DRUNK DRIVER DID HANDBRAKE TURNS WITH WEDDING RIBBONS STILL ON CAR
An Inishowen drunk driver who performed handbrake turns and drove at high speed into a housing estate where young children were playing has been warned about his 'shocking record' of motoring offences....
View ArticleMAN BARRED FROM MALIN ALLOWED BACK TO COLLECT DOLE
A local man 'excluded' from Malin after being charged with threatening to kill and possession of drugs, has been allowed back into the town temporarily to collect his dole. Boggs appears in court. Pic...
View ArticleMAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AT SHOP
A man has appeared in court in connection with a robbery at Harkin's shop in Muff last month. Lee McLaughlin, 15 Station Road, Carndonagh is charged with committing a robbery at Harkin's on Friday,...
View ArticleWHEELCHAIR-USER APPEARS IN COURT FACING FOUR YEAR JAIL SENTENCE
A wheelchair-user has appeared in court for a Judge to decide if he must serve a jail sentence for dangerous driving causing death. Mr Coyle appearing at an earlier court sitting. Pic by Northwest...
View ArticleMAN PUT AXE THROUGH A SNOWMAN AFTER BEING DISMISSED FROM COURSE
A man went on the rampage causing hundreds of euro of damage putting an axe through a plastic garden snowman after being dismissed from a horticultural course. Letterkenny Court. Michael Strain, from...
View ArticleMAN STOLE MALTESERS, M&M’S AND KITCHEN FOIL FROM POPULAR CONVENIENCE STORE
A 31 year-old man has pleaded guilty to stealing a variety of sweets and kitchen foil at a sitting of today's Letterkenny District Court. Edward Stokes with an address at 2 The Villa Granby Row, Carlow...
View ArticleBOOZY DRIVER DROVE UP MAIN STREET IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
A boozed-up driver drove his vehicle up a busy Main Street in the wrong direction after drinking excessively earlier that day. Ikramullah Asadullah, with an address at 47 Palmerstown Court, Limerick...
View ArticleMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
A Co Donegal man has pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault when he appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court today. Letterkenny Court. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his...
View ArticleJUDGE GIVES DISABLED SINGER ONE MORE CHANCE IN DANGEROUS DRIVING DEATH CASE
A Co Donegal country and western singer who uses a wheelchair faces jail if he does not complete his community service sentence or get a medical report as to why he cannot do it. Mr Coyle appearing at...
View ArticleBRIDE’S FATHER DIED ON DAY OF WEDDING, INQUEST HEARS
A Donegal bride’s father collapsed and died on her wedding day. The tragedy struck the McCauley family of Ballyshannon on their big day at Kilronan Castle in Keadue, Co Roscommon. For 70-year-old Sean...
View ArticleMAN CHARGED WITH BURGLING DONEGAL BUSINESSES HAS BEEN ON DRUGS SINCE HE WAS 8
A handcuffed Cassells arrivs at letterkenny District Court today. Pic by Northwest Newspix. A man who allegedly broke into two businesses in Letterkenny has been released on bail after a court heard he...
View ArticleMAN ARRESTED IN DONEGAL OVER BRUTAL STAB MUM’S MURDER TO FACE EXTRADITION
Beautiful Jennifer Dornan was stabbed to death in her home in the North last weekend. A MAN arrested in Co Donegal over the brutal stab murder of mum of three Jennifer Dornan in the North is to face...
View ArticleJUDGE ORDERS MAN TO BRING BUS TIME-TABLE TO COURT – IN CASE HE FORGETS THE WAY!
A Letterkenny man has been ordered to bring a bus time-table to court to prove he knows how to find his way to his next court case. Shane Valentine appearing at Letterkenny District Court. Pic by...
View ArticleMAN’S LATE COURT EXCUSE FAILS TO WASH WITH JUDGE!
A man told a Judge he was late for court because his washing machine broke down. Cassells arrives at a previous sitting of Letterkenny District Court. Pic by Northwest Newspix. Daryll Cassells was two...
View ArticleLETTERKENNY MAN APPEARS BY VIDEO-LINK ON RANGE OF CHARGES
A Letterkenny man who is in custody after more than a year on the run appeared in court today charge with a range of offences including theft, public order and assault. Jason Haughey. Pic by Northwest...
View ArticleMAN OFFERED FREE ‘HOLIDAY’ BY JUDGE IF HE RETURNS TO DONEGAL!
An Englishman who failed to appear in court after damaging a Garda patrol will be given “a free holiday” if he returns to Donegal. Summerhayes arriving at Letterkenny District Court. Pic by North West...
View ArticleMAN APPEARS IN COURT CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT
A man has appeared before Letterkenny District Court charged with sexual assault. Letterkenny Court. A garda told Judge Conal Gibbons that he arrested the accused, who cannot be named for legal...
View ArticleMAN CAUGHT WITH €400 WORTH OF COCAINE WAS ‘TAKING IT TO A CARD GAME’
A DONEGAL man who fought a legal battle over a drugs supplier charge and lost has been fined €1,000 for various offences. Peter Wilson, from Windmill View in Letterkenny, had contested a charge of...
View ArticleRALLY FAN ON THEFT CHARGE TOLD GARDA: ‘THEY DON’T OFTEN LET ME OUT’
A DONEGAL Rally fan has appeared in court, charged with stealing an air hose from a petrol station during this year's event. Farmer Aaron Cosgrove, from 185 Newtownhamilton Road, Armagh, admitted...
View ArticleJASON HAUGHEY JAILED FOR A MONTH OVER GARDA THREATS
Jason Haughey. Pic by Northwest Newspix. A DONEGAL man behind bars after 38 previous conviction has been given another month in jail. Jason Haughey, (25), and from Letterkenny admitted obstructing...
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