Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Clodagh Sharkey

1 report across 1 case, 21 Mar 2025 to 21 Mar 2025

Victim: Clodagh Sharkey, Irish person (judged from name)Clodagh Sharkey

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Endangering the lives of gardaí, Criminal damage
Where
Co. Sligo
Reporting
1 report, 21 Mar 2025 to 21 Mar 2025
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Cases

latest first
  • Man convicted of endangering gardaí and criminal damage in Sligo Endangering the lives of gardaí · Co. Sligo

    Damien O'Sullivan, 32, went on a seven-hour rampage at his home on St Brigid's Place, Sligo, on 1 May 2024, attacking four gardaí in a patrol van with an axe, damaging two Garda vans and a patrol car, and barricading himself inside the house. He was arrested for criminal damage offences and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. At Sligo Circuit Criminal Court on 21 March 2025, he pleaded guilty to endangering and threatening to kill Garda Sharkey, Garda Irwin and Sgt McMahon by using an axe to smash the patrol van windows, and to causing €20,000 worth of damage to the Garda vehicles. He was remanded for sentencing with fast-tracked psychiatric care.

    Convicted, 21 Mar 2025Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Clodagh Sharkey, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 21 Mar2025
    Convictedirishtimes.com, in Man convicted of endangering gardaí and criminal damage in Sligo
    Gardaí feared they would be beheaded as man went on axe rampage in Sligo
    victim, Clodagh Sharkey, irish (judged from name)Clodagh Sharkey

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