Episode Guide:

St Ita's Mental Institution, commonly known as Portrane, has become a potent symbol for all psychiatric hospitals within the State. The name "Portrane" evokes fear and loathing in the public imagination and yet we have very little real knowledge of what goes on behind the mythical closed doors of the mental health service. For the first time on Irish television, The Asylum, from award-winning director Alan Gilsenan takes an intimate and frank look at life inside an Irish psychiatric institution.

Episode Four: 'THE GATES OF HEAVEN'

Episode four returns to Portrane as the hospital looks forward to closing it's gates for the last time. The film looks at the uncertain future of this famous institution and examines the place of mental health care within the State. Where now for the patients of Portrane?