John Lonergan, the former Governor of Mountjoy Prison, will give a talk in Mountrath next week.
He will address parents in Mountrath Community School on Tuesday, April 25, at 7:30pm.
Parents of children attending Mountrath Community School and all neighbouring schools are encouraged to attend the presentation.
Since leaving the Prison Service, Lonergan has given much time working with students at second and third level and speaking to parents. For parents he presents a talk titled ‘Parenting: the challenges and the rewards’.
This talk lasts about one hour and is a reflective and awareness raising look at parenting.
Known by some as The Governor, John Lonergan was the face of the Irish Prison Service for many years.
As Governor of Mountjoy Prison he got to know people in a way few of us do and his talks pass on the insights he has learned from his own experience.
John entered the prison service in 1968 and in the years that followed, his autobigraphy, The Governor, says he saw human nature at its worst – and often, unexpectedly, at its best.
He says he developed a deep understanding both of human nature and of Irish society.
He spent 42 years in the prison service, 21 of them as the most senior prison officer in the country.
