Mark Nash loses High Court bid over murder prison transfer

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Mark Nash, serving life sentences for multiple murders, lost his High Court bid to secure a transfer to Arbour Hill Prison on 4 August 2015. The judgment concerned his detention at Midlands Prison after the Irish Prison Service maintained its refusal of the requested transfer.

Mr Justice Kearns held that prison transfers were principally an executive function and that prisoners had no right to choose their prison. The court found that Nash’s needs were being adequately addressed at Midlands Prison, while leaving open the possibility of a further application based on good conduct and demeanour.