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GARDAI ASKED TO HAND OVER IN-CAR FILM IN ‘HEART ATTACK CASE’
Donegal Gardai have been asked to hand over any in-car film footage involving a man who claimed he was having a heart attack after being stopped by Gardai. Letterkenny Court. Seamus Duffy was stopped...
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MAN CAUGHT FOR ATTACK AFTER ORANGE PAINT FOUND ON HIS HANDS AND CLOTHING
A Churchill man was caught with orange paint on his hands and clothing after a woman’s house was attacked with paint. Raymond McGlynn was interviewed by Gardai after the home of Patricia Hegarty at...
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122 REPOSSESSION CASES BEFORE REGISTRAR’S COURT
MORE than 120 repossession cases have been listed for hearing at Letterkenny Registrar’s Court today. All the cases had been due to be heard yesterday, but they were adjourned as the Registrar Joe...
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MAN DAMAGED GARDA’S PRIVATE CAR WHEN HE THREW BOTTLE OF VODKA
A man caused €356 of damage to an off-duty Garda’s car when he struck it with a bottle of vodka. Rory Gildea, 22 was walking home from a party in Ballybofey when he threw the bottle across a road....
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WOMAN DROVE MAN ON BONNET OF CAR AFTER HE DEMANDED TO BE TAKEN FOR CHIPS
A young woman drove a man on the bonnet of her car and broke a red light after he demanded she take him for chips. Lisa McGinley – drove man on bonnet of her car. Pic by Northwest Newspix. Student Lisa...
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PASSENGER PULLED TAXI HANDBRAKE AND THREATENED TO RIP METER OFF DASHBOARD
A man pulled up the handbrake of a taxi and threatened to rip out the car’s meter after he thought the driver was taking him to the local Garda station. Stephen Harper Stephen Harper appeared before...
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TRUCK DRIVER ALMOST STRUCK GARDA CAR AFTER OVERTAKING ANOTHER LORRY
A lorry driver overtook another lorry driver on a continuous white line and almost crashed head-on into an oncoming Garda patrol car. Letterkenny Court. Joseph McCauley, 54, appeared before Letterkenny...
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MAN WHO STOLE PHONE FOR SISTER IS FINED €150
A man who stole a phone for his sister during a ‘distraction theft’ has been fined €150. Rosta – stole phone for his sister. Pic by Northwest Newspix. Sabine Rosta, 23, was at Twin Towns Oils in...
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18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DONEGAL MAN IN CANNABIS GROW HOUSE SCAM
A DONEGAL man who rented a farmhouse to a Chinese drugs gang so they could grow more than €200,000 worth of cannabis has been sent to prison for 18 months. Ivan Mahon, (47), of Cavangarden,...
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SINN FEIN BLAST REPORT ON JOHN DOWNEY OTR AFFAIR AS ‘POLITICAL’
Donegal fisherman John Downey had received letter saying he was not wanted by police THE Sinn Fein boss who dealt with the issue of on-the-run republicans has today slammed a report by British MPs as...
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FORMER FINN HARPS MANAGER ORDERED TO PAY VICTIM €15,800
Former Finn Harps manager Patsy McGowan has been ordered to pay a man €15,800 damages after he brutally assaulted him in the boardroom of the club. Shane McConnell leaving court today. Pic by Northwest...
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MAN WAS SPREADING COUNTERFEIT NOTES ALL OVER LETTERKENNY
A report is to go to the Director of Public Prosecutions on a man accused of passing counterfeit notes in Letterkenny. Letterkenny Court. Ryan Murphy of 15 Ballinadarragh Road, Market Hill in Armagh...
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DONEGAL COURT TOLD IT’S NOW IMPOSSIBLE TO STEAL A CAR WITHOUT A KEY
A motoring expert has told a judge that it now impossible to steal or hotwire a car without a key. Motoring expert Liam Cotter leaving Letterkenny Circuit Civil Court. Pic by Northwest Newspix....
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COUPLE IN COURT ON DOZENS OF BENEFIT FRAUD CHARGES
A COUPLE have appeared in court on dozens of benefit fraud charges. Martin Stokes, who is 25, and his 24-year-old wife Margaret, stood as the charges were put to them at Donegal Circuit Court. Stokes...
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SKIPPER OF WORLD’S BIGGEST TRAWLER ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL FISHING OFF TORY
THE skipper of the world’s largest trawler used illegal equipment to grade fish in an operation which caused a ‘double whammy’ for stocks off the Irish coast, a prosecution lawyer has told his trial....
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GARDAI HAD TO COAX MAN OUT OF HEDGE AFTER ROW
Gardai had to coax a man out of a hedge after he hid in it following a fight. Letterkenny Court. Kieran Maguire, 31, hid in the undergrowth at LIDL in Ballybofey, Co Donegal after a fight had broken...
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BREAKING NEWS: GRAHAM DWYER FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER OF ELAINE O’HARA
Graham Dwyer has been found guilty of the murder of Elaine O’Hara. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after considering their verdict for more than seven hours. The trial has captured...
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REVEALED: SAWN-OFF SHOTGUN MURDER WEAPON STOLEN IN DONEGAL
Kieran McLaughlin was today found not guilty of murdering a man in the North EXCLUSIVE: THE gun used in a “brutal and vile” execution-style murder in the North was stolen at gunpoint from a farmer in...
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DUTCH TRAWLER SKIPPER GUILTY OF ILLEGAL FISHING OFF DONEGAL
A DUTCH trawler skipper has been fined €105,000 after being found guilty of illegal fishing in Co Donegal waters. Gerrit Plug was found guilty by a jury in Donegal Town Circuit Court today of three...
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WOMAN GETS SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCE FOR FIFTH NO INSURANCE CHARGE
A woman has been given a one month suspended jail sentence after being caught driving without insurance for the FIFTH time. Letterkenny Court. Martina Sweeney, 36, appeared at a special sitting of...
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