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RAM-RAIDER CAUGHT AFTER LICENSE PLATE FELL OFF CAR DURING GARAGE HEIST
A ram-raider was caught after he left the license plate of his car at the scene of a robbery. Bernard McGinley was part of a gang who drove a car into the front of a petrol station in St Johnston. But...
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MAN APPEARS IN COURT ON SEX CHARGES
A man has appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with sexual assault. The man, from East Donegal, appeared before Judge Paul Kelly this morning. The man was arrested by detectives earlier...
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MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OVER ST PATRICK’S NIGHT ATTACK
The scene of the attack in Falcarragh A MAN has been charged tonight with assault following an attack in Falcarragh on St Patrick’s night. The man will appear at Letterkenny court on Wednesday morning....
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JUDGE SAID HE FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE €1,500 OF DRUGS WAS FOR PERSONAL USE
Two Donegal brothers have been found guilty after being caught by Gardai with more than €1,500 of drugs in a car in Letterkenny. Wayne and John Paul McLaughlin appeared at Letterkenny District Court...
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TWO IN COURT ON FALCARRAGH ASSAULT CHARGES
Stephen O’Donnell pictured outside Letterkenny court today Exclusive: Two people have been released on bail in connection with an assault which has left a man in a critical condition in hospital. The...
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MEN WHO MURDERED THREE DONEGAL SCHOOLBOYS FOUND LIABLE IN CIVIL CASE
Two men who were sued over the Omagh bomb have been found liable for the August 1998 atrocity at their civil retrial. Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly were taken to court by some of the victims’ families...
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MURDERS OF BUNCRANA BOYS IN OMAGH MASSACRE WAS ‘SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS’
Murdered by the Real IRA: James Barker A LAWYER representing the families of the Omagh bomb massacre victims has described the outrage as the slaughter of innocents. He was speaking as two men were...
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FACEBOOK REFUSES TO NAME PERSON AT CENTRE OF FERRY’S DUMPING CASE
Social media giant Facebook has refused to name a person making claims about a Donegal waste company allegedly involved in illegal dumping. A barrister told Falcarragh District Court yesterday he was...
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FIVE YEAR DRIVING BAN FOR DRUNKEN DONEGAL MOTORIST WHO TOLD GARDA: ‘I’LL GET...
A CREESLOUGH man who was so drunk he ran his car into a ditch has been banned from driving for five years. Anthony Gallagher, from Birch Hill, didn’t appear at Letterkenny District Court as Gardai...
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MAN’S EAR SEVERED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY PINT GLASS
A 21 year old man who smashed a glass into another man’s head in an unprovoked attack has been told he must come up with a compensation package for his victim. Conor O’Leary smashed the glass into the...
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MAN CAUGHT WITH COCAINE HAUL ESCAPES JAIL
A 28 year old Letterkenny man caught with €1,600 of cocaine when Gardai raided his father’s home has escaped a jail sentence. Judge Kelly Ronan McBride appeared at Letterkenny District Court this...
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DPP CONSIDERING CHARGES IN DONALDSON MURDER, INQUEST HEARS
THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions is considering whether or not to bring charges in the case of Denis Donaldson, the former IRA and Sinn Fein shot dead by dissident terrorists in Donegal more than...
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DONEGAL DANCE STAR GETS KNUCKLES RAPPED OVER HANDBRAKE TURNS
A Donegal dancer who is part of an up-and-coming group which appeared on SKY television has appeared in court on careless driving charges. Vinny is part of Static Movement Vincent ‘Vinny’ McLaughlin,...
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MAN WHO LEFT FOOTPRINT ON GIRLFRIEND AFTER BEATING CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AGAIN
A Raphoe man who kicked his girlfriend so hard after a St Valentine’s Night out that he left his footprint on her skin has been found guilty of attacking her new boyfriend. Eamonn Harkin beat Danielle...
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MAN CHARGED WITH ATTACKING BOUNCER REMANDED AGAIN
A man who allegedly attacked a doorman in Letterkenny has been remanded on bail after the court heard the bouncer suffered serious injuries. Ian Balfour, a father-of-four, was remanded on his own bail...
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WOMAN APPEARS IN COURT ON SPATE OF SHOPLIFTING CHARGES
A 29 year old Letterkenny woman has appeared in court on a litany of shoplifting offences. Julie Stokes was caught on CCTV stealing a number of items including alcohol form Kelly’s Centra at...
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MAN WHO ‘ATTACKED VICTIM WITH HURLEY STICK’ REMANDED IN CUSTODY
A man is to appear in court again charged with assault during which the victim was allegedly struck with a hurley stick. Lafferty will appear again in court to face a number of charges Matthew Lafferty...
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MAN SMASHED WINDOW JUST SECONDS AFTER GARDAI LEFT
A Letterkenny man smashed the window of his next door neighbour just seconds after Gardai left his home. Martin Ward, 60, of Ard Na Ri was visited by Gardai who were investigating a complaint. The...
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ASSAULT VICTIM: ‘I CHALLENGED JUDGE OVER COMMUNITY SERVICE SENTENCE’
Brave: Dani spoke out after sentence A WOMAN whose ex-boyfriend beat her for 90 minutes and was given a Community Service Order as punishment has revealed how she challenged the judge after the case....
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MAN WHO PAID FOR ENVELOPE STOLE €300 FROM SHOP TILL
A man paid for an envelope from a shop in Letterkenny and then stole more than €300 from a till, a court has heard. Judge Paul Kelly has ordered a probation report on Darren Clerkin after he appeared...
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