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MEN FLED HOTEL AFTER NOTCHING UP €700 BILL WITH BOGUS CREDIT CARD
The Radisson Blu Hotel in Letterkenny. Two brothers checked themselves and their wives into a local hotel and ran up a bill of almost €700 using a false credit card. Gerard and Martin Lawrence ordered...
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MAN INVOLVED IN HOTEL TOILET ATTACK WALKS FREE FROM COURT
Michael Jude McGarvey walks free from court A MAN who punched his former brother-in-law in a pub toilet has walked free from court after a judge decided not to impose a three month prison sentence....
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WOMAN FIGHTS FOR LIFE AFTER HORRIFIC ROAD CRASH
A WOMAN is in a critical condition after a road traffic accident in the county today. The Letterkenny to Lifford Road has been closed around 1km on the Letterkenny side of Rossgeir following the...
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EMOTIONAL SCENES AS FARMER GOES ON TRIAL FOR CAUSING DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING
Letterkenny Circuit Court A FARMER whose unlit trailer suffered a puncture at the side of the road has gone on trial before a jury accused of causing death by dangerous driving. Adrian McCool, from Old...
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DRINK-DRIVING DONEGAL MAN STILL ALLOWED BEHIND THE WHEEL DESPITE BAN
Drink drive bans in the North can’t be applied here A DONEGAL man banned from driving for two years for drink-driving has been behind the wheel throughout – because of another loophole in the law....
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COMMISSION TO PROBE ‘RECORDINGS OF PHONE CALLS’ BY GARDAÍ IN McBREARTY CASE
Cllr Frank McBrearty COUNTY Councillor Frank McBrearty Jnr has confirmed tonight that he has asked a special commission to investigate whether or not phone calls between him and his lawyers were...
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DONEGAL MEN CLEARED OF ASSAULTING GALWAY WORKERS IN ‘YOU’RE TAKING OUR JOBS’...
McGowan was cleared of assault Two men who were convicted of assault in the District Court had their charges dismissed on appeal at Letterkenny Circuit Court but the judge in the case told three...
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MAN ACCUSED OF DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING SAID HE DID NOT KNOW IF TRAILER...
Adrian McCool is accused of causing death by dangerous driving. Pic by North-West News-pix. A FARMER who was forced to pull over after the sheep trailer he was towing suffered a puncture – has appeared...
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SUSPENDED PRISON SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO STABBED PAL NINE TIMES WITH KITCHEN KNIFE
A MAN who suffered an appalling childhood and went on to stab a friend nine times in a frenzied attack using a 10 inch kitchen knife has been given a suspended prison sentence after a judge heard how...
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COUNCIL ROADS ENGINEER FOUND ‘NOT GUILTY’ OF CAUSING DEATH BY DANGEROUS DRIVING
Adrian McCool was cleared by the jury. Pic by North-West News-pix. A ROADS engineer with Donegal County Council has been found not guilty of dangerous driving causing death. Adrian McCool, from Old...
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FARMER CAUGHT WITH ILLEGAL DIESEL IN JEEP HAS CONVICTION DISMISSED
A DONEGAL farmer originally fined €5,000 for driving his jeep with illegal green diesel has had has conviction overturned on appeal. Jeffrey McKinney, from Knockbrack, Letterkenny, had admitted having...
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MAN WITH 164 CONVICTIONS SMASHED WINDSCREEN AND LEFT GIRLS HYSTERICAL
Letterkenny Court. A man with 164 previous convictions has been jailed for one month after he threw a bottle through a family’s car leaving two little girls terrified. Brendan Boyle, 50, initially...
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NEPHEW FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ASSAULTING UNCLE IN ROW OVER SHEEP AND LAND
Judge Paul Kelly dismissed an assault charge against John McGlynn. A farmer walked free from court after he was found not guilty of assaulting his elderly uncle in a row over land and sheep. John...
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MAN RAMMED GARDA CAR CAUSING €3,300 DAMAGE DURING DRUNKEN SPREE
A Letterkenny man caused more than €3,300 damage to a Garda car after going on a drunken spree in a stolen car. John Sweeney, 21, appeared by video-link at Letterkenny District Court yesterday facing a...
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COUPLE BANNED FROM LETTERKENNY AFTER ALLEGED ROBBERY SPREE
A couple have been banned from Letterkenny after allegedly going on a robbery spree. The couple stand accused of stealing a car in Bridgend and handling stolen designer glasses worth more than €1,000....
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MAN FACES JAIL AFTER HEAD-BUTTING EX-GIRLFRIEND AT WEDDING
A man is facing a lengthy prison sentence after he admitted head butting his former girlfriend at a friend’s wedding. Kevin Kavanagh head-butted and punched his former partner Andrea Killen, on March...
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MAN WHO CAUSED €33,000 DAMAGE AFTER CRASHING INTO BANK AVOIDS JAIL
The scene at the bank on Falcarragh moments after Watters smashed into it. A man who crashed his car into the front of a bank causing more than €33,000 worth of damage before fleeing the scene has...
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ARLENE ARKINSON AND THE ASTONISHING LINK ON HER DEATH TO LETTERKENNY
Arlene Arkinson POLICE in the North investigated a claim that child killer Robert Howard confessed to the murder of missing Tyrone schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson – and the confession was relayed on the...
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HAIRDRESSER LED GARDAI ON TEN MILE CHASE BEFORE CAR BROKE DOWN
Letterkenny District Court A hairdresser led Gardai on a ten mile chase just days after she finished serving a four year driving ban for dangerous driving. Natalie McGee tried to out-speed Gardai and...
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BEAUTY THERAPIST GIVEN 18 YEARS TO PAY €24,386 SHE DEFRAUDED FROM DOLE
A beauty therapist has been given 18 years to pay back more than €24,000 she defrauded in job seeker’s allowance from the Department of Social Protection. Ms Myra Salhi appeared at Letterkenny District...
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