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# John Lonergan

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# second chances
There are 844 people under the age of 25 in Irish prisons
Just 20 of them are female.
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Jan 26th 2015, 6:55 AM
# Real Life
The ex-Governor of Mountjoy reckons the Love/Hate prison scenes were pretty accurate
However, John Lonergan said the graphic rape scene involving Fran was something of an exaggeration.
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Nov 11th 2014, 7:30 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know this morning.
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Oct 20th 2013, 9:00 AM
# Unemployment
Former Mountjoy governor: Dole cuts likely to push young people into criminality
John Lonergan told TheJournal.ie that the cut announced in the Budget is “a terrible indication of the value we place” on our young people.
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Oct 20th 2013, 8:15 AM
# Referendum
John Lonergan: "Our treatment of children has been appalling"
The former governor of Mountjoy said that it will be easy to get the children’s rights referendum passed – but warned that the real test will come afterwards.
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Sep 20th 2012, 9:00 AM
# Education
Open thread: What changes would you make to the education system?
As doc sets to explore how “one size fits all” education system is failing some young people, we want to know how you would improve school years…
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Sep 4th 2012, 1:09 PM
# good deeds
More than 500 volunteers to be honoured for their work with No Name Club
Sean Gallagher and John Lonergan will speak at a ceremony for the clubs, which have around 10,000 members around the country.
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Jun 23rd 2012, 7:30 AM
# Locked Up
John Lonergan: prison is not the way to deal with social welfare fraud
The former governor of Mountjoy said that prison should only be used as a last resort when somebody is a risk to society.
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May 24th 2012, 9:48 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: the former Mountjoy governor claims Larry Murphy was thrown to the wolves; George W Bush claims waterboarding “saved lives”, and Chris de Burgh sees red.
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