The Explainer: How does sentencing work in Ireland?

The Journal

Lean Left

Mixed Factuality

Media Conglomerate: Ogden Newspapers

The Explainer: How does sentencing work in Ireland?

We’re joined by Paul McCutcheon, a professor of Law at the University of Limerick to examine how exactly sentencing works. What factors do judges take into account? What guidance do they rely on? And how is that some judges deliver sentences that look very different to those of their peers?