Name
|
Party
|
Term of office
|
Prison time
|
Prison(s)
|
Reason
|
Notes
|
Henry Coyle
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal
|
1923
|
May 1924
|
1924–27
|
?
|
Fraud (Bouncing cheques)[2]
|
Disqualified from the Oireachtas as a result
|
Seán McGuinness
|
|
Republican
|
1923
|
October 1925
|
1925–26
|
Mountjoy
|
Assaulting a Garda Sergeant
|
Disqualified from the Oireachtas as a result
|
Dominick Cafferky
|
|
Clann na Talmhan
|
1943
|
1954
|
early 1940s
|
Sligo Gaol
|
1940s land agitation in Mayo[2]
|
Later became a leading Dáil spokesman on penal reform
|
Bernard Commons
|
|
Clann na Talmhan
|
Dec 1945
|
1957
|
early 1940s
|
Sligo Gaol
|
1940s land agitation in Mayo[2]
|
|
James Larkin
|
|
Labour Party
|
1927
|
1944
|
1940s
|
?
|
Bankruptcy[2]
|
|
John Joe McGirl
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
1957
|
1961
|
1946
|
?
|
IRA membership
|
|
1957–62
|
Mountjoy
|
Actions during the IRA Border Campaign
|
|
Tomás Mac Giolla
|
|
Workers' Party
|
Nov 1982
|
1992
|
1956–62
|
Mountjoy
|
IRA membership and actions during the IRA Border Campaign
|
|
Proinsias De Rossa
|
|
Sinn Féin, Workers' Party, Democratic Left, Labour Party
|
Feb 1982
|
2002
|
1956–59
|
Mountjoy, Curragh Camp
|
IRA membership and actions during the IRA Border Campaign
|
|
Bernard Durkan
|
|
Fine Gael
|
1981
|
|
1967
|
Mountjoy, Portlaoise
|
Contempt of Court for activities relating to a farmers protest
|
|
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
|
|
Sinn Féin, Republican Sinn Féin
|
1957
|
1961
|
Jan–Jun 1957
|
Mountjoy
|
Failing to account for his activities and actions during the IRA Border Campaign
|
|
Jun 1957–Sep 1958
|
Curragh Camp
|
Interned
|
Escaped in September 1958
|
Nov 1959–May 1960
|
Mountjoy
|
Imprisoned under the Offences against the State Act
|
|
Jan–Jun 1973
|
Curragh Camp
|
Membership of the Provisional IRA
|
|
Gerry Adams
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
2011
|
2020
|
1972, 1973–76
|
HMS Maidstone, Long Kesh
|
Membership of the Provisional IRA
|
Interned, but imprisoned for attempted escape
|
Paddy Agnew
|
|
Anti H-Block
|
1981
|
1982
|
1973–76, 1977–86
|
Portlaoise, Mountjoy, Crumlin Road, Maze
|
Illegal importation of arms on behalf of the Provisional IRA and membership of same
|
Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1981 general election while in prison
|
Kieran Doherty
|
|
Anti H-Block
|
Jun 1981
|
Aug 1981
|
1976–81
|
Maze
|
Possession of firearms and explosives, and hijacking
|
Died on hunger strike in August 1981
|
Martin Ferris
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
2002
|
2020
|
1984–94
|
Portlaoise
|
Illegal importation of arms on behalf of the Provisional IRA and membership of the same
|
|
Dessie Ellis
|
|
Sinn Féin
|
2011
|
|
1982–90
|
Portlaoise
|
Provisional IRA membership
|
|
Tony Gregory
|
|
Independent
|
Feb 1982
|
Jan 2009
|
1986
|
Mountjoy
|
For activities during a campaign in support of Dublin inner city street traders
|
Spent 2 weeks in prison
|
Joe Costello
|
|
Labour
|
Nov 1982
|
Feb 2016
|
1986
|
Mountjoy
|
For activities during a campaign in support of Dublin inner city street traders
|
Spent one week in prison
|
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
|
|
Independent
|
2011
|
2014
|
1998
|
Loughan House
|
Non payment of fines related to the Litter Pollution Act[3]
|
Spent 3 weeks in prison
|
Liam Lawlor
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1977
|
2002
|
Jan 2001, Jan 2002, Feb 2002
|
Mountjoy
|
Failure to cooperate with the Mahon Tribunal
|
[4]
|
Joe Higgins
|
|
Socialist Party
|
1997
|
2016
|
Sep–Oct 2003
|
Mountjoy
|
Actions during the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign
|
[5]
|
Clare Daly
|
|
Socialist Party
|
2011
|
2019
|
Sep–Oct 2003
|
Mountjoy
|
Actions during the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign
|
[5]
|
|
United Left
|
7–9 pm, 9 December 2015
|
Limerick Prison
|
Non-payment of fines
|
Fined €2,000 on 22 April 2015 for entering a restricted area at Shannon Airport on 22 July 2014 when protesting against U.S. Air Force landings. Sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment.[6]
|
Ray Burke
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1973
|
1998
|
Jan–Jun 2005
|
Arbour Hill
|
Falsifying tax returns
|
Mahon Tribunal stated that Burke was unambiguously "corrupt"
|
Francis O'Brien
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1989
|
2011
|
2013–15
|
Castlerea Prison
|
Demanding money with menaces
|
|
Ned O'Keeffe
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1982
|
2011
|
2014
|
–
|
Falsifying expense claims
|
7-month suspended sentence
|
Ivor Callely
|
|
Fianna Fáil
|
1989
|
2011
|
2014–15
|
Wheatfield Prison
|
Falsifying expense claims
|
5 months
|
Mick Wallace
|
|
Independent
|
2011
|
2019
|
2–4 pm, 9 December 2015
|
Limerick Prison
|
Non-payment of fines
|
Same crimes and sentence as Clare Daly.[7][8][9]
|
James Heffernan
|
|
Labour Party
|
2011
|
April 2016
|
April–July 2019
|
Cork Prison
|
Drunken assault on three gardaí
|
[10]
|
|
Social Democrats
|