Owen McDonagh Jnr and Thomas McDonagh jailed for violent disorder

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Owen McDonagh Jnr and Thomas McDonagh were jailed for violent disorder at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 30 October 2014. Both received two-year sentences; one year of Owen McDonagh Jnr’s sentence was suspended. The offence occurred at St Margaret’s Park, Ballymun, on 12 May 2013, after gardai were attacked with missiles and threatened. Both men had pleaded guilty. Thomas McDonagh threw a wheel brace and a rock, while Owen McDonagh threw a small electric motor that smashed a patrol car windscreen. A third man received a fully suspended sentence.