PARIS NIGHTCLUB CANCELS CHRISTMAS NIGHT DRINKS (BUT DON’T WORRY, HOME & AWAY...
A nightclub granted a special license to open after midnight on Christmas night has decided not to open. Paris nightclub was the only one in County Donegal this Christmas to be given permission to...
View ArticleREVEALED: CROOKED BISHOP CONDUCTED SHAM MARRIAGES IN DONEGAL
Guilty: Pat Buckley A CROOKED bishop convicted of carrying out illegal marriages conducted three of the sham ceremonies here in Donegal, we can reveal. Pat Buckley, who is 61, was excommunicated by the...
View ArticleMAN TO APPEAR IN COURT OVER DOLE OFFICE RAMMING
A man is to appear in court after thousands of euro of damage was caused to a dole office in Buncrana. The jeep which crashed into the dole office in Buncrana on Friday night. The 40 year old was...
View ArticleMAN WHO CAUSED COLLAPSE OF TRIAL WARNED HE COULD GO TO PRISON IN FUTURE
A man who caused the collapse of a trial after he failed to turn up as a witness has been warned he faces going to jail or being fined if he does not comply in future. Conor Kelly appeared at Buncrana...
View ArticleDOLE CRASH SUSPECT STILL IN HOSPITAL COURT HEARS
A man who allegedly crashed a jeep into a pub and then a dole office could not appear in court yesterday because he is in hospital. The jeep which crashed into the dole office in Buncrana. Joseph...
View ArticleMAN ORDERED TO PAY €150 AFTER DOG BITES CHILD
A man whose dog bit a child after it escaped from his garden has been ordered to pay €150 to charity. Jess Furnival appeared at Buncrana District Court charged with not having his dog under control....
View ArticleFINE FOR MOTORIST DRIVING ENGLISH-REGISTERED CAR
A MOTORIST caught driving an English-registered vehicle has been fined. Daniel McLaughlin, who is 26 and from Kinnego, Ballymagan, appeared at Buncrana District Court charged with failing to have a...
View ArticleSENATOR O DOMHNAILL TO LEARN FATE OF HIGH COURT CHALLENGE
Senator O’Domhnaill DONEGAL Senator Brian O Domhnaill will find out today if his High Court challenge to the Standards In Public Office (SIPO) committee has been successful. SIPO wants to question Mr O...
View ArticleSENATOR LOSES HIGH COURT CHALLENGE OVER ‘IRISH’
DONEGAL Senator Brian O Domhnaill has lost his High Court challenge to the Standards In Public Office (SIPO) committee. SIPO wants to question Mr O Domhnaill over his expenses claims between 2006 and...
View ArticleMAN WHO CLAIMED HE WAS THE POPE BIT GARDA
A man who claimed he was the Pope bit a Garda when he tried to arrest him for calling him names. McLaughlin appeared at Letterkenny District Court. Sean McLaughlin was told by Gardai to go home when...
View ArticleJUDGE ADMITS THERE IS NO BAIL CONDITION TEENAGER WOULD NOT BREAK
A judge said he did not think there was any bail condition that any court could put on a 17 year old Letterkenny youth that he would not break. Letterkenny District Court. Judge Paul Kelly was speaking...
View ArticleMAN WHO HAD NOT BEEN IN NIGHTCLUB FOR 20 YEARS CALLED GARDAI ‘GOB******’
A Downings man who had not been inside a nightclub in 20 years was arrested for abusing Gardai. Manus McFadden, 41, had been out with former schoolfriends after playing a charity football match. The...
View ArticleMAN CLAIMS FISHERIES OFFICER TOLD HIM HE WOULD DROWN HIM LIKE HIS DEAD BROTHER
Fisheries officers told a man they would drown him like his dead brother, a court was told. Mark Colhoun at court yesterday. Mark Colhoun appeared at court in Letterkenny yesterday charged with...
View ArticleREVEALED: EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL
Enda Craig THE European Commission has launched an investigation into Donegal County Council, it has been confirmed today. Residents in Carnagarve – between Moville and Greencastle – have had two...
View ArticleMAN CHARGED WITH EXTORTION AND MAKING THREATS TO KILL
A man has appeared in court charged with extortion and making threats to kill. Letterkenny District Court. Miroslow Klukzak, 37, appeared before Letterkenny District Court. He is charge with the...
View ArticleWOMEN SENT FOR TRIAL ON €120,000 ARSON CHARGES
TWO women have been sent for trial on arson charges. Stacey Doran, who is 29 and from Ballybegley, Newtowncunningham, faced two charges when she appeared before Letterkenny District Court. She was...
View ArticleJUDGE WARNS DONEGAL-BASED STAR HE NEEDS HELP FOR HIS ALCOHOLISM
Well known actor Gerard McSorley chats to a Garda as he left Letterkenny District Court. (NewspixIrl) Actor Gerard McSorley has been arrested and has appeared in court in Donegal today charged with a...
View ArticleDRIVER WHO DOWNED NINE PINTS AND FAILED BREATH TEST WALKS FREE
A Donegal motorist walked free from court yesterday despite admitting drinking nine pints and failing a breath test. Man walked free form court after admitting drinking nine pints and failing a breath...
View ArticleSICK STALKER WHO HARASSED SUICIDE TEEN’S FAMILY ‘SHOWED NO EMPATHY TOWARDS...
A SICK stalker who harassed a family for six days whilst they were grieving over the death of a son showed no empathy towards his victims, a court has heard. Stephen Flood, 19, from Carnasaul,...
View ArticleMAN ‘ABANDONED’ BY FRIENDS AT WEDDING CRASHED INTO ROUNDABOUT
A man who was abandoned by his friends at a wedding in Letterkenny got into his car after drinking and then crashed it into a roundabout. Letterkenny District Court. Rodney Tighe, 35, had been the...
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