Man charged with horrific attack on young Donegal student
A man has appeared in court in connection with a vicious assault which left a young Letterkenny girl with horrific facial injuries. Shanan Reid McDaid was set upon at the Market Square in Letterkenny...
View ArticleAlmost half of speeding summonses in Donegal struck out in court
Almost half of summonses for motorists to appear in court in Donegal for speeding offences since 2017 have not been served. The shocking extent of the problem is laid bare in data just released by the...
View ArticlePassenger claims driver charged with phone offence was “scratching his ear”
A passenger in the car of a man charged with holding a mobile phone claims the driver must have been scratching his ear. Owen Hendrick was stopped by Gardai at Oldtown in Letterkenny at 6pm on November...
View ArticleMan who made 115 calls to rival on same day complained he was threatened
A man who RECEIVED a staggering 115 antagonising phonecalls in just one day has appeared in court charged with threatening and abusing the man who called him. Sean Gallagher made the calls to Joe...
View ArticleMan kicked priest’s car during drunken rage
A man who kicked a priest’s car and then challenged Gardai to a fight has appeared in court. Ryan Scanlon pleaded guilty to the attacks but said he simply could not remember anything that happened. The...
View ArticleMan with ‘selective amnesia’ found guilty of drink driving
A CULDAFF man has been found guilty of a drink driving charge after gardaí found him sleeping behind the wheel of a van that was parked in the middle of the road. Aaron McColgan, 27, who has an address...
View ArticleDonegal student acquitted of causing harm to another man after comedy gig
A student from Co Donegal has been acquitted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on another man in an early morning incident in Belfast. It took a jury of nine men and three woman less than an hour...
View ArticleBrothers fined after threatening and abusing Gardai on drunken night out
Two brothers who returned home to Donegal from America and London have been fined after a drunken night out in Letterkenny. The cases of brothers Denis and Sean Friel were heard at Letterkenny District...
View ArticleJudge warns dog owner –“A child can be left with half its face hanging off”
An Inishowen man has been ordered to pay €300 to an animal charity after local residents complained to Gardaí about ‘pit bull’ type dogs roaming around a housing estate without muzzles or chains....
View ArticleTragic Jasmine died from a lack of oxygen to her brain, inquest told
A young mother who was killed at her Co Donegal home died as a result of a lack of oxygen to her brain. Model Jasmine McMonagle, aged 28 died at her home at Forest Park, Killygordan on January 4th this...
View ArticlePopular Convoy man had heart attack in bath and drowned
A man who had been rumoured to have taken his own life drowned in his bath after suffering a heart attack. Manus Harkin, from Longlands, Convoy, was found dead at his home on August 20th last year. The...
View ArticleMan crashed into two cars after being blinded by a light
A man claimed he crashed into two cars after being temporarily blinded by a light from behind while driving. Niall Monaghan, from Newtowncunningham, appeared at Letterkenny District Court, charged with...
View ArticleJohn Downey remanded in custody after extradition
John Downey has been remanded in custody charged with the murders of two UDR soldiers, after being extradited from the Republic of Ireland. The 67 year old Creeslough man appeared before Omagh...
View ArticleChef who was swerving across road is banned for three years
A chef who was swerving from right to left on a road in Letterkenny has been banned from driving for three years after pleading guilty to drink driving. David Tulio appeared at Letterkenny District...
View Article‘One woman shoplifting industry’ jailed again for new wave of thefts
A woman previously described by a Judge as a “one woman shoplifting industry” has been jailed for 12 months for another wave of thefts. Lisa Mongan appeared at Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal...
View ArticleJudge issues arrest warrant for the one million euro man!
A Judge has issued an arrest warrant for a man who demanded ONE MILLION EURO to come back into court. Thomas Dignam appeared at Letterkenny District Court yesterday. Mr Dignam, of Woodlands, Dooish,...
View ArticleDonegal student was “blind drunk” when two men had sex with her
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: A Donegal student has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that she was “blind drunk” when two men had sex with her. The alleged rape victim was a student at a college...
View ArticleDrunk-driver spat in Garda’s face outside shopping centre at 8.30am
A drunk-driver who spat in the face of a Garda outside a shopping centre at 8.30am has been ordered to keep the peace. Michael Gamble appeared at Letterkenny District Court today charged with...
View ArticleMan who headbutted social worker ordered to keep the peace
A man who headbutted a social worker after he called to his home in Letterkenny for an appointment has been ordered to keep the peace. Patrick Mongan appeared today at Letterkenny District Court...
View ArticlePensioner, 73, told Garda it would take a better man to have his welfare stopped
A man who was charged with threatening and abusing a Garda who called to his home to examine his social welfare payments has been found not guilty. Pensioner Desmond Morrison, aged 73, appeared at...
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