John Lonergan, former Governor of Mountjoy Prison will present a public lecture at Cork’s Imperial hotel on Wednesday 16th of May at 7:30.

The lecture is the second in a series being held throughout 2012 to mark 40 years of Samaritans in Cork.

In his role as governor of one of the country’s largest prisons, John Lonergan has keen inisght into a range of issues affecting modern Irish society and speaks candidly on the value of community, the scourges of bullying and drug abuse and why we can’t enforce change on others.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Samaritans have been in Cork since 1972 and have supported tens of thousands of people in that time on the phone, in person and more recently by text message and email. Samaritans can be contacted 24hrs a day on 1850 609090.