[12:09] Mountjoy prison officer arrested and locker searched as part of smuggling probe
A prison officer has been arrested and his locker in Mountjoy prison searched by gardai as part of an ongoing probe to disrupt the distribution of contraband in the prison.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mountjoy-prison-officer-arrested-and-locker-searched-as-part-of-smuggling-probe/a1716853262.html
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[18:44] Mountjoy prisoner found guilty of murdering Robert O’Connor after ‘luring’ him into cell
A Mountjoy prisoner has been convicted of murdering a fellow inmate after a jury agreed with the prosecution case that he had "lured" him into his cell, knocked him to the ground and stamped on his head in a "vicious and unprovoked" assault.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/mountjoy-prisoner-found-guilty-of-murdering-robert-oconnor-after-luring-him-into-cell/a459997313.html
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[17:31] Mountjoy prisoner found guilty of murdering inmate
A Mountjoy prisoner has been found guilty of the murder of another inmate in July 2022.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1128/1483601-david-dunne-court/
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[18:19] Mountjoy murder accused says he acted in self-defence
A murder trial jury must consider whether a Mountjoy prisoner honestly believed he was acting in self-defence when he fatally assaulted a fellow inmate.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1127/1483407-mountjoy-murder-accused-says-he-acted-in-self-defence/
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Coyle was eventually taken to Mountjoy Prison from which she was transferred to Kilmainham.
Coyle was one of twenty female prisoners to escape on 7 May 1923. She was recaptured the following day however. Coyle was finally released from Kilmainham in December 1923. 4/5
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This week 1922, Pathé Gazette featured Mary and Annie MacSwiney for their hunger strikes inside & outside the gates of Dublin's Mountjoy Jail. A separate newsreel item focused on recently executed Erskine Childers. Images: Belfast News-Letter & British Pathé #EarlyIrishCinema1922 #IrishHistory #MaryMacSwiney #ErskineChilders #Mountjoy
