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
- 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
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
What happens in the US with regard to capital punishment...
What happens in the US with regard to capital punishment will be crucial for its abolition world-wide, according to a UN consultant on the death penalty
- JUNE 7, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
June 7; 2001: the proposal to remove the death penalty...
June 7; 2001: the proposal to remove the death penalty from the Constitution obtained only 62
- JUNE 5, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
An American murderer on death row called on the Irish...
An American murderer on death row called on the Irish people to abolish the death penalty in the June 7 referendum
- MAY 28, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has...
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has said it is "not only desirable but morally incumbent on Irish Catholics" to vote for the removal from the Constitution of references to the death penalty, in the referendum on June 7th
- MAY 27, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should...
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should throw out the death penalty in the June 7 referendum
- APRIL 25, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Ireland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- APRIL 12, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
MP Brendan McGahon was the only defender of the death...
MP Brendan McGahon was the only defender of the death penalty in a debate about removing it from the Constitution
- JANUARY 1, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was removed from legislation in 1990,...
The death penalty was removed from legislation in 1990, but remains in the Constitution
- JANUARY 1, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
All references to capital punishment were removed from...
All references to capital punishment were removed from the Constitution by referendum in June 2001
- APRIL 26, 2000IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Ireland cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist since 1990, the last execution took place...
Abolitionist since 1990, the last execution took place in 1954
- APRIL 28, 1999IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Ireland was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist since 1990, the last execution took place...
Abolitionist since 1990, the last execution took place in 1954