Burglars were urged to assist dying man

Grim details of the crime which struck fear into rural Ireland when a quiet Co Limerick bachelor collapsed and died as he came on two men carrying out a burglary to his house were recalled yesterday.

Cousins David Casey, aged 21, from Coolock, Dublin, and Michael Casey, aged 33, of Clonlong Halting Site, Limerick, had pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to carrying out the burglary at the home of John O’Donoghue, at Toomaline, Doon, Co Limerick on the afternoon of August 27, 2015.

Prior to breaking into Mr O’Donoghue’s home the Caseys and an unnamed third man who drove them carried out break-ins at homes in the nearby Cappamore area.