[12:16] Inquest into death of UL student Joe Drennan fatally injured in hit-and-run finds verdict of ‘unlawful killing’

A verdict of “unlawful killing” was returned at an inquest into the death of student journalist Joe Drennan, who was fatally injured in a hit and run, in Limerick, two years ago.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/inquest-into-death-of-ul-student-joe-drennan-fatally-injured-in-hit-and-run-finds-verdict-of-unlawful-killing/a516207501.html

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[15:03] DPP appeals sentence of man who killed student Joe Drennan in hit-and-run, family says

The mother of innocent student journalist Joe Drennan, who was killed in a hit-and-run two years ago, said her family were informed this morning 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, on the grounds it was too lenient.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dpp-appeals-sentence-of-man-who-killed-student-joe-drennan-in-hit-and-run-family-says/a836307095.html

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[17:40] 'Disgusting' sentence for man who killed student - family

The family of journalism student Joe Drennan, who died in a hit-and-run in Limerick, have expressed anger and outrage at the prison sentence imposed on the man who killed him.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0130/1493801-joe-drennan/

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[14:40] Man pleads guilty over fatal hit-and-run in Limerick

A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of journalism student Joe Drennan in a hit-and-run incident last year.

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2024/1016/1475794-kieran-fogarty-court/

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In loving memory of Joe Drennan

by the GCN Team

https://gcn.ie/in-loving-memory-joe-drennan/

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