Prisoner in Cork took his own life days after two cancelled psychiatrist appointments

The appointments were cancelled due to a lack of prison staff to escort him to the counselling

The inmate's mother said her son was afraid in prison as he had never been in trouble before. File picture: Dan Linehan

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A vulnerable prisoner found suspended from a ligature in his cell last year had two appointments to see a psychiatrist cancelled shortly before his death, due to a lack of prison staff.