Clare man jailed for late-night firebomb attack 'on a house full of children'

The court heard that the row started because the mother in the house didn’t like the way the defendant looked at her and her husband remonstrated him about it

The court heard the offence had occurred during a suspended sentence that Martin Mongans was serving.

A judge has jailed an Ennis man for four years and 10 months for a firebomb attack “on a house full of children” in 2021.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford has imposed the four-year and 10 month prison term on Martin Mongans (35) for the reckless endangerment offence when firing a shotgun and throwing a petrol bomb at the O’Loughlin home at 25 Pearse Avenue, Cloughleigh, Ennis, just after midnight on November 22, 2021.