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DPP to appeal sentence in Joe Drennan case

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The family of journalism student Joe Drennan have been told that the DPP will appeal the six-and-a-half year sentence handed down to the man who killed him in a hit-and-run incident in Limerick in October 2023.

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Irish MirrorIrish Mirror

O'Callaghan 'understands annoyance' of families like Joe Drennan's on sentencing

Limerick gangland criminal Kieran Fogarty was given a six-year sentence for dangerous driving, causing the death of Joe Drennan

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Irish IndependentIrish Independent

DPP appeals sentence of man who killed student Joe Drennan (21) in hit-and-run, family says

The mother of Joe Drennan – a 21-year-old ­student killed in a hit-and-run two years ago – said her family were told today that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had lodged an appeal against a six-and-a-half-year concurrent sentence imposed on her son’s killer.

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Irish TimesIrish Times

DPP to appeal sentence given to man for killing Joe Drennan in hit-and-run, family says

Judge last month decided Kieran Fogarty’s sentence for dangerous driving causing death should run concurrent to his other jail term

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Irish ExaminerIrish Examiner

DPP lodges appeal against concurrent sentence on killer of Limerick student Joe Drennan

Joe Drennan’s family said they were 'disgusted' by the sentence, and had called on the DPP to lodge an appeal against it

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RTÉRTÉ

DPP to appeal sentence in Joe Drennan case

The family of journalism student Joe Drennan have been told that the DPP will appeal the six-and-a-half year sentence handed down to the man who killed him in a hit-and-run incident in Limerick in October 2023.

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The Irish SunThe Irish Sun

DPP to appeal sentence of man, 21, who killed Limerick hit-and-run victim

THE family of hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan have been told that the DPP will appeal the sentence handed down to the man who killed him. Kieran Fogarty, 21, was given a six year sentence by the circuit court for dangerous driving causing Joe’s death in October 2023. Joe Drennan was waiting at a bus stop on the Dublin Road in Limerick when the collision occurredSocial Media Collect Joe’s sister Sarah, dad Kieran and mum Marguerite Drennan demande…

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RTÉ broke the news in Ireland on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
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