Value of disused Thornton Hall site increases by €4m in just two years

Thornton Hall was first purchased in 2005 with a view to build a new prison at the site.

A disused 150-acre site in north Dublin has increased in value by €4m over the past two years according to the Government, despite it not being viable for housing development.

Thornton Hall, a site first purchased in 2005 for €30m with a view to building a new prison there to relieve accommodation pressures at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin city, was never built upon by the State.