Man who thrashed hotel room looking for drugs is fined
A man who trashed a room of a Donegal hotel while at a wedding was found in possession of drugs. Daniel McColgan told Gardai that he was ‘looking for a bag of cocaine’ when they came to investigate....
View ArticleMan admits torching Garda car parked outside station
A man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Garda patrol car outside a Garda station causing more than €10,000 of damage. Gary McGinley admitted setting fire to the Hyundai i20 official marked patrol...
View ArticleLetterkenny man caught with €2,000 of cocaine spared jail
A Letterkenny man who was caught with over €2,000 worth of drugs has been spared jail. Gardai raided the home of Eoin McBrearty at Manorview Park and located the stash. During the raid, Gardai found an...
View ArticleTeen joyrider drove stolen car from Letterkenny to Drogheda
A teenage boy who stole a car in Letterkenny and drove it to Drogheda has avoided a custodial sentence. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, abandoned the car at the side of the road...
View ArticleMan who threw petrol bomb at house during feud jailed for 18 months
A man who threw a flaming petrol bomb at a house during a ‘tit for tat’ feud has been jailed for 18 months. Daniel McElwaine, a 53-year-old painter and decorator, had pleaded guilty to carrying out the...
View ArticleChef pleads guilty to handling stolen property at restaurant
A chef has appeared in court where he pleaded guilty to handling stolen property at a restaurant in Bundoran. Marcus Cullen, aged 36, appeared at Donegal Circuit Court where he pleaded guilty to the...
View ArticleCocaine-fuelled attack on dancefloor changed men’s lives forever
A man who viciously attacked two strangers in an unprovoked attack on a dancefloor has appeared in court. Eunan Maguire assaulted friends Aaron Pearson and Aaron Bradley at Sky Nightclub in Donegal...
View ArticleGamekeeper fined after hundreds of dead birds found buried on farm
Hundreds of dead birds, a dead sheep and a deer’s head were dumped in a burial pit at a game farm in Donegal. The carcasses of pheasants, partridges and duck were found at Brackenhill Game Farm,...
View ArticleAnti-vaccine campaigner fined for raft of motoring offences
An anti-vaccine campaigner has been fined a total of €725 for the non-payment of parking fines and not having tax displayed on his car. Antonio Mureddu failed to appear at a special sitting of...
View ArticleMan overtook unmarked Garda car at speed
A man who overtook an unmarked Garda patrol car at high speed on a busy Letterkenny road has been allowed to keep his licence. 22-year-old Joe McConalogue was before this week’s sitting of Letterkenny...
View ArticleBallybofey man to stand trial for assault
A man is set to go on trial on two charges of assault causing harm and producing an article during a dispute. Roy Morrow, a 36-year-old with an address at Silverwood, Ballybofey, appeared at...
View ArticleEfforts have to be made to clean up Buncrana fire site, demands Judge
Financial constraints are hampering the removal of 300 tonnes of waste material from the site of a major fire in Buncrana, it has been claimed. Colm McDaid is before the courts under the Waste...
View ArticleTrial of man accused of Jasmine murder expected to last a week
The trial of a man for the murder of a young Castlefin mother more than four years ago is expected to last a week. Richard Burke goes on trial at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Monaghan today...
View ArticleJasmine McMonagle had ‘brutal death’ murder trial hears
A murder trial has heard a young Co Donegal mother of two, Jasmine McMonagle, had “a brutal death.” She was found “lying in a pool of blood” when gardaí forced entry to her Killygordon home after a...
View ArticleGardaí forced entry to Jasmine McMonagle’s home after seeing child upstairs
The sight of an eight-year-old girl prompted gardaí to force entry to the house where Jasmine McMonagle had been killed, a Central Criminal Court jury has been told today. The trial continues of...
View ArticleGaoth Dobhair man warned to stay away from family home
A Gaoth Dobhair man has been warned to stay away from his family home or faces a return to prison. Patrick McLaughlin, a 67-year-old with an address at Lower Main Street, Letterkenny, was before...
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Breaking: Man guilty of ‘manslaughter’ of Jasmine McMonagle
The jury in the trial of Richard Burke for the murder of Jasmine McMonagle has found him not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The unanimous...
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Jury told Jasmine was ‘devoted mother who was deeply loved’
The jury in the murder trial of young east Donegal woman, Jasmine McMonagle, has been told she was a devoted mother who was deeply loved by her friends and family. Earlier today, Richard Burke (32) was...
View ArticleMan avoids jail after cocaine-fuelled double attack on dancefloor
A man who viciously attacked two strangers in an unprovoked assault on a dancefloor while intoxicated on a mixture of drink and cocaine has avoided going to jail. Eunan Maguire assaulted friends Aaron...
View ArticlePensioner used dead brother’s identification to claim €93,000 in bogus benefits
A man has admitted used his dead brother’s identity to claim more than €93,000 in benefits. Pensioner Aidan Byrne, 75, appeared before Donegal Circuit Court, charged with a range of fraud-related...
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