Andrew Carey
andrew@limerickpost.ie
A 25-year-old inmate has been found dead in his cell at Limerick prison of a suspected overdose.
The alarm was raised shortly after 4am this Saturday morning when the man, who is understood to have been serving a sentence for manslaughter, was found unresponsive in his cell.
It is believed he died of a drug overdose. The man was originally from Co Tipperary.
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Separate investigations are being conducted by both the Irish Prison Service and An Garda Siochana into the circumstances leading to the man’s sudden death while in custody.
At present, family members are being informed as the man’s remains were removed to University Hospital Limerick where postmortem examination is to be carried out.
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