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Sunday World
5 days ago
- Sunday World
Irish prison chiefs spent €15k on products for beauty courses in female jails
Hair-raising figure for training supplies at Dochas and Limerick Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that a total of €5,399 was spent on hairdressing supplies including shampoo, conditioner, hair-colouring products, brushes and capes at the Dochas Centre in Dublin in 2024. This cost came out of the Work Training budget at the prison, which houses some of the country's most dangerous female criminals. The Dochas Centre's salon — named Head and Shoulders after former inmates and hair and beauty students Linda and Charlotte Mulhall — also teaches manicures, facials and how to apply makeup. The salon was named after Scissor Sisters Charlotte and Linda Mulhall It runs a 10-week course in hairdressing for up to seven women at a time and covers everything from blow-drying to hair colouring. The amount spent on supplies last year was less than that in 2023 which accounted for €6,287 out of the Work Training budget for Mountjoy's women's prison. Budget Meanwhile, according to the FOI figures, there was also a payment made out of the Education budget at the Dochas Centre for €1,266 in 2023 and €1,822 for the female wing of Limerick Prison for salon supplies and tunics. According to the Irish Prison Service FOI: 'A record exists that there was payment out of the Education budget for Limerick Prison in 2024 — the payment was for hair salon supplies, there was no record in the financial reports of any payment of beauty/ hair supplies from education in 2024 for the Dochas.' It added that there was no money used out of the Work Training budget for Limerick Women's Prison for hairdressing supplies in 2023-2024. Charlotte Mulhall, who is serving a life sentence for the gruesome murder of Farah Swaleh Noor in 2005, whose dismembered remains were found in the Royal Canal, was once a star beauty student at the Dochas Centre before being moved to the female wing of Limerick Prison in 2022. The female wing of Limerick Prison, which houses dissident republican killer Rose Lynch and child killer Karen Harrington, also runs a very popular hair and beauty course. Career A source said: 'The course is very popular among prisoners and there is often a waiting list to get on to it. 'The prisoners learn to colour hair, give proper salon blow dries and often use other inmates to try out their new techniques on. 'Many prisoners who have court hearings often receive a salon makeover from fellow inmates who have taken part in the course. 'Inmates often use the course as a stepping stone to pursue a career in hairdressing and beauty once released.'
Sunday World
19-05-2025
- Sunday World
Scissor Sister killer Charlotte Mulhall shows cuddly side as she prepares for release
Scissor Sister murderer makes teddies for other inmates' kids Charlotte Mulhall has been described as a 'model prisoner' in Limerick as her release approaches Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall has been showing her softer side by making teddy bears for other prisoner's kids as preparations get underway for her imminent release. The killer, who is serving a life sentence for the brutal killing of her mother's partner Farah Swaleh Noor in 2005, is reportedly attending pre-release meetings at Limerick Prison as hopes of her walking free quickly gain momentum. Mulhall is also living in one of the six single-room apartments where long-term prisoners due for release, and who have become institutionalised, can learn how to look after themselves as well as cook and clean after a long time in custody. A source said: 'There appears to be a plan in place for Mulhall's full release. She's very much a model prisoner and has already been getting out for the day under temporary release (TR) from the prison. Charlotte and Linda Mulhall killed their mother's partner Farah Swaleh Noor in 2005 'Her sister Linda is already free and it's only a matter of time now before she is too. 'She has been out a handful of times on temporary release and likes to go on supervised visits to the cinema and on walks, simple things we all take for granted, really. 'She's also living in one of the fully equipped apartments in the prison. There are only six single apartments and she has one. 'It's all pointing in one direction and that's full release.' Meanwhile, Mulhall is putting old skills she learned in a prison home economics class to good use and spends hours knitting and sewing homemade teddy bears for loved ones and other prisoner's kids. The 39-year-old, who is one of just a few female inmates who have their own 'apartments' on the new female wing of Limerick Prison, likes to socialise with Ireland's only female assassin Rose Lynch when she's not doing her own thing. Charlotte Mulhall has been described as a 'model prisoner' in Limerick as her release approaches A source said: 'Mulhall is big into the sewing and knitting and spends hours every day making things including gorgeous little teddy bears, she's very talented. 'Mulhall is one of maybe four female inmates, including Rose Lynch, who have an 'apartment' in the prison on the new female wing. Charlotte Mulhall has been described as a 'model prisoner' in Limerick as her release approaches News in 90 Seconds - May 19th 'She is a lot more settled then when she first arrived from Dublin's Dochas Centre but that could be down to the fact that she knows freedom is coming soon.' Charlotte's sister Linda Mulhall is already free, having served 15 years for manslaughter. However, Charlotte, who stabbed Noor up to 20 times with a kitchen knife, was convicted of murder. The brutal killing, which shocked the nation, happened in her mother Kathleen's apartment at Richmond Cottages, Ballybough in Dublin in March 2005. While Charlotte stabbed Noor, Linda struck him with a hammer after the sisters claimed he had tried to rape one of them. They then chopped up his remains inside the bathroom of their mother's apartment. The sisters then dumped Noor's limbs and torso in the Royal Canal before taking his head on the bus to Tallaght in West Dublin. Noor's head has never been found but it is believed to have been hidden in a park before being moved.
