Mountjoy site to be developed as urban village

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2006 / July 26

Mountjoy Prison will be turned into a village complex housing several thousand people under plans for the site announced yesterday by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell. The Minister also provided details about his plans for a new prison on a 150-acre site at Thornton Hall, north Co Dublin, to replace Mountjoy. He confirmed that the Central Mental Hospital would move from its location in Dundrum to the new site.

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