Man charged over murder in Cork prison

Gardaí formally arrested a man yesterday and charged him with carrying out a murder in Cork Prison last May.

Brian Veale, aged 31, with an address at Dominic St, near Shandon, in Cork City, and originally from Dungarvan, Co Waterford, was charged with the single count of murder.

Detective Garda Eimear Brennan arrested Mr Veale at 10.30am yesterday at Cork District Court and charged him with the murder of Graham Johnson at Cork Prison, Rathmore Road, in Cork City on May 16, 2015. The late Mr Johnson was 41 at the time of his death.