Ireland
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Abolitionist since 1990, the last execution took place...
- News items in the archive
- 49
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Ireland is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 49 news items on Ireland, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2019IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2018IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2017IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2016IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2015IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2014IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2013IrelandDEATH PENALTY
IRELAND: GOVERNMENT CEASED ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMME FUNDING OVER IRAN DEATH PENALTY FEARS
Ireland stopped funding an anti-drug programme in Iran because of concerns that drug traffickers
- JANUARY 1, 2013IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2012IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2011IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2010IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2009IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2008IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Ireland voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2006IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- APRIL 20, 2005IrelandDEATH PENALTY
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Ireland was a cosponsor and voted in favIreland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.our of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- MARCH 22, 2005IrelandDEATH PENALTY
IRELAND. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BACKED BY 64% IN LIMERICK, POLL
a Fine Gael-organised survey found that 64% of people in Limerick would support the re-introduction of capital punishment for the murder of members of the security forces.
- JANUARY 1, 2005IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- APRIL 23, 2004IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed...
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of a resolution against the death penalty
- APRIL 21, 2004IrelandDEATH 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 at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990.
- JANUARY 16, 2004IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held...
Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, whose country held the rotating EU presidency, called on Lebanese President Emil Lahoud to intervene to stop the execution of three men, due to be put to death on January 17
- 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