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INQUEST HEARS OF HORRIFIC DETAILS OF YOUNG ISLANDER’S GRUESOME DEATH
A young Donegal man died on an island after a pint glass was smashed over his head and the broken glass then stuck into his neck. The late Paul Boyle Letterkenny Coroner’s Court heard today how 19 year...
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VIDEO NASTY: GARDA McCALLION SUSPECT JAILED AGAIN AFTER NEW CAR CHASE FOOTAGE...
A THUG who stole a car on the night Garda Robbie McCallion was killed in Letterkenny was today jailed again for five years for driving a car at another Garda. He was also disqualified from driving for...
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LETTERKENNY BUSINESSMAN IN COURT BATTLE TO HAVE PREMISES RETURNED
A Letterkenny businessman has upped the anti in his bid to have a licensed premises returned to him. John G Larkin came before Letterkenny Circuit Court seeking a motion in his battle to get access to...
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POPULAR LETTERKENNY MAN ‘RUINED HIS REPUTATION AND BETRAYED HIS EMPLOYER’
A Letterkenny man betrayed his loyal employers ESB by stealing from them and ruined his reputation among the community, a court has heard. Joseph Winston, from 3 Hawthorn Heights Letterkenny, pleaded...
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MOTHER OF DAUGHTER KILLED BY RECKLESS DRIVING MAKES HEARTFELT PLEA TO THE COURT
A mother whose daughter was killed by reckless and dangerous driving has pleaded with a judge not to restore the driving license of the man responsible for her daughter’s death. Tragic Caroline...
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DUNLEAVY HAS LIFETIME DRIVING BAN REDUCED
A Kerrykeel man who was banned from driving for life by a judge yesterday has had his driving ban reduced. Cathal Dunleavy, 23, was sentenced to five years in prison and banned from holding a driving...
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WOMAN CREEPER BURGLAR BEHIND STRING OF DONEGAL RAIDS IS GIVEN LAST CHANCE BY...
A woman creeper burglar who participated in a series of serious criminal offences in Donegal has been given a last chance after her lawyer told a judge she was a changed person. Karen McDonald 27,...
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DONEGAL MAN LEFT WITH €20K LEGAL BILL AS JUDGE RULES GARDAI USED ‘REASONABLE...
A CO Donegal man has been left with a massive legal bill after failing in a bid to sue Gardai for assault. Bernard McHugh from Carrigart had claimed that guards used unreasonable force when they...
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JURY FIND MAN NOT GUILTY OF SERIOUS ASSAULT AT JACKSONS HOTEL
A man accused of carrying out a vicious assault which resulted in the victim receiving 35 stitches to the face, has been found not guilty following a 3 day trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court. Shane...
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: SIX MONTHS JAIL FOR THUG WHO ATTACKED GALWAY MAN ‘FOR BEING...
A THUG who threw a sneaky punch at a totally innocent man, leaving his victim with a broken jaw, has been jailed for six months. Shane Diver, whose address was given to the court as Glencar Park,...
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DONEGAL TD DEMANDS INQUIRY INTO CLAIMS CRIME STATISTICS ‘MASSAGED’
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Padraig Mac Lochlainn has called on Minister Alan Shatter to meet with the Garda Commissioner and the Garda Representatives Association to establish the veracity of the...
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FATHER SHOUTED AT DRIVER JUST SECONDS BEFORE BIN LORRY KILLED HIS SON
A heartbroken father shouted frantically at a bin lorry driver to stop just seconds before his son was knocked down and killed. Bin lorry driver Alex McDaid Three year old Patrick McDonagh was killed...
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MAN WHO DROPPED OFF CAR AT GARAGE FOR REPAIRS RECEIVED PHONECALL TO SAY HIS...
A man who dropped his car in for repairs and had arranged to pick it up on Friday before he returned home to Galway received a phonecall to say his car had been stolen and written off. The court heard...
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BIN DRIVER THOUGHT HE HAD HIT MANHOLE WHEN HE REVERSED OVER CHILD
A driver thought he had simply hit a manhole cover when he reversed over a child in his bin lorry. Bin lorry driver Alex McDaid Alex McDaid, (pictured right) fought back tears today as he recalled the...
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MAN JAILED FOR ROBBING CHINESE RESTAURANT
A Ballybofey man has been jailed for 18 months for robbing a Chinese Takeaway in Convoy. The Gaolee restaurant in Convoy Letterkenny Circuit Court was told how Gardai received a report of a robbery at...
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BIN LORRY DRIVER WEEPS AS HE IS CLEARED OF DANGEROUS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH OF...
Bin lorry driver Alex McDaid A LORRY driver charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a three-year-old boy wept in court today as he was found not guilty by a jury. Alex McDaid, (pictured...
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LATE LATE SHOW HEARTACHE: PARTNER OF MARIE FLEMING READS HER LETTER TO THE...
Marie Fleming and husband Tom THE partner of assisted suicide campaigner Marie Fleming broke down in tears on the Late Late Show last night as he read out a letter she had written to the people of...
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KAVANAGH SUPPORTS CALLS FOR NON-CUSTODIAL SENTENCES FOR MINOR OFFENCES
Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh, has welcomed the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence’s call for greater use of non-custodial sentences by the judiciary where appropriate, where minor offences are...
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PREVERT PREYED ON NEPHEW OF WOMAN WHO FOSTERED HIM
A PERVERT sexually abused the young nephew of the Co Donegal woman who fostered him. The 63-year-old had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 35 charges of indecent assault of the boy on...
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DONEGAL REPUBLICAN SINN FEIN MAN TRIED TO GRAB GARDA’S GUN
A DONEGAL republican assaulted a detective and tried to take his gun after being arrested at a republican commemoration parade in 2010, a court has heard. Republican Sinn Fein member Pat Barry was...
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