Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between April 2002 and April 2003, from the ages reported

Offences

Dangerous driving causing serious bodily injury

Where

Co. Tipperary

Reporting

1 report, 3 Apr 2025 to 3 Apr 2025

Outlets

offalyexpress.ie

• Appeal dismissed in Tipperary dangerous driving case injuring child Dangerous driving causing serious bodily injury · Co. Tipperary

  Two cars collided head-on in the Lismaline area, Ballingarry, Co Tipperary, at around 11.35pm on 14 August 2021, critically injuring a five-year-old girl with a severe traumatic brain injury and injuring five others whose injuries were not life-threatening. Emmett Rigney, a 22-year-old man, was convicted of dangerous driving causing serious bodily injury at Nenagh Courthouse on 26 April 2024 and sentenced to two years suspended for two years on payment of €10,000 compensation, with a six-year driving disqualification. The DPP appealed the sentence on grounds of undue leniency. The Court of Appeal dismissed the application in April 2025, finding the sentence was not unduly lenient or outside the norm.

  In court, 3 Apr 2025Convicted · 1 report

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1. 3 Apr2025
   In courtoffalyexpress.ie, in Appeal dismissed in Tipperary dangerous driving case injuring child

   Court rejects claim suspended sentence too lenient for Offaly driver who caused 'devastating' injuries to child

   convicted, Emmett Rigney, 22, male, named, irish (judged from name)Emmett Rigney♂22IE

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