John LonerganJohn Lonergan is a native of Bansha, Co. Tipperary. He served in the Irish Prison Service for over 42 years. He was Governor of Mountjoy Prison for over 22 years and Governor of the top security prison at Portlaoise for almost four years. He retired n June 2010 and later that year his autobiography, The Governor, was published. His philosophy is that change, personal or otherwise, cannot be enforced on people, and he believes that real and meaningful change only comes about through dialogue, consent and agreement. He is convinced that people change from the inside out and suggests that the big task for all of us as human beings is to find the humanity in others and then to nurture it. He is convinced that the more people are in touch with their own humanity the more likely they are to treat others with humanity. He is the father of two adult daughters and has two grandsons. For over twenty years he has delivered a talk to parents of school-going children called `Parenting – The Challenges and the Rewards’, sharing his personal experience of parenting. Read More Read Less