Nicola Tallent

Well, I think it's still seen as one of the highest, most secure prisons in Europe.

You know, it was built in a time and for a different reason, I suppose, for terrorists when there would have been breakouts from jails, etc.

So it's very well run and there are separate wings in it where people are held, you know, like-minded people are still held.

So it would be seen as the most suitable for the likes of Daniel Kinahan.

You know, it sounds mad when you say about prison breakouts and, you know, you sound as if you're operating on a different planet.

You're working for Netflix.

But in actual fact, a...

A associate of Kinahan, a guy called Noaf Al-Fassi, a Dutch man who was lifted here in Ireland, was held initially in Portlaoise prison while the Dutch authorities looked to bring him back, only in recent years on a trial for a number of gangland murders.

And there was a plan to break him out.

And the plan was unravelled by the Gardaí, by Dutch police.

And in actual fact, the Dutch military sent in their own plane and removed him, you know, before he was due to, so as that plan couldn't be carried out.

So you've got that, but you've also got the fact that Daniel Kenehan would be a target himself.

So within the prison walls, they want to keep him safe too.

Yeah, so Sean McGovern, who's his number two, has just been and is in court this morning for the end of his sentence hearing.

So there's a lot of security around that.

That would be a high risk point when they're being transported.

Again, it sounds very fantasy and, you know, it sounds a bit silly that...

would the game not be up when they're actually arrested and jailed?

But these people are living in quite a fantasy world with, you know, there is no question, but they could attempt something like that.

So the security's massive.