‘An attempt to terrorise my entire family’ – relatives of young woman killed by uncle in hit-and-run in Rathkeale tell of their devastation

Marguerita O’Rourke (21) died after van driven by Danny O’Donoghue (43) rammed into steel gates she was standing behind

Marguerita O’Rourke

The family of a young woman killed by her uncle in a hit-and-run in Rathkeale last Christmas said their lives “changed forever” when she died.

Marguerita O’Rourke, nee Sheridan (21), died after her uncle, Danny ‘Big Dan’ O’Donoghue (43) drove his van into a set of steel gates she was standing behind.