Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Born

Between July 1979 and May 1980, from the ages reported

Offences

Being drunk in a public place, Threats to kill

Where

Co. Limerick

Reporting

2 reports, 20 Jul 2023 to 1 May 2024

Outlets

limerickleader.ie, limerickpost.ie

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• Kilfinane man pleads not guilty to being drunk in a public place Being drunk in a public place · Co. Limerick

  On the night of 5 January 2024, gardaí were called to an unrelated matter in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, and then encountered James Heffernan, a 44-year-old man of Main Street, Kilfinane. Gardaí said he was visibly intoxicated and slurring his speech, and he was charged with being drunk in a public place and taken to Bruff Garda Station. He pleaded not guilty at Kilmallock Court, where Judge Nicola Jane Andrews said the State had proven its case. The latest reported development, in a court report published on 4 May 2024, is that the judge would allow a €100 poor box donation by 24 May 2024 in place of a conviction.

  No stage yetAccused · 1 report
• Former senator sentenced for threats to kill in Kilmallock Threats to kill · Co. Limerick

  James Heffernan, 43, of Main Street, Kilfinan, pleaded guilty in Kilmallock District Court to two counts of threats to kill against his neighbours, brothers Patrick and Greg Ryan, made between February 27 and April 5. He also pleaded guilty to damaging three vehicles belonging to the Ryan brothers, causing €3,405 in damage. Judge Patricia Harney handed down a one-month sentence suspended for 18 months, noting that Heffernan had compensated the injured parties in full. The court heard that Heffernan, a former Labour senator and primary school teacher, has 33 previous convictions.

  Sentenced, 20 Jul 2023Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 1 May2024
   Otherlimerickleader.ie, in Kilfinane man pleads not guilty to being drunk in a public place

   Solicitor asks gardaí if his client received a can of cider en route to garda station

   accused, James Heffernan, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)James Heffernan♂44IE
2. 20 Jul2023
   Sentencedlimerickpost.ie, in Former senator sentenced for threats to kill in Kilmallock

   Former Limerick senator sentenced for threatening to kill neighbours

   convicted, James Heffernan, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)James Heffernan♂43IE

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