Two men wearing balaclavas caught netting salmon in Falcarragh
Two Falcarragh men who were caught illegally netting salmon will be sentenced next March. Paul Ferry and Ciaran McGee were caught by Inland Fisheries Ireland fisheries officers on the night of July...
View ArticleBusinessman to pay €15k after attacking elderly man in disabled parking row
A Co Donegal businessman who pushed an elderly man and broke his rib after he protested he was illegally parked in a disabled bay has been ordered to pay his victim €15,500 and his court costs. Gus...
View ArticleMan who choked girlfriend after she refused to eat dinner he cooked is jailed
A man who tried to choke his girlfriend after she refused to eat a dinner he had cooked for her has been jailed for a total of three years. Stephen Coveney-Ryan turned on Roisin MacNeilis after she had...
View ArticleBusinessman to pay €15k after attacking elderly man in disabled parking row
A Co Donegal businessman who pushed an elderly man and broke his rib after he protested he was illegally parked in a disabled bay has been ordered to pay his victim €15,500 and his court costs. Gus...
View ArticleCourt grants interim bail to man accused of murdering Danielle McLaughlin
A man charged with the murder and rape of Buncrana backpacker Danielle McLaughlin has been granted a 2-day interim bail following the death of his father. The Bombay High Court of Goa granted interim...
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Garda procedures under spotlight after inquest of Churchill man Seamus Doherty
A jury at the inquest of a Donegal man strangled at his home in 2012 has made several recommendations regarding Garda procedures around such deaths. Seamus Doherty died as a result of an unlawful...
View ArticleBlind man was drunk while riding bicycle before crashing
A blind man who was drunk while out cycling before crashing into a car has been fined after appearing in court in Co Donegal. Gintaras Jankauskas was riding a bicycle at Drumnahoagh in Letterkenny on...
View ArticleMan out jogging at 5am with no shoes attacked Gardai when arrested
A man who was out jogging at 5.20am with no shoes on attacked Gardai when they stopped him. Paddy McConigley appeared at Letterkenny District Court following the incident at Ballymagowan Lower,...
View ArticleMan told woman he could kill her and nobody would know
A man told a woman who came back to his flat in Ballybofey for a party that he could kill her and nobody would know. Marcis Cigurs appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with making threats to...
View ArticleMan caught dragging traffic cone is fined €100
A man caught dragging a traffic cone through Ballybofey has been fined €100 after appearing in court. Detective Garda Donal Kelly told Letterkenny District Court that he was driving through the town in...
View ArticleDrunken pensioner, 72, hassled kids outside teen disco
A 72-year-old pensioner who “hassled” youngsters outside a teenage disco in Letterkenny has been ordered to make a €100 donation to Foroige. Edward Lapsley appeared before Letterkenny District Court...
View ArticleMan appears in Letterkenny court charged with rape
A young Donegal man has appeared in court charged with rape and sexual assault. The man, who is in his 20s, was sent forward for trial at Central Criminal Court in Dublin. He cannot be named for legal...
View ArticleStealing gin was a sin – at 11.50am in ALDI, Ballybofey
A Letterkenny man who couldn’t wait for the opening time for alcohol at a supermarket stole two cans of pink gin instead. Ryan Keenan appeared at Letterkenny District Court after being caught stealing...
View ArticleMan caught with cocaine at Letterkenny party
A Dubliner who arrived in Donegal for a party has appeared in court after being caught with cocaine at a party. ‘Events spiralled’ for Ross Cahill who came to Letterkenny for the party, the local court...
View ArticleLeisure centre worker caught drug-driving
A 21-year-old leisure centre worker has been put off the road after being caught drug-driving. Brendan Magwood was stopped by Garda Kilcoyne, who was on mobile patrol, at Raymoghey, Letterkenny at...
View ArticleMan, 18, charged with dealing cocaine in Letterkenny
An 18 year old Letterkenny man has been charged with having cocaine for sale or supply in the town. David Orr, 18, of Ballymacool Wood, Letterkenny was brought before Tuesday’s sitting of Letterkenny...
View ArticleMan caught doing 182kph was racing to help “girl in distress”
A man caught driving at 182km/h was rushing to Letterkenny to help a young girl ‘in distress.’ William Adams, who was caught speeding on the dual carriageway, was told that he is ‘very lucky’ not to...
View ArticleGardai given fortnight for case directions as man in custody since July
Gardai have been given a fortnight to obtain directions in a case after a court heard a man has been in custody awaiting his case since July. Edward Crerand faces charges relating to an incident...
View ArticleThree members of same family in court charged with dealing drugs
Five people including three members of the same family have appeared in court in Co Donegal charged with drug-dealing. The five were all arrested yesterday during Garda raids in Letterkenny as part of...
View ArticleMan facing parking fines tells Judge “I’ll ask the questions”
A man charged with not paying four parking fines told a Judge he would be ‘asking the questions and not answering them.’ Tom Dignam appeared at Letterkenny District Court today charged with the...
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