Man flicked blood at Gardai and said he had AIDS
A man flicked blood at Gardai and told them he had AIDS. Mark Doherty was arrested after a public order matter at a relative’s home during a domestic disturbance. Doherty, a father of two from Ard...
View ArticleMan appears in court facing more than 30 sex assault charges
A Donegal man was arrested yesterday on more than 30 sexual assault charges. The man, who cannot be named, appeared at Falcarragh District Court having been arrested at 7.15 yesterday morning. The...
View ArticlePrison sentence for ‘aggressive and agitated’ Dublin man following Ballybofey...
A 25-year-old Dublin man was sentenced to a month in prison after becoming ‘very aggressive and highly agitated’ during a public order incident in Ballybofey. Dermot Dowd, 4 Allenton Gardens, Tallaght,...
View ArticleMan had €1,000 of cannabis in lunchbox
A man was found with more than €1,000 of cannabis herb in a lunchbox at his home. Shane O’Donnell appeared at Letterkenny District Court charged with the sale and supply of drugs. Garda Inspector Sean...
View ArticleDrunk man couldn’t be woken in taxi
A man who fell asleep in a taxi and could not be woken has been fined €150 for being drunk in a public place. Gardai told Letterkenny District Court today that they were flagged down by a tax-driver on...
View ArticleMan claims he has been harassed by Gardai for 19 months
A man claimed he is being harassed by Gardai for the past 19 months after two cases of no insurance against him were struck out at Letterkenny District Court today. Noel Devine appeared in court after...
View ArticleChip-van owner fined after he refuses to take himself away
A businessman whose family have been operating a mobile takeaway for 30 years in a seaside town locked himself into his van after being ordered to move on by Gardai. Rory Shevlin was approached by...
View ArticleMan spat at group of cyclists as he drove by them
A man who was driving past a group of cyclists spat at one of them and hit him in the face. Keith Hanlon appeared at Letterkenny District Court today charged with assault and also using threatening and...
View ArticleDrunk woman called garda a ‘blonde peroxide b*tch’
A woman who failed to give information to gardai and shouted expletives on her arrest was fined in a Letterkenny court this week. Bridget O’Donnell, of 7 Glentain Manor, Letterkenny, was in a Nissan...
View ArticleDrink driving delivery man disqualified from roads for a year
A delivery man who was caught drink driving has been disqualified from the roads for one year. Mr Patrick McMenamin (51) was driving a white transit van when he was stopped by Gardai at Townparks,...
View ArticleSolicitor issues warning to public after driver fined for being uninsured 90...
A woman has been fined for driving without insurance after being stopped by Gardai an hour and a half before her policy came into effect. Shauna Hunter of 19 Emmet Park, Castlefin was detected by Garda...
View ArticleBurglar who ransacked hairdressing salon has been addict since he was 8 years...
A young man who broke into a hairdressing salon and a beauticians has been a drug addict since he was just 8 years old, a court has heard. Daryll Cassells appeared before Letterkenny District Court...
View ArticleDrunk driver was four times over limit when he ploughed into youth worker Orla
A man whose car veered onto the wrong side of a road killing himself and the driver of an oncoming car was four and a half times over the drink-driving limit. Kevin McClintock was killed instantly when...
View ArticleMan who knocked down woman thought he had run over cardboard box
The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Letterkenny woman on New Year’s night in Ballyshannon in 2015 thought he had ran over a cardboard box on the road. William McKee, 56, of Carricknahorna,...
View ArticleJudges praises Garda after she was bitten by woman with HIV
A Judge has praised a garda for her empathy towards a woman with HIV who bit her during a violent struggle while her attacker was experiencing a psychotic episode. Mary Kamunya, 38, of The Maples,...
View ArticleMini-bus driver found not guilty of careless driving causing death of young...
A minibus bus driver has been found not guilty of causing the death of a Letterkenny mother-of-three Sheena Stewart. William McKee had been charged with driving without due care and attention in...
View ArticleDonegal man shouted at man to “get out of this country”– in England!
A Donegal man hurled racist abuse at a man while brandishing a knife, screaming to “get out of this country” just hours after being released from prison – in England! John Sweeney, of no fixed address,...
View ArticleDonegal man found guilty of abusing four young schoolboys
A Co Donegal man who sexually abused four young schoolboys more than 20 years ago is behind bars after finally being brought to justice. Scott Turner, 44, who is originally from Letterkenny, was...
View ArticleTwo men jailed for 30 years for knifing Donegal man to death
Two men have been caged for a total of 30 years for killing a Co Donegal man in London in broad daylight. Damien McLaughlin, 42, originally from Manorcunningham, was stabbed to death in north London on...
View ArticleMan who rammed Garda car twice during high-speed chase jailed for two years
A Raphoe man who rammed a garda car twice during a high-speed chase has been jailed for two years. Jonathon Ayton fled towards Northern Ireland in the early hours of April 13 last year was jailed for...
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