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Christmas charity single honours the memory of young journalist killed in hit-and-run

IN A TOUCHING tribute to the late Joe Drennan, Irish folk artist Emma Langford and journalist Molly Cantwell have come together to release a Christmas charity single. The duo has covered Joni Mitchell's unconventional Christmas track, River, with ...

20 Dec 2023 at 14:58

National News

Family of student killed in road crash say 'animal' behind the wheel should be locked up

A sister of Joe Drennan said the man who killed the young UL student “should have been locked up like the animal he is” at the time of the fatal road traffic collision. Sarah Drennan fought back tears as she read out an emotional victim impact ...

13 Dec 2024 at 15:59

National News

Teenager released without charge over fatal hit-and-run of student

A TEENAGER who was arrested on Sunday in relation to the fatal hit-and-run of Joe Drennan, a talented and award-winning student at University of Limerick, has been released without charge. According to a statement by gardaí: "the man in his ...

13 Nov 2023 at 10:05

National News

Family of student killed in hit and run 'told to leave' offices of the DPP

The family of a student who was killed in a hit-and-run incident have alleged that they were told gardai would be called if they did not leave the office of the DPP while they were seeking an appeal over the driver’s sentence. Joe Drennan ...

11 Feb 2025 at 16:58

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Gardaí arrest man in relation to Limerick crash that killed young journalist

A man has been arrested in relation to a crash in Limerick that claimed the life of talented young journalist Joe Drennan last month. Gardaí have today confirmed they have arrested a man in relation to the fatal crash on the Dublin Road ...

12 Nov 2023 at 13:00

National News

WATCH: Taoiseach urged to review sentencing after tragic death of Laois student Joe Drennan

The sentencing of Kieran Fogarty, who was jailed for six and a half years for the hit-and-run which killed young Laois man Joe Drennan, has been raised with the Taoiseach in the Dáil by Limerick City TD Conor Sheehan. Joe Drennan, aged ...

06 Feb 2025 at 16:49

National News

DPP to appeal over severity of sentence in Joe Drennan case, family says

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is to appeal over the severity of a sentence imposed on a man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, the family of the student killed in the crash has said. Joe Drennan was in ...

12 Feb 2025 at 12:48

National News

Man charged with dangerous driving causing death of student in hit-and-run

A MAN has been charged with dangerous driving causing the death of 21-year-old student Joe Drennan in Limerick last October. At Limerick District Court this Tuesday morning, Garda Oliver Gee gave evidence of arresting, charging and ...

16 Jan 2024 at 12:13

National News

OPINION: For a long time, I wish I died with Joe but he taught me one of life's great lessons

When people speak of ageing, they often do so with a grimace, or a sigh; complaining of the wrinkles to come, the aches to be expected, and the slow but steady growth of gray hair. I used to be one of these people, dreading the ...

01 Feb 2025 at 10:41

National News

Garda update as hunt goes on for hit-and-run motorist who killed Laois student

Gardaí in Limerick are “doing everything in their power” to apprehend the driver of a vehicle in a hit-and-run that killed a talented young student waiting for a bus after finishing work. A major garda investigation was ...

18 Oct 2023 at 12:57

National News

Man due in court over death of award-winning student in hit-and-run

A young man has been charged by gardai investigating a fatal hit-and-run which claimed the life of an award-winning journalism student. University of Limerick student Joe Drennan, who was originally from Mountrath, ...

16 Jan 2024 at 10:42

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