Ireland Named in reporting
Mason O'Connell Conway
Born between January 2021 and January 2022, from the ages reported. 19 reports across 1 case, 12 Aug 2021 to 23 Jan 2026
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- Between January 2021 and January 2022, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder
- Reporting
- 19 reports, 12 Aug 2021 to 23 Jan 2026
- Outlets
- limerickpost.ie, limerickleader.ie, corkbeo.ie, irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Stepmother sentenced to life for murder of four-year-old in Limerick Murder
Four-year-old Mason O'Connell Conway was found with critical head injuries at a house in Rathbane, Limerick, on 13 March 2021 and died three days later at Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin. His stepmother Tegan McGhee, a woman aged 32, and his father John Paul O'Connell, a man aged 36, were charged in October 2022 after earlier arrests in 2021. McGhee's murder trial at the Central Criminal Court began in November 2025, during which she changed her plea from not guilty to guilty after medical evidence was heard. On 14 January 2026, Mr Justice Paul McDermott sentenced McGhee to life imprisonment for the murder and four years and six months for two counts of child cruelty, while O'Connell had previously been sentenced to seven years for endangerment, neglect and impeding McGhee's prosecution.
Sentenced, 14 Jan 2026Victim · 19 reports
Timeline
every report naming Mason O'Connell Conway, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 23 Jan2026Woman gets life in prison over murder of partner's four-year-old sonvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 18 Jan2026Sister of Limerick child murderer Tegan McGhee tells her: 'I hope you rot in hell'victim, Mason O'Connell-Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell-Conway
- 14 Jan2026'Pure evil' stepmother who murdered Limerick boy (4) named in courtvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 14 Jan2026'I have never heard so much evil in all my life': Limerick mum speaks out after son's murderer is jailedvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 14 Jan2026BREAKING: 'Evil' stepmother, who murdered Limerick boy, is named after judge lifts reporting restrictionsvictim, Mason O'Connell-Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell-Conway
- 14 Jan2026'Pure evil' stepmother who murdered 4 year-old boy in Limerick named in courtvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 14 Jan2026Tegan McGhee’s murder trial: The full storyvictim, Mason O'Connell-Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell-Conway
- 14 Jan2026Woman, 32, jailed for life over murder of partner's sonvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 9 Oct2022BREAKING: Woman charged with the murder of four-year-old Limerick boyvictim, Mason O'Connell, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell
- 7 Oct2022Man and woman charged in relation to alleged murder of four-year-old boyvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 7 Oct2022#BREAKING - Father and his partner charged over murder of 4-year-old Limerick boyvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 7 Oct2022Man and woman charged over death of boy (4) in Limerickvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 7 Oct2022Gardaí charge two in probe into death of boy, 4, found with head injuriesvictim, Mason TJ O'Connell-Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason TJ O'Connell-Conway
- 7 Oct2022#BREAKING - Two charged over death of 4-year-old Limerick boyvictim, Mason TJ O'Connell-Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason TJ O'Connell-Conway
- 1 Sep2022Garda investigation continuing into death of young Limerick boyvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 9 Sep2021Gardai to await DPP’s directions following arrest of woman in connection with death of four-year old boyvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
- 8 Sep2021Woman arrested in connection with death of four-year old Limerick boyvictim, Mason TJ O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason TJ O'Connell Conway
- 13 Aug2021Two people arrested on suspicion of murder of Limerick boy releasedvictim, Mason TJ O'Connell-Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason TJ O'Connell-Conway
- 12 Aug2021Man and woman arrested on suspicion of murdering four-year old Limerick boy Mason O’Connell-Conwayvictim, Mason O'Connell Conway, 4, male, irish (judged from name)Mason O'Connell Conway
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