Man caught with ten stolen mobile phones jailed for 6 months
A man who was caught with ten stolen mobile phones has been jailed for six months. Sabin Rostas appeared at Letterkenny District Court after being caught with the phones at a routine Garda patrol at...
View ArticleMan with 110 previous convictions jailed again for petrol station drive-off
A man with 110 previous convictions has been jailed for three months after driving off from a petrol station without paying for €82 of fuel. Gardai spotted Thomas McDonagh after he spun the wheels of...
View ArticleLawyer claims jury “pressurised” into finding man guilty after weather warnings
Lawyers for a Donegal man jailed for indecently assaulting a babysitter almost 40 years ago have claimed the jury were “pressurised” into returning a guilty verdict. Patrick Patton, of Cashelard,...
View ArticleInquest hears tragic brothers’ boat may have been hit by wave from ship
An inquest into the deaths of two elderly fishermen who perished off Inishowen has heard claims that the men’s boat may have been toppled by waves from a large ship. The inquest in Buncrana into the...
View ArticleHigh Court switches to Donegal for a rare sitting
Donegal is to host a rare sitting of the High Court at Letterkenny’s new courthouse. The court was due to sit in Sligo November for two weeks in November. However, the Courts Service has announced that...
View ArticleMan dragged partner along ground of local shopping centre
A Letterkenny man who dragged his partner along the ground in a local shopping centre in front of children has escaped with a warning. John Joyce pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge Paul Kelly...
View ArticleJudge refuses bail after huge brawl in Letterkenny
More than 20 people were involved in a day-long altercation at Canal Road in Letterkenny last Sunday, a court has heard. Tommy Connors of 4 Canal Road was arrested at Letterkenny University Hospital on...
View ArticleMan threatens to bomb Garda station and kill all in it
A man threatened to “bomb Milford Garda Station” and “kill all the Gardai in it.” Seamus McBride of 17 Moyle View, Milford appeared at Letterkenny District Court after an incident at the defendant’s...
View ArticleMan repeatedly punched wife in the head outside nightclub
A man who repeatedly punched his wife in the head outside a Letterkenny nightclub has been fined €250. Charlie Ward of The Garden, Ballymacool, in Letterkenny, pleaded guilty to charges before Judge...
View ArticleMan hacked holes in bedroom door after chasing ex-partner
A 30-YEAR-OLD Convoy man broke into his ex-partner’s home and hacked holes in a bedroom door after chasing the terrified woman upstairs. Andrew Laird, of Miltown, Convoy, was arrested on Sunday, June...
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Two men plead guilty in connection with Donegal teen’s death
Two men have pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide over the death of tragic Buncrana teen Liam McGlinchey in America. Liam McGlinchey (pictured above) was found dead in New York in 2017 after...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for man who urinated in Garda station
A LETTERKENNY man, who urinated at a cell door in a Garda station after calling Gardaí ‘c****’ has been handed a suspended sentence. Tony Ward, (55), of 50 Ard O’Donnell was before Letterkenny District...
View ArticleWoman told Gardaí: ‘you are all c**** and you deserve to die’
A BALLYBOFEY woman told Gardaí ‘you are all c**** and deserve to die’ during an altercation with Gardaí. On May 7, 2017, Gardaí were dealing with a matter on Navenny Street, Ballybofey, when Edel Dowd...
View ArticleMan charged in fatal Bundoran crash appears in court
A 21-year-old man charged with dangerous driving causing deaths following a Bundoran car crash last August has remanded on continuing bail at Ballyshannon District Court. Joseph Gilroy was charged with...
View ArticleFine for woman ‘frothing at the mouth’ when apprehended by Gardaí
A woman found ’frothing at the mouth’ became aggressive to Gardaí after being arrested. Corrina Murray (32), of 10 Glenabbey Heights, Derry, had to be restrained by Gardaí at O’Donnell Park,...
View ArticleNo earthquake as Rathmullan man fined in court
A RATHMULLAN man, who was found sleeping on a picnic table outside a Milford hotel, has been fined in court. On October 6, 2018, Garda McHale came across a man, known to her as Oliver Shovlin (43) of...
View ArticleSpecial court sitting to be held after rally weekend arrests
There will be a special sitting of the Letterkenny District Court tonight (Sunday) to hear cases from the rally weekend. Gardaí dealt with a high number of arrests in the past three days following...
View ArticleDonegal dumper Jim Ferry is jailed
Donegal waste collector Jim Ferry has been jailed for contempt of court. The businessman was sentenced to nine weeks’ imprisonment following an appearance in the High Court on Wednesday. The Irish...
View ArticleWoman caught with forged €20 notes took rap for boyfriend
A woman who was caught with a number of forged €20 notes claimed they belonged to her ex-boyfriend. Courtney Coyle, aged 22 was stopped by Gardai in Co Donegal on June 14th last after a counterfeit...
View ArticleWoman appears in court on 40 charges of alleged sexual abuse
A woman has appeared in court in Co Donegal in connection with 40 charges of sexual abuse against children. The woman, who cannot be named, appeared at Letterkenny District Court today. The offences...
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