Prisoner dies in cell from intoxication of alcohol, diazepam and heroin, inquest hears

A convicted killer who died after drinking hooch was heard singing in his prison cell, an inquest heard.

Prisoner dies in cell from intoxication of alcohol, diazepam and heroin, inquest hears

A convicted killer who died after drinking hooch was heard singing in his prison cell, an inquest heard, writes Louise Roseingrave.

Douglas Ward, an inmate at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin was serving a ten year sentence for the manslaughter of Niall Dorr in Dundalk on October 13 2010.

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