‘Ireland an outlier’ for serving life sentences on children, expert says 

The discussion, chaired by Nessa Lynch, is being held following a landmark Supreme Court decision in March that life sentences where a child is convicted of murder should only be imposed in exceptional cases. File picture: iStock

Imposing life sentences on children for murder makes Ireland an outlier across Europe, according to a University College Cork (UCC) academic who will chair a discussion on the issue later this month.

Nessa Lynch will chair the webinar, which is being held by the Centre for Children’s Rights and Family Law at UCC, on May 26.