Former prison governor jailed for indecent assault

A former prison governor who indecently assaulted a young girl over a seven-year period has been jailed for three years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Pat Carolan (aged 73), a father of four, of Kinvara Road, Cabra, who was a governor of the Mountjoy Prison Training Unit and St Patrick's Institution, pleaded guilty to 28 charges of indecently assaulting her from when she was aged about five until she was about 13.