Student Killer Sentenced for Having Heroin and Knife

Student killer sentenced for having heroin and knife

A GANGLAND thug,  previously jailed for killing University of Limerick journalism student Joe Drennan in a hit and run two years ago, has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to having a knife as well as heroin and cocaine for sale. Kieran Fogarty, (21), Hyde Road, Limerick, admitted four criminal charges at Limerick Circuit Court. Fogarty replied “guilty” after he was arraigned before Judge Colin Daly on three charges, of possessing h…

Sentence of man who killed queer journalist Joe Drennan increased by five years

journalism student Joe Drennan, Court of Appeal increases sentence of Limerick man who killed student journalist Joe Drennan Kieran Fogarty from Limerick was originally sentenced to six and a half years in prison for dangerous driving, causing the death of 21-year-old journalism student Joe Drennan in October 2023. He was also serving an eight-year sentence for a separate drive-by shooting earlier that year, with both sentences ordered to run co…