President McAleese visiting Mountjoy prison

The President of Ireland, Mrs McAleese, is visiting Mountjoy prison this afternoon.

The President of Ireland, Mrs McAleese, is visiting Mountjoy prison this afternoon.

President McAleese: visiting women prisoners in Mountjoy Jail
President McAleese: visiting women prisoners in Mountjoy Jail

She is visiting the women's prison - the Dochas Centre - which opened in 1999 and accommodates some 90 women.

She will join the prisoners for Christmas lunch and then view a performance of a nativity play written and performed by several of the women prisoners.

Mrs McAleese is being taken on the a tour of the women's prison by the Governor of Mounjoy Prison Mr John Lonergan, and the Governor of the Dochas Centre, Ms Kathleen McMahon .

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