<P> Capital punishment in the Republic of Ireland was abolished in statute law in 1990 , having been abolished in 1964 for most offences including ordinary murder . The last to be executed was Michael Manning , hanged for murder in 1954 . All subsequent death sentences , the last handed down in 1985 , were commuted by the President , on the advice of the Government , to terms of imprisonment of up to 40 years . The Twenty - first Amendment of the constitution , passed by referendum in 2001 , prohibits the reintroduction of the death penalty , even during a state of emergency or war . Capital punishment is also forbidden by several human rights treaties to which the state is a party . </P>
<P> Capital punishment in the Republic of Ireland was abolished in statute law in 1990 , having been abolished in 1964 for most offences including ordinary murder . The last to be executed was Michael Manning , hanged for murder in 1954 . All subsequent death sentences , the last handed down in 1985 , were commuted by the President , on the advice of the Government , to terms of imprisonment of up to 40 years . The Twenty - first Amendment of the constitution , passed by referendum in 2001 , prohibits the reintroduction of the death penalty , even during a state of emergency or war . Capital punishment is also forbidden by several human rights treaties to which the state is a party . </P>
who was the last man to be hanged in ireland
who was the last man to be hanged in ireland
Michael Manning
Michael Manning