Woman (68) needs almost 90 years to pay back €30,000 welfare cash
A DONEGAL woman obtained over €30,000 in social welfare payments while in receipt of a UK pension which she failed to disclose to the Department. Francis McCallion (68) of Bonemaine, Bridgend, was...
View ArticleLetterkenny man told to get act together or spend Christmas behind bars
A-23-year-old Letterkenny man has been told to “shape up” or face Christmas in jail. Judge Paul Kelly warned Christopher Brogan that he needs to engage with the Probation Services after a number of...
View ArticleCar belonging to mystery man Tom Green not claimed in court
A car belonging to a mystery man called Tom Green has been forfeited to the State, Letterkenny District Court has ruled. The car, which came into the possession of the Gardai, was mentioned in court....
View ArticleDriver caught in the headlights ‘lucky’ to avoid prison
A DEFECTIVE headlight drew Gardaí’s attention to a Donegal motorist who has been warned that he faces prison if found driving with no insurance again. Judge Alan Mitchell told Joseph Toye, of Ard na...
View ArticleDonegal man who fell into ‘dark quagmire of drugs’ gets ‘strong message’ from...
A DISTRICT Court Judge said he had to ‘send out a strong message’ in the case of a Donegal man found with over €500 worth of drugs. Kieran Sheridan (20) of Craig, Rathmullan was before Letterkenny...
View ArticleHyde Park bomb families seek damages against John Downey
Relatives of four British soldiers killed in the Hyde Park bombing are seeking “substantial damages” from Donegal man John Downey, a member of the IRA who was convicted for the blast. Downey (68), who...
View ArticleMan spared prison after high-speed motoring offences
A MAJOR collision was narrowly avoided when a car sped around a busy Donegal roundabout as a man evaded Gardaí. Conor Colhoun (24) was spared a prison term, but Judge Alan Mitchell warned that a...
View ArticleDealer caught with €4,000 of drugs in chicken feed
A Donegal Town drug dealer had €4,000 of cannabis hidden in a plastic tub of chicken feed, a court heard. Officers found five bars of cannabis wrapped in cellophane in the tub when they searched a shed...
View ArticleCase dismissed as lack of caution leaves a ‘fatal flaw’
A DONEGAL man had charges dismissed this week after a procedural error by Gardaí left a ‘fatal flaw’ in the prosecution. A case against Paul Creamer (28) of Rockhill, Dunfanaghy, who faced two charges...
View ArticleTaxi-driver assaulted fellow taxi-driver after country concert
A taxi-driver who viciously assaulted at fellow taxi-driver after a country music concert has been ordered to pay his victim €700. Dean Skelton had attended a Derek Ryan concert at the Clanree Hotel in...
View ArticleLetterkenny man charged with possession of child pornography
A Letterkenny man has appeared in court charged with possession of child pornography. Rory James, aged 34, appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged under the Child Trafficking and Pornography...
View ArticleJudge requests receipts as Gardai challenge bar’s restaurant license
Gardai have objected to a renewal of a restaurant certificate for one of Donegal’s best-known bars. Gardai objected to the renewal of a restaurant license for McGinley’s Bar in Letterkenny today. In...
View ArticleInquest hears tragic last moments of friends killed in Gaoth Dobhair crash
Four friends were killed in a horrific car crash after their car left a narrow road and flew more than 20 metres into a field in Co Donegal, an inquest has heard. Pals John Harley, Shaun Harkin and...
View ArticleNeighbours tell court of Donegal’s ‘House of Hell’
A district court judge has been told of a ‘House of Hell’ in Bundoran. Judge Kevin Kilrane said there was alcohol, drunken violence, criminal damage, drugs and every other sort of crime at the home of...
View ArticleWomen banned from Letterkenny retail units after theft spree
TWO women have been banned from entering some of Letterkenny’s busiest retail units after appearing in court on a raft of theft charges. Jodie Quill and Nakita Brogan, both aged 22, appeared before...
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Man pleads guilty to dangerous driving in horrific Bundoran crash
A young man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two people and seriously injuring another in a crash in Co Donegal. Joseph Gilroy appeared at Donegal Circuit Court today. The...
View ArticleWoman who blew stolen €760K on clothes and handbags has lost everything
A woman who stole €760,000 and spent it on a fortune of clothing and designer handbags has lost all her friends, her family, her home and become a pariah in her local town, a court has been told. Tara...
View ArticleLetterkenny man to stand trial on drugs charges
A LETTERKENNY man has been sent forward to stand trial on drugs charges. Shaun Strain (23) of Ros Suilighe, Oldtown, Letterkenny, faces four charges. Strain is charged with the possession of cannabis...
View ArticleJudge bans man from Letterkenny bar for nine months
A DISTRICT Court Judge has banned a man from a Letterkenny nightclub and bar for the next nine months. Daniel Sweeney (26) was before Letterkenny District Court after failing to pay a fixed charge...
View ArticleMan admits distributing child porn on Facebook account
A Ballyshannon man has pleaded guilty to the distribution of child pornography using his Facebook account. Conor Boyle pleaded guilty to a single charge when he appeared at Donegal Circuit Court. It is...
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