Criminal calls RTÉ’s Liveline from prison cell

TÁNAISTE Michael McDowell has ordered a high-level inquiry into how a convicted criminal rang RTÉ1’s Liveline programme from his prison cell.

John Daly, described as a notorious and hardened criminal, participated in the live radio programme yesterday from his cell in Portlaoise maximum security prison, in an incident that was highly embarrassing for the Prisons Service.

Mr McDowell, the Minister for Justice, said he was taking the matter very seriously and was deeply concerned at what happened.