of the Irish Prison Service (IPS).

Michael Donnellan is clearly energised at the prospect — literally within his grasp — of consigning the Dickensian prison to history.