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Crime World examines Mountjoy attack linked to alleged drone theft

Niall Donald and Eimear Rabbitt discuss a prisoner's severe injuries and the difficulty of keeping inmates safe on protection wings.

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Crime World Story of November 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Mountjoy inmate slashed with shivs after being blamed for Hennessy gang drone theft

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0:32Donald introduces the reported cell attack and the prisoner's severe facial injuries.
1:21Rabbitt explains the accusation that the prisoner took contraband from a drone delivery.
4:06The hosts explain how drones allow more precise contraband deliveries than packages thrown over walls.
8:44Donald examines overcrowding and the difficulties of keeping prisoners safe on protection wings.
13:44The discussion ends with the Garda investigation ongoing.

Being on a protection wing did not keep this prisoner safe, Crime World reports. In its Mountjoy episode, Niall Donald and reporter Eimear Rabbitt describe an attack inside a cell after the inmate was blamed for taking contraband from a drone delivery.

The prisoner needed 120 stitches to his face and was taken to the Mater Hospital, the programme reports. Donald describes injuries that will leave permanent scarring. The episode's title links the suspected theft to a drone drop controlled by the Hennessy gang; the discussion presents that accusation as the reported background to the attack, not an established finding against the injured man.

From there, the conversation widens to how contraband reaches prisoners. Donald explains that drones permit more precise deliveries and larger parcels than the older practice of throwing packages over prison walls. That technical change sits alongside a much more immediate question: how prison staff can protect vulnerable inmates once threats develop inside.

The hosts discuss overcrowding and the difficulty of managing Mountjoy's protection wings, where separating prisoners does not necessarily remove the tensions around them. Their account puts the location of this attack at the centre of that problem.

The upload has drawn about 17,000 views in its first hours. Donald and Rabbitt close with the Garda investigation still ongoing, rather than a settled account of who carried out the attack.

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