Prisoner 92995: The rise and fall of Ivor Callely

From leafy Clontarf to a little cell in C Block, from a Victorian red-brick residence to a Victorian prison, Ivor Callely will wonder whether the €4,000 was worth it.

Now known as prisoner number 92995, Callely spent his first 24 hours of prison life in the committal unit of Mountjoy Prison, right in the basement of C Block.

On his own in a single cell, the former Fianna Fáil junior minister, who has an annual Dáil pension of €47,000, had plenty of time to ponder his next three to four months behind bars.