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Scissor Sister Mulhall can challenge prison transfer

Date
2021-04-20

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

In April 2021 the High Court granted Charlotte Mulhall leave to challenge her 2018 transfer from Mountjoy Women's Prison to Limerick Prison. Justice Anthony Barr accepted that the move had disrupted visits from her Dublin‑based family and that this constituted a disproportionate interference with her family rights. He ordered that, if Mulhall is transferred back to Mountjoy, she must be given the same visiting arrangements she had before mid‑2019, when visits were ended without formal notice. The judge also required sworn statements on the impact of Covid‑19 on prison visits and on Mulhall's current activities at Limerick. He dismissed the claim that her challenge was untimely, noting she had known of the transfer and had not acted for eight months. The case was adjourned to May for further proceedings. Mulhall, aged 21 at the time of the 2005 murder, is represented by Conor Power SC and Cian Kelly BL.