'More should have been done in prison to save Andrew's life', says Cork family

Andrew Gearns took his own life days after entering Cork Prison. Now his grieving family are asking if he could have been saved

Andrew Gearns took his own life days after entering Cork Prison. File picture

The grieving family of a man who took his own life days after entering prison while at “a very low ebb” believe that more should have been done to protect him.

Andrew Gearns, aged 29, from Model Farm Rd in Cork entered Cork Prison in September, 2020 while his life was unravelling due to drug addiction.