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'Hard to kill a bad thing', says prison source as notorious killer wakes from coma

A notorious Limerick killer, has awoken from a coma after he was found last Thursday "unresponsive" in his cell at Mountjoy Prison, following a suspected drugs overdose.

'Hard to kill a bad thing', says prison source as notorious killer wakes from coma

Sat, 30 Apr, 2016 - 19:24

By David Raleigh

A notorious Limerick killer, has awoken from a coma after he was found last Thursday "unresponsive" in his cell at Mountjoy Prison, following a suspected drugs overdose.

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