Ireland
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic, parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- July 1, 1937 by plebiscite; effective from December 29, 1937
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English law, with some indigenous elements
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Seanad Eireann) and House of Representatives (Dail Eireann)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the Head of State on the advice of the Government
RELIGIONS
88.4% Catholics, other minorities
From the country
- APRIL 24, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Ireland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster,...
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster, handed in a letter to Dublin's Nigerian Ambassador appealing for help in the case of Mrs Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
- JANUARY 1, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Ireland was carried out in 1954
The last execution in Ireland was carried out in 1954
- JANUARY 1, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland was one of the first three countries, along...
Ireland was one of the first three countries, along with Malta and Switzerland, that on May 3, 2002 signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990
- NOVEMBER 9, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Lynda Duffy from Glencorrib, Co Mayo and Gayle Williamson...
Lynda Duffy from Glencorrib, Co Mayo and Gayle Williamson from Lurgan, Co Armagh, vowed to take part in the beauty pageant
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Septembre 20, 2001: a bi-lingual Conference on International...
Septembre 20, 2001: a bi-lingual Conference on International Law and the Abolition of the Death Penalty took place in Galway on 21 and 22 September
- MAY 3, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European...
Ireland signed and ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
A man who was sentenced to death in 1980 for the murder...
A man who was sentenced to death in 1980 for the murder of a garda, but whose conviction was later quashed, has brought a High Court challenge to the legality of the existence of capital punishment at the time of his conviction
- JANUARY 1, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
In 2001 Ireland held a referendum to amend the constitution...
In 2001 Ireland held a referendum to amend the constitution to prohibitcapital punishment, which had been abolished and removed from the penal code in 1990
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The Irish Minister for Justice, John O'Donoghue, must...
The Irish Minister for Justice, John O'Donoghue, must intervene in the case of a pregnant Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning, protesters outside the Justice Department said
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based...
The European Commission appointed the Galway-based Irish Centre for Human Rights to co-ordinate a E1