Man who allegedly threatened to kill neighbours with axe is released on bail
A man who allegedly threatened to kill his neighbours with an axe and burn down their homes has been released on bail. Carl Ryan appeared at Letterkenny District Court following a disturbance at a...
View ArticleMan who threatened to burn down house in rent row to pay €750 compo
A man who threatened to burn down his rented home and his housemate with two cans of petrol in a row over rent money has been ordered to pay his victim €750 in compensation. Allan Manabat appeared...
View ArticleMan who faked crash claim caught by CCTV
A man who claimed he was involved in a car crash was caught after Gardai viewed CCTV footage and found no crash took place. Co Donegal man Stephen Devine claimed he had been involved in a traffic...
View ArticleMan told Gardai he did not need insurance to drive
A man stopped on four separate occasions for not having car insurance told Gardai he did not need it because drivers in his own country did not need cover. Abel Covaci appeared at Letterkenny District...
View ArticleMan was SIX times over drink-driving limit and couldn’t stand
A man was so drunk behind the wheel of his car that he couldn’t stand up when Gardai apprehended him. Ian Moore was a staggering SIX times over the legal drink driving limit when stopped in Letterkenny...
View ArticleFormer Donegal GAA player robbed of €2,000 in opportunist theft
A former Donegal GAA star had almost €2,000 of valuables stolen from him in an opportunist theft outside a hotel. Three young people appeared before Letterkenny District Court charged with the robbery...
View ArticleJudge issues bench warrants for up to a dozen people after rally weekend
A Judge has issued bench warrants for up to a dozen people who failed to appear in court following the Donegal International Motor Rally. The accused defendants were due to appear today at Letterkenny...
View ArticleTeenager goes on trial for alleged rape of girl in Donegal Town
A teenager has gone on trial accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in Donegal. He was 16 when he is alleged to have raped and sexually assaulted a girl he met in a takeaway after a night out in Donegal...
View ArticleJim Ferry is spared jail after admitting to illegal dumping in ‘desperate act’
Former Donegal waste collector Jim Ferry has avoided jail today as the Donegal County Council hearing against him came before the High Court. Ferry has admitted to dumping tens of thousands of tons of...
View Article‘Enter the rally if you want to drive like that’– Judge
A man who performed a doughnut during the Donegal International Rally weekend told a Judge it was a moment of madness. Daniel Haw appeared before Letterkenny District Court charged with dangerous...
View ArticlePensioner, 70, punched shop-keeper and knocked off his glasses
A 70-year-old pensioner who attacked a shop-keeper in Raphoe has been fined when he appeared in court. Patrick Harkin was arrested at The Diamond in Raphoe at 4.30pm on June 2nd, 2016. Letterkenny...
View ArticleTragic father admitted driving at 170kph after son suffered accident
A grieving father caught speeding at 170kph was rushing to get home quickly after hearing his son had an accident shortly after another son had been killed tragically. Alex Coyle appeared at...
View ArticleDonegal debt recovery boss used bogus documents to get mortgage
The owner of a debt recovery business has admitted he used fraudulent documents to obtain a €71,000 mortgage for his family home. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Donegal native Kevin Molloy...
View ArticleMan was caught using a false driving license
A Lifford man has been fined €200 after an incident during which he was caught driving with a fake driving license. Raymond White, of Ballyduff, Lifford, was spotted by Gardai parked at a disabled bay...
View ArticleDrunk farmer’s trousers fell and backside exposed during Garda pursuit
A drunk farmer who hitched a lift from his son on the back of his tractor exposed his backside after his trousers fell down during a pursuit by Gardai. The driver of the Massey Ferguson tractor...
View ArticleMan arrested after theft of Garda’s phone from courtroom
A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a senior Garda’s phone from Letterkenny District Court last week. The man, who was in his 50s and from Lybia, appeared in court on traffic...
View ArticleAccountant pleads guilty to theft at ‘The Cope’
An accountant has pleaded guilty to two sample charges relating to stealing from his employer. Billy Mooney appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court in Co Donegal on a total of 19 charges in connection to...
View ArticleDrunk driver who left man with severe injuries gets license back
A Kilmacrennan man who drank five pints of beer and smashed into another driver leaving him temporarily in a wheelchair has been given his driving license back. Manus ‘Mandy’ Sweeney was left with...
View ArticleDPP told about ‘inconsistencies’ in CCTV footage in rape trial
A garda investigating the alleged rape of a teenage girl in Donegal told the DPP about an inconsistency between CCTV footage and the complainant’s account, a court has heard. Lead investigator Garda...
View ArticleDriver suffered three skull fractures after being thrown from car
A driver was thrown out of his car and struck his head off a wall suffering three fractures to his skull after being hit side-on by another motorist. Andrew Laird received serious injuries after being...
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