People detained in the Central Mental Hospital not afforded all their rights, report finds

Report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust suggested 'the fitness to plead regime raises several human rights concerns'.

People detained in the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) are not afforded all their rights, according to a new report which highlights how one person was detained there but deemed unfit to plead since the 1970s.

The report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust suggested "the fitness to plead regime raises several human rights concerns".