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Lack of âbasic responsibilityâ on roads can destroy life, funeral of hit-and-run victim hears (opens the original)
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The funeral Mass of a Limerick teenager killed in a hit-and-run collision heard about the âprofound dangerâ of Irelandâs roads. Rory OâConnor, of Athea, Co Limerick, died just hours after celebrating his 17th birthday at the Listowel Races, when he was knocked down and killed by a hit-and-run driver. On Monday, a man in his 30s appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing the death of the west Limerick youth at the N69 in Listowel, Co Kerry, on Saturday, September 26th. âRo
Man charged with child cruelty after child (2) found on roof ledge covered in faeces (opens the original)
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A two-year-old child was found unaccompanied on the ledge of a roof of a three-storey apartment building and covered in faeces, a court heard on Monday. The childâs father, who is in his 40s, appeared before Limerick District Court charged with one count of child cruelty. The man cannot be identified due to a court order restricting reporting details that would identify the child, who is legally entitled to anonymity under the Childrenâs Act. Sgt Jimmy Dillane of Roxboro Road Garda station t
Operation targeting organised crime removes guns and ammunition from Limerick streets (opens the original)
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Limerick gardaà took four guns, ammunition and drugs off the streets in planned operations targeting local organised crime groups. The separate Garda operations on Monday and Tuesday, led by the Limerick Divisional Drugs Unit, yielded the recovery of more than â¬400,000 of suspected cocaine and cannabis jellies, four firearms, bullets, and more than â¬9,000 in cash. Gardaà raided a house in the city on Tuesday where they recovered the firearms and suspected cannabis edibles valued at more th
Call for stiffer sentences after âcrazyâ driver speeding wrong way killed man (opens the original)
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The coroner for Limerick has endorsed calls for maximum sentences for dangerous driving causing death to be increased from 10 to 14 years and agreed it is illogical for driving disqualifications not to run consecutively to custodial sentences. The submissions were made by Loraine Fehilly, through her barrister, at the inquest into the death of her husband, and father of their three children, Maurice Fehilly, held at Limerick Coronerâs Court, Kilmallock, on Wednesday. Maurice Fehilly (42) of Se
Parents âfull of fearâ, funeral of teenager killed in Co Clare hit-and-run told (opens the original)
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A priest told the funeral of a teenager killed in a hit-and-run in Co Clare that parents and grandparents in Ireland are âfull of fearâ of the society their children and grandchildren are growing up in. Fr Richard Davern was addressing mourners attending the funeral of 17-year-old Bryan Lowe, who was knocked down by a car and dragged under the vehicle, which did not remain at the scene. Questioning the apparent lack of respect for life in modern society, Davern told mourners at the boyâs f
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