A person can be remanded in custody over the dying of his mom (21) in a hit-and-run in Limerick

A person charged within the dying of mother-of-one Marguerita “Maggie” O’Rourke (née Sheridan) was remanded in custody Friday.

Danny O’Donoghue, 42, of Decrease Primary Road Rathkeale, Co Limerick, is charged with harmful driving inflicting the dying of Ms O’Rourke on December 21 final yr.

Mrs O’Rourke, 21, of Roches Row, Rathkeale, was significantly injured and died after a van collided with the gates of Financial institution Place, Properly Lane, Rathkeale, at round 12.15pm on Saturday 21 final December.

Mr O’Donoghue can be charged with inflicting prison harm to a set of doorways; threaten to kill or trigger critical hurt to Patrick Sheridan; producing a machete through the train of the alleged risk; and inflicting prison harm to Mr Sheridan’s van, all in Rathkeale, on December 21 final yr.

Mr O’Donoghue appeared at a recess session of Limerick District Court docket on Friday, by way of video hyperlink from Limerick Jail the place he’s being held on remand, and spoke to substantiate his title and that he may hear and see the authorized proceedings. .

Garda Prosecution Sergeant Sean Murray, of Roxboro Street Garda Station, stated Gardaí have been awaiting additional directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and he requested a four-week remand in custody.

Sergeant Murray stated a Garda file was “being ready” for the DPP.

The lawyer, John Herbert, stated the defendant consented to the state’s request for 4 weeks’ remand.

Choose Adrian Harris granted the State’s utility and remanded Mr O’Donoghue in continued custody to look in Limerick District Court docket on January 21 for instructions from the DPP.

Ms O’Rourke, her husband Denis and household celebrated the delivery of the couple’s first little one, Edward, virtually 4 weeks in the past.

A number of hundred folks attended a candlelight vigil for the deceased in Rathkeale on Christmas Eve.

Mrs. O’Rourke’s stays might be laid to relaxation at Cross’s Funeral Residence, Gerald Griffin Road, Limerick Metropolis, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., tomorrow Saturday, December 28.

His funeral will happen at St Mary’s Church, Rathkeale, at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 29, with burial afterwards at St Joseph’s Cemetery, Rathkeale.

John Sheridan, the sufferer’s father, paid tribute to his daughter and described her as “a real legend” who cherished “horses”.

The deceased’s brother, Freddy Sheridan, posted a tribute on-line and wrote: “My first Christmas with out you and it isn’t the identical in a billion %, Marguerita, and it’ll by no means be the identical with out you, not simply at Christmas, my life won’t ever be the identical. be the identical Maggie, however you left us a really particular boy, I do know his mother needs to be there with him however sadly life did not prove that means.

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“Marguerita, I could make a e book with all of the recollections we’ve got however I simply do not have the energy, my life won’t ever be the identical, it took me 5 days to say this, Relaxation in peace Marguerita, I am unable to I believe I needed to say it, I like you my sister.

State pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis carried out a autopsy examination of Ms O’Rourke’s stays.

Investigating Gardaí stated that for “operational causes” that they had not launched the outcomes of the post-mortem.

Mrs O’Rourke is survived by her husband Denis, her son Edward, her mother and father John and Doite, and her siblings Eileen, Paddy and Freddy.