Car thief told only reason he is alive because he stole a BMW
A joyrider was told he was alive because he stole a BMW car. Thomas McDonagh was thrown into a field after he lost control of the car and ended up in a field before it hit a tree. McDonagh, aged 23,...
View ArticlePizza shop owner stole €16,000 and lost it gambling on horses
A restaurant owner stole more than €16,000 from his ex-girlfriend and put the money on two horses at a local betting shop. Raul Andrei appeared at Letterkenny District Court in charged with theft from...
View ArticleWoman who stole chicken fillets is jailed for one month
A woman has been jailed for stealing a packet of chicken fillets from a frozen food store in Co Donegal. Florica Rostas appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with taking the 25 fillets at The...
View ArticleDonegal father sentenced to 11 years for raping daughter
A Donegal father-of-six who repeatedly and regularly raped his teenage daughter has been jailed for eleven years. Maurice Lafferty (50) of Corcullen, Castlefin, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal...
View ArticleWoman who stole from handbags in disco had downed a bottle of Prosecco
A young woman who stole from two handbags after downing a bottle of Prosecco and shots while out with friends claims she couldn’t remember the crimes. Carla Deehan appeared at Letterkenny District...
View ArticleLifford man appears in court on child porn charges
A Lifford man has pleaded guilty to the possession of child pornography. David Martin, aged 56, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court today. He was arraigned on one charge of possession of child...
View ArticleCompany caught thief after installing new CCTV system at Donegal business
A company installed a specialist CCTV system to catch a suspected thief after their accountant noticed their business was not performing as well as it should be. Castle Interiors, a painting and...
View ArticleFarmer Quirke found guilty of killing DJ Bobby Ryan
Farmer Pat Quirke has been found guilty of murdering his love rival Bobby Ryan. The jury at the Central Criminal Court returned the majority verdict of 10-2 this afternoon after deliberating for 20...
View ArticleMan charged in connection with Lifford burglaries
A man has appeared in court today charged with a series of burglaries and crimes in Lifford over the last two months. Detectives investigating recent commercial burglaries in the Lifford area arrested...
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Man jailed for preying on student after giving him lift from disco
A young student has revealed how he has become an alcoholic and has tried to take his own life by drinking bleach after he was sexually abused by a man after a disco. The young man was sexually...
View ArticleFamily plead with Judge not to jail driver who killed their son
The family of a young man who died in a horrific road crash has pleaded with a judge not to send his best friend to jail. Evan Quinn was driving a car which hit a verge and then spun out of control...
View ArticleMan appears in court after break-in to Letterkenny car dealership
A man has been remanded in custody following a break-in to a car dealership in Letterkenny. The man appeared before Judge Kevin Kilraine at a special sitting of Sligo District Court. An application for...
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Man remanded in custody after theft of €17,000 jeep at Divers Hyundai,...
A man has been remanded in custody following a break-in to a leading Donegal car showroom during which a jeep worth €17,000 was stolen. Thomas McDonagh, aged 39, appeared at Letterkenny District Court...
View ArticleFarmer accused of breaking neighbour’s cheekbone in row over cow
A man has denied attacking his neighbour fracturing his cheekbone after a cow strayed onto his land in Milford. Hugh McBride, aged 44, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court charged with assaulting...
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Man who killed best pal in horror crash walks free after family’s plea
A Judge has listened to the pleas of a tragic family who asked him not to jail the man who killed their son in a horrific car crash in Co Donegal. Michael Strain was just 19 when he was killed by his...
View ArticleFarmer in assault case claims his land over-run by neighbour’s animals
A farmer accused of breaking the cheekbone of his neighbour in a row over a straying cow claims his land is constantly being over-run by cows, horses, sheep and even ducks. Hugh McBride has denied...
View ArticleYoung driver has ‘fair’ Garda to thank for not being jailed
A young man who side-rammed a Garda patrol car at 100kph causing €4,500 of damage has been saved from going to jail by the Garda he tried to drive off the road. Dominic Keys undertook a series of...
View ArticleLetterkenny man who stole from employer is jailed for 21 months
A Letterkenny man who was caught stealing from his employer has been jailed for 21 months. Alan Moore, of Lurgybrack, had pleaded not guilty to ten counts of taking cash from Castle Interiors in the...
View ArticleFarmer accused of breaking neighbour’s cheekbone in row over cow found not...
A farmer accused of breaking his neighbour’s cheekbone in a row over a straying cow has been found not guilty. Hugh McBride, aged 44, was accused of punching Gerard McGarvey, 51, at Golan, Milford. A...
View ArticleSisters awarded €17,000 after father crashed into wall
Two children have been awarded €17,000 following an accident during which their father crashed into a wall. The children, who are sisters, were both wearing seatbelts but were thrown forward and then...
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