CRS2025-PID047-Conor O'Neill and Eimear Ní Mhuircheartaigh

Diversion from Ireland’s Main Remand Prison over 20 Years from 2006 to 2025: Navigating Healthcare, Housing & Criminal Justice Systems

Authors

Professor Conor O'Neill

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Ireland

Dr O’Neill is a Consultant Psychiatrist with the HSE National Forensic Mental Health Service. He did part of his Irish Higher Training with the Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service in New South Wales and set up the Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service at Cloverhill, Ireland’s main male remand prison in 2006. He is also an Associate Clinical Professor in Forensic Psychiatry at Trinity College, Dublin and a member of the Advisory Group to the Quality Network for Prison Mental Health Services in the UK and Ireland.

Dr Eimear Ni Mhuircheartaigh

Senior Registrar, National Forensic Mental Health Service, Ireland

Dr Ní Mhuircheartaigh is a Higher Specialist Trainee in psychiatry, currently working in Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, Ireland. Dr Ní Mhuircheartaigh has worked clinically in the area of forensic psychiatry across both inpatient and prison settings and in forensic psychiatric research at the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Ireland. Dr. Ní Mhuircheartaigh is engaged in research and clinical practice aimed at improving psychiatric care in correctional environments and addressing the complexities of mental health within the justice system.

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