Uncle jailed after admitting dangerous driving causing death of niece in Rathkeale

Danny 'Big Dan' O’Donoghue was coming down off an alcohol and cocaine bender when he rammed into 8ft-high screened gates that the 21-year old mother of a three-week-old baby was standing behind

Marguerita O'Rourke had given birth to her first child three weeks before she was killed, Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard.

A man has been jailed for five and half years with the final six months suspended, after he admitted dangerous driving causing the death of his niece, while being high on a cocktail of drink and drugs.

Danny 'Big Dan' O’Donoghue, aged 43, was coming down off an alcohol and cocaine bender when he rammed into 8ft-high screened gates, that his then 21-year old niece, Marguerita O’Rourke nee Sheridan, was standing behind.