The report stated that staff shortages and a large number of inmates on protected status contributed to the overcrowding problem in Mountjoy Prison. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

Mountjoy Prison inmates lodged complaints last year about the unavailability of gluten-free food, having mash with every meal, cockroaches in a cell and clothes shrunk from the laundry, a report shows.

The annual report of the Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee (MPVC) for 2024 highligh

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