Gardaí open murder investigation into death of Mountjoy Prison inmate

Gardaí and the Irish Prison Service are investigating the incident. Picture: Collins Dublin/Colin Keegan

Gardaí have begun a murder investigation following the fatal attack on an inmate at Mountjoy prison last week. 

The victim, Robert O'Connor, 34, from Sowdrop Walk in Darndale, Dublin, was attacked in his cell shortly after 6pm last Friday by a number of other prisoners.