Legal challenge against site for new Mountjoy prison dropped

A legal challenge against the site chosen for the new Mountjoy Prison was dropped this afternoon.

Legal challenge against site for new Mountjoy prison dropped

A legal challenge against the site chosen for the new Mountjoy Prison was dropped this afternoon.

Richard Merne from Killsallaghan in north Co. Dublin had claimed the Thornton Hall location, which the government bought for €30m, was unsuitable.

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