Post office raiders who pointed gun at Kerry postmistress’ face have nine year sentences upheld

A pair of armed robbers who pointed a firearm into the face of a middle-aged postmistress have lost appeals against the severity of their nine-year sentences.

Marcus O’Rourke (39) and Brian O’Sullivan (33), pleaded guilty at Tralee Circuit Criminal Court to the robbery of postmistress Lisa O’Reilly Foran at Waterville Post Office, Co Kerry, on August 3, 2016.