Thomas McDonagh sentenced for taxi hijacking after crash

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Thomas McDonagh was sentenced to five years, with the final two suspended, for hijacking a taxi, reported on 9 December 2014. The sentence was consecutive to a six-year term imposed for a 2011 robbery. McDonagh admitted taking the taxi by force or threat of force on Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, on 27 March 2012. The taxi later crashed near Slane Castle, Co Meath, and his 16-year-old cousin Bernard McDonagh died from his injuries.

The suspended portion was conditional on McDonagh engaging with the Probation Services after his release. The report said he had suffered serious injuries in the crash and had ten previous convictions, including robbery.