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‘Professional criminal’ jailed for hit and run

An horrific hit and run incident in which an elderly pensioner lost his leg was recalled at Limerick Circuit Court on Thursday when a “full-time criminal” was jailed for eight years arising from the incident. Michael Sheehan (27) of Cliona Park, Moyross, Limerick was granted bail – despite Garda objections – just three days before he ploughed into three pensioners outside Parteen pitch and putt course on September 25, 2014. A former inter county hurler for Limerick, Mr Eric Ryan (80) suffered catastrophic injuries after he was pinned to the ground by Sheehan’s car, and had to have his left leg amputated from below the knee as a result of the ordeal. His friend Liam Barry (78), a retired garda, also suffered a number of injuries including a brain haemorrhage and damage to his kidney and liver but has since made a full recovery. Their friend the late Dermot O’Brien who was also in his seventies but now deceased, suffered …

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Post office worker stole from account holders

A POST office worker pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court this week to stealing nearly €100,000 in funds from elderly and disabled account holders. However, Mary Patricia Keirn (53), with an address at Vernon Crescent, Westbury, Clare, put the money back into the accounts. She was charged with 86 counts of theft and forgery totalling €103,000 and the State accepted Ms Kerin’s guilty plea to over a dozen sample charges. Judge Tom O’Donnell described the case as “extremely disturbing” after hearing money had been stolen from “vulnerable” customers. Ms Kerin was a respected senior member of staff working at the GPO, Cecil Street in Limerick when she physically stole over €20,000 from post office savings accounts customers, the court was told. The court heard she also made a series of unlawful transactions of the funds totalling over €80,000 before putting the money back within days of withdrawing it. In the bizarre twist, Gardai told the court, apart from the €20,000 …

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Hit and run victim’s life changed

A FORMER inter-county hurler told Limerick Circuit Court how his life changed irreparably, due to catastrophic injuries received when a burglar trying to evade gardaí during a high-speed chase in Parteen ploughed into him. Limerick Circuit Court heard that the injuries sustained by 79-year-old Eric Ryan in the incident in Parteen village last September resulted in him having a leg amputated above the knee. Before the court was Michael Sheehan, 26, of 44 Cliona Park, Moyross, Limerick, who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious injury to Mr Ryan and to two counts of burglary. Detective Garda Ronan O’Reilly said Mr Ryan, from Corbally in Limerick, and two friends had gone to nearby Browne’s bar for a drink, after playing a game of pitch and putt. Returning to a car park, they heard a garda car siren. The next thing a car, driven by Sheehan, crashed into the men, resulting in Mr Ryan suffering injuries that also included a fracture …

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