A team of Mountjoy inmates could soon be making a Gaa-reat escape for a day to play a Gaelic football match at a high profile GAA venue against their prison guards.
The hope is the lags versus prison officers 'Battle of the Joy' showdown will be played in December and it will be streamed live on the internet so all the other inmates at the famous prison can see it.
The idea for the match has been mooted by Justice Minister Helen McEntee, the General Director of the Irish Prison Service, Caron Caffrey and the Mountjoy Prison Governor Eddie Mullins to improve relations between inmates and prison staff.
