Tipperary father of two jailed for firing shots into cousin's Limerick home

Larry O’Connor, 33, with an address at The Lodge, Great National Hotel, Ballykisteen, Co Tipperary, fired two shots using a pump-action shotgun at his first cousin Danny Harty’s home, before breaking into the house and firing two more shots from inside.

A father of two was jailed for 12 years today after a court heard he blasted four shots into a relative’s house where infant twins were sleeping.

Larry O’Connor, 33, with an address at The Lodge, Great National Hotel, Ballykisteen, Co Tipperary, fired two shots using a pump-action shotgun at his first cousin Danny Harty’s home, before breaking into the house and firing two more shots from inside.