Wanted Garda killer McDermott appears in court on motoring charges
Donegal Garda killer Martin McDermott has appeared in court again on motoring offences. The Raphoe man was jailed for eight years in 2011 for the manslaughter of Garda Gary McLoughlin after he drove...
View ArticleMan must contact Gardai if he wants to see new-born baby
A Co Donegal man has been told he must contact Gardai before he attempts to see his new-born baby. Sean Gibson appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with assault and criminal damage on January...
View ArticleMysterious Englishman wandering Donegal sent for mental assessment
A homeless man who was arrested for being in breach of the peace has been sent to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin for assessment. Andrew Phillips, aged 60, has spent the past number of weeks in...
View ArticleMan lay flat in ditch to avoid Gardai during incident on Derry Road
A young man who lay flat down in a ditch when Gardai arrived on the scene of an incident has been fined a total of €300. On January 22nd last, Gardai found a number of men walking along the main...
View ArticleMan found not guilty of having sexual intercourse with 15 year old schoolgirl
A man who had sex twice with a 15 year old schoolgirl has been found not guilty of engaging in a sexual act with a child under 17 years of age. The man, who is now in his mid 20s and cannot be named,...
View ArticleInishowen man goes on trial charged with stealing money
A man from Inishowen will today go on trial charged with theft from an apartment in Buncrana. Francis McDonagh, aged 41, is charged with stealing money from the home of Caroline McDaid at 12 Sliabh...
View ArticleMan broke into apartment with son and robbed woman
A man has been found guilty of burgling the home of a woman he had met in Alcoholics Anonymous. Francis McDonagh, 41, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court charged with burgling the home of Caroline...
View ArticleWoman brutally attacked after husband approached gang drinking outside their...
A man who trains horses for some of the top breeders in the country has pleaded guilty to a vicious attack on a woman in Raphoe. Jonathan Porter, who is originally from Lifford, threw the defenceless...
View ArticleMan who pick-pocketed man on dancefloor of nightclub is jailed
A man who pick-pocketed another man while on the dancefloor of a busy nightclub has been jailed for a total of eight months. Radu Sava, committed the crime at Voodoo Nightclub in Letterkenny. Victim...
View ArticleMan who almost died in vicious knifing asks Judge not to jail his attacker
A man who almost died after being stabbed in a drunken row over a motorbike pleaded with a judge not to send his attacker to prison. Michael Callaghan lost a huge amount of blood and spent 10 days on...
View ArticleMan who attacked pub landlord with baseball bat jailed for two and a half years
A man who savagely attacked a pub landlord with a baseball bat after he barred him from his bar has been jailed for two and half years. John McGettigan, whom it was claimed was kicked out of the pub...
View ArticlePensioner appears in court charged with sexually assaulting 5 year old girl
A man in his 70s has gone on trial charged with two counts of alleged sexual assault against a 5 year old girl in Co Donegal. The man, who is a neighbour of the child’s family, denies the charges. The...
View ArticleMother reveals she found suspicious pictures in 5 year old daughter’s scrapbook
A mother told how she found suspicious drawings in her five year old daughter’s scrapbook after she returned from a neighbour’s home. The woman was giving evidence against a man in his 70s who has gone...
View ArticleMan escapes jail after telling Judge cannabis grow-house was for sick son
A man has escaped going to jail after telling a Judge that a cannabis grow-house which Gardai found him in charge of was to help his ill son. Christopher McDaid was found in possession of the drugs...
View ArticleYoung man involved in fatal crash fined €400 for having no NCT
A young man who was driving a car in which his girlfriend was killed following an accident has been fined €400 for having no NCT on the vehicle. Gary O’Donnell appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court...
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Men jailed after brutal attack on Raphoe couple
Two men who took turns swigging a bottle of whiskey while they viciously assaulted a defenceless couple who had complained about noise outside their home have been jailed. Leon Kelly, 29 and Jonathon...
View ArticleChild awarded €15,000 after father crashes into road sign
A young child has been awarded €15,000 after the van in which her father was the driver crashed into a road sign. The accident happened in Co Donegal in January, 2015 when the child was a front seat...
View ArticleYoung brothers awarded €30,000 after car hits lampost
Two brothers whose car struck a lampost have both been awarded €15,000. The accident happened in Letterkenny on St Stephen’s Day in 2014 when the car in which they were back-seated passengers hit the...
View ArticleJudge raises concerns as man fined for wedding ‘doughnuts’
A District Court Judge has expressed concerns at the image being portrayed of Donegal in a number of ‘high profile’ incidents. Judge Paul Kelly was speaking at today’s sitting of Falcarragh District...
View ArticleRoad crash victim buried before coroner told of his death
An man who died after suffering fatal injuries following a road traffic accident was buried before the coroner for Donegal had been informed of his death. An inquest into the death of 82 year old Tadgh...
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