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Case No. 11846Drive-by shooting (firearms offence), threat to kill and criminal damage · Co. Limerick · 4 Jun 2023

Man jailed for ten years over Limerick drive-by feud shooting

Shane O’Donoghue, 26, was sentenced at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court to ten years in prison with the final two years suspended. He had pleaded guilty to his role in a feud-related drive-by shooting at a house in Southill, plus a threat to kill and criminal damage.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced2 Dec
    2 reports
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Key facts

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35 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatShane O'Donoghue was jailed for his role in a feud-related drive-by shooting with a semi-automatic gun at a house where children were present. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whatAt O'Malley Park, the accused shouted at a woman holding an infant that he would shoot her son dead. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whatThe driver fired three or four shots from the car towards the house on Hyde Road. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whatFamily members, including children, were outside the house when the shots were fired on a sunny Sunday afternoon. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whatA passenger in a car was involved in a feud-related drive-by gun attack on a home where children were present. (limerickpost.ie)
  • whereThe threat to kill took place in O'Malley Park, Southill. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whereThe car then drove to a house on Hyde Road owned by a brother of the woman who was in O'Malley Park. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whereThe sentence was imposed at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court. (limerickpost.ie)
  • whereThe car pulled up outside a house at O’Malley Park, Southill, where residents were in the front garden. (limerickpost.ie)
  • whenThe offences of threatening to kill and possession of a firearm occurred on June 4, 2023. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whenThe judge said the events took place on June 4, 2023. (limerickpost.ie)
  • causeThe judge said the incident appears to be part of a wider feud and a disproportionate retaliation to a perceived threat. (limerickleader.ie)
  • weaponCartridges recovered by gardaí indicated the gun was a semi-automatic weapon. (limerickleader.ie)
  • weaponGardaí recovered three cartridge cases from the scene, indicating a semi-automatic gun was used. (limerickpost.ie)
  • chargeO'Donoghue also pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal damage at a different house on Hyde Road on August 21, 2023. (limerickleader.ie)
  • chargeO’Donoghue pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a man and to causing criminal damage. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtThe judge said O'Donoghue's guilty pleas were of material assistance to the State and gardaí and took them into account in mitigation. (limerickleader.ie)
  • courtThe judge said society cannot accept young men driving around the city firing guns into private houses. (limerickleader.ie)
  • courtO’Donoghue and Fogarty pleaded guilty to all of the charges. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtThe judge said the early guilty plea prevented the necessity of a trial. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtThe judge said a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years applied to the gun charge. (limerickpost.ie)
  • sentenceThe judge imposed seven years for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and a concurrent five years for threatening to kill. (limerickleader.ie)
  • sentenceThe judge imposed three-year sentences on each of the two criminal damage counts, with the three-year sentence made consecutive to the seven-year sentence. (limerickleader.ie)
  • sentenceConsidering totality, the judge suspended the final two years of O'Donoghue's ten-year sentence. (limerickleader.ie)
  • sentenceThe court imposed a seven-year sentence for the gun attack. (limerickpost.ie)
  • sentenceThe court imposed a five-year sentence for the threat to kill, to run concurrently with the gun charge. (limerickpost.ie)
  • sentenceThe criminal damage charges each received three-year sentences, concurrent with each other and consecutive to the gun charge. (limerickpost.ie)
  • sentenceThe total sentence is ten years, with the final two years suspended for ten years. (limerickpost.ie)
  • otherO'Donoghue was a passenger in the car during the gun attack, which the driver carried out. (limerickleader.ie)
  • otherThe car was driven by Kieran Fogarty. (limerickleader.ie)
  • otherNo casualties were caused, but an individual may have been grazed by a bullet, which only recently came to light. (limerickleader.ie)
  • otherKieran Fogarty drove the car involved in the gun attack. (limerickpost.ie)
  • otherO’Donoghue threatened to shoot a child in the front garden of the house at O’Malley Park. (limerickpost.ie)
  • otherChildren were gathered at the Collins family house during the shooting, on a Sunday lunchtime. (limerickpost.ie)
  • otherNo casualties were caused during the shooting, though an individual may have been grazed by a bullet. (limerickpost.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 9 Dec2025
    Sentencedlimerickpost.ie, first report
    Man involved in drive-by feud shooting jailed for eight years

    Reports the sentencing of Shane O’Donoghue for the June 2023 drive-by shooting in Southill, with the threat to kill and criminal damage charges. Says the shooter was Kieran Fogarty, who was separately jailed for it. Not related to the Joe Drennan case.

    convicted, Shane O'Donoghue, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)Shane O'Donoghuesuspect, Kieran Fogarty, named, irish (judged from name)Kieran Fogarty
  2. 2 Dec2025
    Sentencedlimerickleader.ie, follow-up
    Limerick man jailed for role in feud-linked drive-by shooting at a house as children played

    Adds sentencing detail from the Limerick Circuit Court hearing: a seven-year firearm sentence, a concurrent five-year threat sentence, three-year criminal damage sentences, and a suspended final two years. It also names the driver of the car as Kieran Fogarty.

    convicted, Shane O'Donoghue, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)Shane O'Donoghuesuspect, Kieran Fogarty, 21, named, irish (judged from name)Kieran Fogarty