Prison warning as Ramelton man given time to find compensation
A RAMELTON man has been told to bring €500 to court or face the prospect of going to prison. Judge Raymond Finnegan warned Rory O’Hara to come up with the cash as compensation after he caused criminal...
View ArticleMan on three cannabis charges fined in court
A MAN facing three drug-related charges has been fined in court. Steven Deduytsche (23) of Long Lane, Letterkenny, was before Letterkenny District Court on three separate charges of possession of...
View ArticleMan jailed for six months after vicious assault on ex-girlfriend
A young man who viciously attacked his girlfriend after they had enjoyed a Chinese meal together has been jailed for six months. Paul Dooher appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with...
View ArticleMan on three cannabis charges fined in court
A MAN facing three drug-related charges has been fined in court. Steven Deduytsche (23) of Long Lane, Letterkenny, was before Letterkenny District Court on three separate charges of possession of...
View ArticleLetterkenny man ‘very lucky’ to avoid prison on Judge’s first day in town
A LETTERKENNY man was told he was ‘very lucky’ to avoid a prison sentence after appearing in court on motoring offences. Judge Raymond Finnegan told Kevin Devine (52) of Ballaghderg, Mountain Top, that...
View ArticleMan arrested on motoring charges just days after getting jail and driving ban
A WEST Donegal man recently jailed for 16 months and banned for driving for eight years has appeared in court again on motoring charges. Just two days after being handed a six-month jail sentence and...
View ArticleBusinessman fined €1,200 for operating illegal employee scam
A businessman has been fined €1,200 for employing foreign nationals without work permits after a Garda blitz on a number of takeaways in Co Donegal. A total of nine foreign nationals were found working...
View ArticleMan caught traveling at double speed limit at 160kph
A young motorist was caught driving at TWICE the speed limit of 160kph in a 80kph zone in Buncrana. Chair Doherty, aged 19, appeared before Buncrana District Court charged with dangerous driving. The...
View ArticleMan arrested at Dublin Airport after fleeing country on sex charges
An Irishman man who fled the country after being interviewed by Gardai on more than 170 sex charges has appeared in court after being arrested at Dublin Airport. The man was extradited from another...
View ArticleDonegal man accused of kicking prone man in Derry assault
A DEFENDANT accused of kicking a man as he lay on the ground claims he acted in self-defence, the High Court was told on Monday. Martin McDermott, 35, allegedly carried out an attack in Derry which...
View ArticleMan arrested at Dublin Airport after fleeing country on sex charges
An Irishman man who fled the country after being interviewed by Gardai on more than 170 sex charges has appeared in court after being arrested at Dublin Airport. The man was extradited from another...
View ArticleStorm in a teacup as businessman is fined after breakfast row
A businessman who threw a cup of tea over a man during a heated breakfast row in a Co Donegal cafe has been fined. Jim Chambers appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with assaulting Sean...
View ArticleMan broke former schoolfriend’s jaw at bus station
A man who met an old schoolfriend at a bus station randomly attacked him and broke his jaw. Colin Kelly pleaded guilty to the serious assault of Mario McShane at Letterkenny Bus station on August 23rd,...
View ArticleJudge reiterates his stand against “adjournment culture”
Donegal Judge Raymond Finnegan has reiterated his stance against what he described as an “adjournment culture” in local courts. Judge Finnegan was speaking during a case at Letterkenny District Court....
View ArticleFamily feud erupts over two seater plane dad left in garage
A family feud has erupted after a sister claimed her brother stole her late father’s two seater plane from a lock-up on her property. Celine Gallagher told Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal that...
View ArticleDonegal sports coach caught with drugs haul is fined €1,000
A Co Donegal sports coach, who was caught with €3,030 of cannabis in the boot of his car had his case struck out after he paid €1,000 to a local charity. Shane McWhinnie (36) from Main Street...
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Donegal man banned after trapping dog in filthy conditions
A Donegal man has been handed down a €250 fine and is banned from keeping dogs for five years after pleading guilty to Animal Health and Welfare charges. Michael Boyce with an address at No.43...
View ArticleMan ate stranger’s food and then attacked him in takeaway
A man who began eating a stranger’s food in a takeaway before punching him in the mouth has been ordered to pay his victim €5,000. Christopher McClafferty approached Oran Hilly at Pat’s Pizzas at Upper...
View ArticleTeen burglar told he’ll spend two Christmases in Oberstown House
A Judge has told a young person that if he hears as much as a whisper from him before December 20th he will send him to Oberstown House for two years. Judge Raymond Finnegan gave the teenager a simple...
View ArticleMan found drunk at funfair with children is fined €300
A man who was found drunk while with children at a funfair in Letterkenny has been fined €300. Gardai said they received reports from members of the public that the man was drunk while in charge of...
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