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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Cate McCurry

Former Mountjoy governor says death of a prisoner can 'lower morale' and is 'upsetting for staff and inmates'

A former governor of Mountjoy Prison said there is a sense that the system has failed when a prisoner is killed in an attack.

John Lonergan, who was governor of Mountjoy, in Dublin, for more than two decades, said a prisoner’s death can lower morale and is upsetting for staff and prisoners.

He was speaking after Robert O’Connor, 34, was attacked and fatally injured in Mountjoy Prison on Friday.

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