Ireland Named in reporting
Patrick Sheridan
23 reports across 1 case, 24 Dec 2024 to 21 Jan 2026
Victim: Patrick Sheridan, Irish man (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Dangerous driving causing death, Producing a machete, Criminal damage, Threatening to kill or cause serious harm
- Where
- Co. Limerick
- Reporting
- 23 reports, 24 Dec 2024 to 21 Jan 2026
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, limerickpost.ie, thejournal.ie, irishmirror.ie, limerickleader.ie
Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for dangerous driving causing death in Rathkeale Dangerous driving causing death · Co. Limerick
On 21 December 2024, Danny O'Donoghue, 43, of Rathkeale, Co Limerick, drove a silver Ford Transit van into a set of steel gates at Bank Place, Well Lane, Rathkeale, killing his 21-year-old niece Marguerita O'Rourke (née Sheridan), who had given birth to her first child three weeks earlier. O'Donoghue was arrested on 23 December 2024 and charged with dangerous driving causing death, criminal damage, producing a machete, and threatening to kill or cause serious harm. He pleaded guilty to four of the charges at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court in July 2025. On 21 January 2026, Judge Colin Daly sentenced him to five and a half years in prison with the final six months suspended, a concurrent two and a half year sentence for producing the machete, and a seven-year driving ban.
Sentenced, 1 Jan 2026Victim · 23 reports
Timeline
every report naming Patrick Sheridan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 21 Jan2026Man jailed for dangerous driving causing death of niece while high on drink and drugsvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 21 Jan2026Man jailed for five years for death of niece while high on drink and drugsvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 1 Jan2026Man jailed for five years for dangerous driving causing death of niece after taking cocainevictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 30 Oct2025Rathkeale family's life 'changed forever' after fatal Christmas hit and run, court hearsvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 30 Oct2025CCTV played in court shows moment uncle killed niece in Rathkeale hit and runvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 29 Oct2025Rathkeale man to be sentenced for dangerous driving causing death of niece last Christmasvictim, Patrick Sheridan, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 17 Jul2025Man pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of niece Marguerita O’Rourkevictim, Patrick Sheridan, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 17 Jul2025Man pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of his niece Marguerita O’Rourkevictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 17 Jul2025BREAKING: Limerick man pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of mum of newborn babyvictim, Patrick Sheridan, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 13 May2025Man remanded in custody after indicating he would plead guilty to dangerous driving causing death of young mothervictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 13 May2025Man charged with death of Rathkeale mother pleads guiltyvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 13 May2025Rathkeale man charged over death of young mum, Marguerita, indicates guilty pleavictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 13 May2025Man charged with dangerous driving causing death of young mothervictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 27 Dec2024Man further remanded in custody charged over death of young mother in Rathkealevictim, Patrick Sheridan, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 27 Dec2024Man remanded in custody charged over death of young mother in Rathkealevictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 27 Dec2024Man appears in court charged with causing death of Marguerita O'Rourke in Rathkeale last weekvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 27 Dec2024Man remanded in custody charged with dangerous driving causing death of woman (21) in Rathkealevictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 27 Dec2024UPDATE: Limerick man charged over death of Marguerita Sheridan in Rathkeale further remanded in custodyvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 27 Dec2024Partner and baby of young mum killed in hit-and-run pose in heartbreaking photovictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 26 Dec2024Young mother killed in Limerick hit-and-run to be laid to restvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 24 Dec2024BREAKING: Limerick man charged over death of Marguerita Sheridan in Rathkealevictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 24 Dec2024Man charged with dangerous driving causing death of Marguerita Sheridan in Rathkeale, Co Limerickvictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
- 24 Dec2024Man remanded in custody charged over death of young Rathkeale mothervictim, Patrick Sheridan, male, irish (judged from name)Patrick Sheridan
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