Gardaí searching for a violent prisoner who escaped on Sunday while visiting his ailing mother have issued his photograph.
Ian Stewart (27), from Moynihan Court in Tallaght, is serving ten years for armed robbery in Mountjoy Prison and was out on release to visit his mother at Harold's Cross Hospice in Dublin.
Stewart (right) was accompanied by three prison officers and the prison chaplain. It is understood the escape happened at around 2 p.m. on Sunday when Stewart jumped out of a window in the hospice.
A prison officer injured an ankle after he tried to follow Stewart out the window. A bicycle may have been left nearby to help his escape.
According to a Prison Service spokeswoman, the governor of the prison had issued instructions for Stewart to remain handcuffed at all times during the visit. An investigation is now under way as to how he escaped.
Gardaí have advised that Stewart is highly dangerous and must not be approached. He is six feet, four inches in height and of medium build.