Father acted as getaway driver for sons in violent attacks, court hears

A 50-year-old Ennis father was the getaway driver for his sons who set upon members of another settled traveller family in a busy Ennis town centre in two daylight violent attacks.

In graphic CCTV footage shown at Ennis Circuit Court, James Sherlock is seen at the wheel of a white van on Ennis’s O’Connell Street as his son, Declan Sherlock (23) is seen chase, catch up and then strikes a man lying on the footpath 10 times across the head and body with a long wooden pole.