Gardaí release photograph of escaped prisoner

Gardaí investigating the escape of a prisoner in Dublin on Sunday have released his photograph in an effort to secure information about his whereabouts.

Twenty-seven-year-old Ian Steward escaped from three prison officers and a chaplin during a visit to his sick mother at a hospice at Harolds Cross.

The Tallaght man was serving a 10-year sentence at Mountjoy Prison for assault and robbery.

Gardaí have advised members of the public not to approach him, as he is considered dangerous.