What Lonergan will miss most about the ‘Joy’ is the craic

ODD as it sounds, what John Lonergan will miss most about Mountjoy is the craic.

What Lonergan will miss most about the ‘Joy’ is the craic

The prison may have a reputation as a Dickensian lock-up for miserable miscreants scarred by drug addiction and deprivation, but Lonergan says the place was never short of a joke.

“I’ll miss the interaction with people – the staff and the prisoners – and the craic and humour that you’d have,” he says.

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