'It's not looking good' - Prisoner savagely beaten in Mountjoy remains in a coma
It is understood Stephen Kearney, 39, a convicted killer, is suffering from severe head injuries.
He was being treated in the Beaumont Hospital but he is now back in the Mater Hospital where he was originally sent following the savage assault on June 6 last.
A Mountjoy Prison source said: "It is not looking good, he has not come out of the coma. There does not seem to be a lot anyone can do for him. They have moved him back from Beaumont to the Mater. Prison guards still have to mind him."
Kearney was attacked and beaten savagely by a gang of four men in one of the Mountjoy exercise yards.
It is understood each one of them were identified by the prison authorities and that they were subsequently interviewed by Gardai behind bars.
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No charges have been brought against them yet but Garda sources say it will happen in the future and that the investigation is still ongoing.
Stephen Kearney was due to be released at the end of June. He had previously served nine years for manslaughter after killing Francis Gallagher, 18, in a row on October 25, 2004.
He was 20 years-old at the time and punched and kicked his victim to death.
Kearney was attacked after an internal row between a number of criminals in Mountjoy Prison.
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