Relocation
A 60-hectare site has been acquired for €30 million at Thornton Hall, Fingal, where a replacement for Mountjoy is to be constructed. The new facility will accommodate 1,200 prisoners. The site will include court facilities, video-conference links, medical and therapeutic facilities, but due to government cutbacks these plans have now been sidelined. ref>National Infrastructure Summit, May 2006
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