Department: Limerick boxer's murderer was transferred to UK jail for his own safety

The mother of five-time national boxing champion Kevin Sheehy said: "I feel like my human rights were not considered at all."

Logan Jackson applied to be transferred out of Limerick Prison on January 13, 2022, a mere 23 days into his life sentence. File picture: Paul Beard / courtesy of the Coventry Observer.

Convicted murderer Logan Jackson could not continue to serve out a life sentence in any Irish jail, because the State authorities feared he would be harmed or killed in custody, it can be revealed.

The extraordinary acknowledgment by the State, that a prisoner who committed a murder in the State could not be detained in any jail in the State due to the State fearing for the prisoner’s safety — as well as the safety of members of the Irish Prison Service — is outlined in a statement sent from the Justice Department to this reporter.