Suspicious calls to Mountjoy by people asking what hospital room Kinahan mobster Trevor Byrne was being treated in

Trevor Byrne (43) was rushed to hospital last weekend after taking ill in the prison

Robin Schiller

Gardaí were on alert last week after a number of suspicious phone calls to Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, from people trying find out where a Kinahan gangster was being treated in hospital.

Last weekend, Trevor Byrne (43) was brought to hospital after taking ill in the prison, where he is serving 17-and-a-half years for firearms and robbery offences.