Childcare worker kicked wing mirror off Garda car
A childcare worker kicked the wing mirror off a Garda patrol car after a house party became out of control. Gardai arrived at a house party in Convoy on June 16th last. They found Adam Crawford, aged...
View ArticleMan and woman to appear before court following fire at Donegal stables
A man and a woman are to appear in court in Letterkenny today in connection with a fire which killed two horses and left a woman injured. The fire broke out at Lenamore Stables in Muff in the early...
View ArticleDonegal solicitor transferred €266,000 of client money into personal accounts
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has recommended that Ardara Solicitor Moya O’Donnell should be struck off after transferring €266,000 of her clients’ funds into her personal account. Ms O’Donnell,...
View ArticleArson attack at Donegal stables caused “several hundred thousands” in damage
Two people have been charged in connection with the arson of an equestrian centre in which two horses were killed and a woman injured in Co Donegal. Julie McCartney, aged 31, and Gerard Given, 27,...
View ArticleGirl awarded €10,000 following injuries in Lifford crash
A 14-year-old girl has been awarded €10,000 following a car crash in Lifford in March, 2016. The girl, who was 12 years old at the time, was a front seat passenger in a car which was crashed into on...
View ArticleChildren said rosary after thinking dad was in blazing car outside home
A terrified mum told how she told her children to say the rosary after thinking her ex-husband was in a burning car outside the family home just days before Christmas. Bridgin Browne broke down in...
View ArticleJohn Downey granted bail pending extradition appearance
Creeslough man John Downey has been granted bail pending an extradition appearance. Mr Downey is facing charges in relation to the killing of two Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldiers in Enniskillen...
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Businessman threatened to go to taxman in row over faulty bike
A bike shop owner threatened to contact the tax office to tell them a woman was not using her bike to travel to work. Adrian Gallagher of Gallagher Cycles in Lifford, was taken to the small claims...
View ArticleCriminal was rearrested after booze-bender while celebrating release
A criminal who previously escaped Garda custody from a courthouse was rearrested while celebrating his release from jail. William Reilly appeared in court again after going on a booze-bender. Reilly,...
View ArticleMan charged with making threats two weeks before arson attack at stables
A man has been charged with making threats to the owner of a Co Donegal equestrian centre – two weeks before the premises was destroyed in an arson attack. Gerard Given appeared at Letterkenny District...
View ArticleDonegal woman sues former best friends over loan dispute of €280,000
A Donegal woman has sued a couple who were formerly her best friends, claiming a sum of €280,000 she gave to them was a loan – and not a gift, as they maintain. The sum was part of €750,000 secured by...
View ArticleMan headbutted, poured drink over and sent vile texts to former girlfriend
A man who could not accept the break-up of his relationship headbutted his former girlfriend, poured drinks over her and then sent her a series of vile text messages. Kieran Callaghan appeared in court...
View ArticleDonegal man caught drink-driving on his wedding day
A Donegal man who was detected drink driving on his wedding day has been disqualified from driving for two years. Inishowen man Michael Burke (32) with a current address given at 6 May Street,...
View ArticleGarda Keith Harrison battles to quash Disclosures Tribunal findings
Donegal-based Garda Keith Harrison has begun a High Court challenge seeking to quash findings made against him in reports from the Disclosures Tribunal. Harrison is claiming that Tribunal chairman Mr...
View Article‘Oink, oink’ noise to Gardai costs man €250 – and that’s no porkie
A Buncrana man who made pig noises and used abusive language towards gardaí has been fined for the offence. Jason Doherty of 25 Castle Park was before a recent sitting of Buncrana District Court...
View ArticleMan who took fit on way home from voting found with cannabis
A Buncrana man who was found to be in possession of cannabis after having an epileptic fit on the way from voting in last month’s Presidential Election has avoided criminal conviction. Martin Donegan,...
View ArticleLetterkenny resident charged with trafficking man at carwash
The trial of a Letterkenny resident charged with trafficking a Romanian man for exploitation to work in a car wash in Sligo town has heard that the man was just getting €4 a day to buy food. Sorin...
View ArticleMan who threatened to send explicit pictures of wife to neighbours is jailed
A man who threatened to send sexually explicit pictures of his partner to all her neighbours has been jailed for nine months. Anthony O’Donnell subjected his former partner to a litany of abuse after...
View ArticleMan to appear in Circuit Court on 103 sex charges
A man has appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with 103 alleged sex charges. The Director of Public Prosecutions ordered that the accused man be sent forward for trial at the next sitting of...
View ArticleNotorious criminal jailed for setting off alarm in Garda station
A notorious criminal threatened to urinate in Letterkenny Garda station and then set off the fire alarms after Gardai refused to give him back his mobile phone. Carlos Lawrence appeared at Letterkenny...
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