Man jailed for making online threats to autism campaigner and her children in West Cork

While on bail, Eamonn Deegan had abused another woman on Facebook whose child had recently taken their own life

Judge Helen Boyle re-affirmed the 10-month prison sentence but suspended the last two months. 

A man who made online threats to an autism campaigner and her children has been sentenced to 10 months in prison with the last two months of the sentence suspended.

Eamonn Deegan (55) with an address at Springfield Court, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, had appealed a 10-month sentence imposed on him in the District Court in July this year. Mr Deegan had admitted sending messages to Fiona O’Leary — a mother of five from West Cork — via Facebook Messenger calling her a “bitch” and accusing her family of “leaching” from the State.