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Man takes rod to court in bid to prove his arrest is ‘fishy’
A man took his angling gear including his rod to court to prove to a Judge that there was nothing “fishy’ about his behaviour. Emlyn O’Donnell appeared at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal...
View ArticleCoroner’s court unable to find cause of death of 91-year-old woman
An inquest into the death of a 91-year-old woman Inishowen woman has not been able to find a cause of death. Julia Barker was found at her home at The Cottages in Burt in February 2014. She had not...
View ArticleLifford man arrested as part of major drugs operation
A Lifford man has appeared in court charged in connection with the organisation of a major drugs ring. Ben Quinn, aged 27, from Rossgier appeared at Derry’s Magistrate’s Court in connection with the...
View ArticleMan with bloodied knuckles fined €100
A man who was found by Gardai with bloodied knuckles has been fined €100 after he appeared at Letterkenny District Court today. Michael Dowd was found by Gardai at Ardmiran Park in Ballybofey at 1.35am...
View ArticleMan fell asleep on footpath after drinking all day at stag party
A man who fell asleep on a footpath in Letterkenny has been fined €150. Sean McBride, from Armagh, was in the town on a stag party on September 1st last. McBride, who had been working in Dublin as a...
View ArticleMen in stolen car rammed Gardai after 20km chase
Two men led Gardai on a 20km chase across Donegal before doing a U-turn and ramming their patrol car head-on. The two men, Ciaran Kelly and Brian Corrigan, were spotted by Gardai driving a stolen car...
View ArticleJudge jails ‘one woman shoplifting industry’ for ten months
A woman who appeared in court on dozens of theft charges has been called a “one woman shoplifting industry” by a Judge. Lisa Mongan appeared at Letterkenny District Court various a litany of thefts...
View ArticleMotorist who led Gardai on 22km pursuit escapes jail to work for charity
A manic motorist has escaped going to jail and a lengthy driving ban after a charity pleaded with a Judge to allow him to drive for them. Ciaran Sweeney was convicted of dangerous driving after leading...
View ArticleCase of drink-driving against priest adjourned for thirteenth time
A parish priest in Co Donegal accused of drink-driving has had his case adjourned for the thirteenth time. Fr Denis Quinn, of Parochial House, Falcarragh, appeared at Falcarragh District Court charged...
View ArticleSenator has alleged drink-driving case adjourned for fourteenth time
A case of alleged drink-driving and also a hit and run against Donegal Senator Brian O Domhnaill has been adjourned for the fourteenth time. The case, which was conducted in Irish, was mentioned at...
View ArticleOwner to pay €150 to charity after eleven people found after-hours in bar
The owner of a West Donegal bar has been ordered to pay €150 to St Vincent De Paul after a number of people were found drinking on the premises after hours. Gardai called to the Corner Bar in...
View ArticleMan who smashed couple’s ornamental gargoyle gets Probation Act
A man was caught smashing up a garden gargoyle and taking washing from a clothesline of another man who he had been in a car crash with. Darragh Sweeney of Killygordan appeared at Letterkenny District...
View ArticleGardai object to brothers’ gun license applications over claim of family feud
Gardai objected to the issuing of shotgun licenses to two brothers amidst fears they would be used in an alleged family feud. Co Donegal brothers Michael and Kevin McGeever appeared at Letterkenny...
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Gardai have sent “substantial file” to DPP on Denis Donaldson murder, inquest...
A substantial file on the murder of former Sinn Fein member and British agent Denis Donaldson has now been sent by Gardai to the Director of Public Prosecutions for her consideration. Mr Donaldson,...
View ArticleMan died after suffering heart attack and falling into fireplace on Christmas...
A man died after suffering a heart attack and falling into his fireplace at his home in Inishowen on Christmas Eve last. Stuart Scott, aged 61, had enjoyed a night out with his wife Ann and friends on...
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Inquest opens into death of Churchill man Seamus Doherty
A barrister acting on behalf of a man allegedly murdered in Churchill in 2012 has said they will reserve their position on the scope of his inquest until they see all depositions. Gareth McGrory BL was...
View ArticleMan accused of rape is arrested in Donegal
The High Court has refused to grant bail to a Romanian man accused of raping a woman in Scotland in early 2017. Raul Covaci Novak was arrested in Donegal earlier this month on foot of a European Arrest...
View ArticleMan found dumping electrical items in field ordered to pay council €500
A litter warden followed a Falcarragh man and found him dumping electrical items in a field. The man was convicted under the Litter Pollution Act after the warden followed a tractor and trailer from...
View ArticleCommunity and emergency services praised after missing man’s body found
A community spent a week searching for a reclusive man after a bike was found on the outskirts of a Co Donegal village. An inquest into the death of James ‘Philemy’ Boyle heard how dozens of locals as...
View ArticleMan dragged mother by hair to knife drawer and threatened to stab her
A man came home drunk, dragged his mother across her kitchen by the hair and then threatened to stab her. Paul McLaughlin appeared at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal charged with assault and...
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