Governor tries to ally town’s fears over killers’ release programme

Prison bosses have said that two murderers placed in a house outside the walls of Castlerea Prison have been “risk assessed” and are suitable for temporary release.

A row has flared in the Roscommon town after it emerged Michael Doohan and John “Joe” O’Neill, both serving a life sentence for murder, were moved into Harristown House as part of a release programme.

Harristown is a building outside the walls of Castlerea Prison, but on the grounds of the jail.