‘You’re dead, I am killing you’ – Pair jailed over violent Longford feud hit and run shooting

Thirty-three-year-old Jamie Dinnegan, Grian Ard, Longford miraculously sustained only bruising and “scrape like cuts” to his leg after he was struck at 60km/hr by a white Ford Transit van which had been driven by Michael Ward (33) Palace Crescent, Longford at Palace Crescent, Ardnacassa, Longford on January 24 2022.

Ward was later charged and pleaded guilty to careless driving causing serious bodily harm along with two summary road traffic offences after the van he was driving fled the scene. Dinnegan, meanwhile and his co-accused Noel Ward (26), Springlawn, Longford both pleaded guilty to counts of affray.

Noel Ward being led away by a prison officer following his conviction for affray as co-accused Jamie Dinnegan covers his head with a coat as he follows closely behind.

That came after gardaí had been called to a number of reports from members of the public to concerns of simmering hostilities between up to 30 members of the local travelling community.

The most urgent of those…