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The judge described the murder as a “horrific breach of trust”. By Eoin Reynolds Monday 1 Feb 2021, 6:30 PM Feb 1st 2021, 6:30 PM 71,589 Views 0 Comments
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A ‘SPECIAL, LOVING’ boy who touched the hearts of everyone who ever met him” was horrifically murdered by his uncle, a man he trusted, the Central Criminal Court heard today.
A sentence hearing for the 28-year-old, who pleaded guilty last month to murdering the 11-year-old in the south-west of the country on November 3, 2019, heard that the boy was struck with a hammer and stabbed 27 times in the torso, arms and neck.
House in Limerick estate put under siege during ‘gender reveal’ party
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SEVERAL members of the same family have been sentenced for their roles in a violent brawl which erupted following a “gender reveal party”.
Details of the bizarre incident, which happened at Hyde Road, Prospect, emerged during a sentencing hearing last week.
Detective Garda Eoghan McDonagh told Limerick Circuit Court that members of the extended O’Donoghue family gathered on the afternoon of April 6, 2019 for a party to learn the gender of an unborn child.
The detective said the celebrations “continued into the early hours” and that gardai were alerted to a violent disturbance outside a neighbouring house at around 6am on April 7, 2019.