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

William O'Driscoll

Born between December 1946 and December 1947, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 29 Dec 2021 to 29 Dec 2021

Victim: William O'Driscoll, Irish man, 74 (judged from name)William O'Driscoll

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between December 1946 and December 1947, from the ages reported
Offences
Assault (serious); causing serious harm
Where
Co. Clare
Reporting
1 report, 29 Dec 2021 to 29 Dec 2021
Outlets
limerickleader.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Man sentenced to ten years for causing serious harm in Rathkeale Assault (serious); causing serious harm · Co. Clare

    John O'Donoghue, 53, was found guilty by a jury in early November 2021 of causing serious harm to William O'Driscoll, 74, after attacking him with a machete in Rathkeale on 16 December 2017. The victim sustained a skull fracture, lacerations to his nose, face and forearm, and permanent scarring, and a medical report confirmed he could have died from a brain bleed. O'Donoghue, who is married to O'Driscoll's niece, was sentenced to a non-suspended ten-year term by Judge Patrick Meghen at Limerick Courthouse before Christmas 2021. He was found not guilty of a separate charge of making threats.

    Sentenced, 29 Dec 2021Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming William O'Driscoll, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 29 Dec2021
    Sentencedlimerickleader.ie, in Man sentenced to ten years for causing serious harm in Rathkeale
    Ten-year prison sentence for machete attack in Limerick town
    victim, William O'Driscoll, 74, male, irish (judged from name)William O'Driscoll

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