Jailed garda killers have paid their debt

THERE are inmates of the Irish prison system who have been incarcerated for most of their lives.

Jimmy Ennis has been behind bars for over 50 years. At the time of his incarceration, he was a man of such violence that he was regarded as an immediate threat to society. He is the longest serving inmate of the Irish prison system.

In 1964, he killed a farmer in the course of a robbery. George Applebe was 54 years of age, a married man, who farmed his land in Watergrasshill, Co Cork. Ennis broke into Applebe’s home and killed him with an iron bar.