COURTS: A man who threatened to burn his wife out of it and wielded a hatchet at her – has…
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THUG BEATS PENSIONER, 83, DURING ROBBERY BUT ESCAPES WITH SUSPENDED SENTENCE
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA MAN with a string of previous convictions, has been given a six month suspended sentence for assaulting an 83-year-old…
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A man has been remanded on bail after the discovery of a cannabis grow-house in Inishowen. More than €70,000 of…
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RISING RUGBY STAR QUITS GAME AFTER STONE ATTACK BLINDS HIM IN EYE
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA rising young rugby star has been forced to quit the sport after being blinded in the eye with a…
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WOMAN WHO KILLED BOY, 13, SAYS SHE WILL THINK OF HIM EVERYDAY AS JUDGE DIRECTS ‘NOT GUILTY’ VERDICT
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA young woman who knocked down a child after he suffered an angry episode due to his Asperger’s Syndrome has…
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MAN WITH 165 PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS ‘GIVEN A CHANCE’ OVER €3,500 HOUSE DAMAGE
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA MAN with 165 previous convictions who caused €3,500 to a house has been given another chance by a judge.…
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A Convoy man has pleaded guilty plea to a Section 3 assault causing harm charge. Mark Laverty, 23, of Greenfield, Convoy…
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A man has admitted robbing a Happy Days shop in Letterkenny. Chad Mitchell of 43 Windmill View in Letterkenny was…
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JURY TOLD HOW HEART-BROKEN PARENTS TRIED TO SAVE SON IN TRAGIC ROAD INCIDENT
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA heartbroken mother has told how she desperately waved her hands in a bid to stop a car hitting her…
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ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR 3 MEN ON AGGRAVATED BURGLARY CHARGES
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA JUDGE has issued arrest warrants for three men facing aggravated burglary charges who failed to appear in court. Legal…
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A MAN has admitted a series of offences in which a local garda was injured during a dangerous drink-drive incident.…
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CHILDCARE WORKER ‘SCAPE-GOATED’ OVER TODDLER INCIDENT WINS TRIBUNAL CASE
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA DONEGAL CHILDCARE claimed she had been scape-goated and ‘wrongly blamed’ for leaving an 18-month old toddler unsupervised outside a creche…
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MAN WHO OWES CREDIT UNION €17K FOR CAR LOAN ORDERED TO PAY €20 A WEEK
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA MAN who owes a Co Donegal credit union more than €17,000 for an unpaid car loan has been ordered…
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CAVAN RALLY FAN FISH-TAILED HIS CAR ON ROAD AFTER LEAVING DIFFING COMPETITION
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA JUDGE has described a rally fan from Co Cavan as “a bit of a slow learner” after he admitted…
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DONEGAL PENSIONER FACING JAIL AFTER CONFESSING TO LITANY OF CHILD SEX ABUSE OFFENCES
by Staff Writer 9 years agoAN ELDERLY Donegal man is staring at prison after he pleaded guilty today to a catalogue of child sex abuse…
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A MAN from Donegal is awaiting trial in the North on dealing charges. Ivan Nicholl, from the townland of Ballyhone,…
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A Donegal man who was charged with possession of firearms and IRA membership before the Special Criminal Court in March…
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TAXPAYERS’ LEFT WITH €15,000 ‘PARKING’ BILL AFTER BROTHERS FALL-OUT OVER SLURRY TANKER
by Staff Writer 9 years agoTAXPAYERS have been left to pay a €15,000 ‘parking’ fee after a dispute between two Co Donegal brothers over a…
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A MONAGHAN man was arrested twice on the same day after a fracas at a local hotel. Letterkenny District Court…
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MANORCUNNINGHAM PAEDOPHILE TRYING TO MANIPULATE LEGAL LOOPHOLE FOR SHORTER SENTENCE
by Staff Writer 9 years agoA paedophile originally from Manorcunningham wants to be deported to Ireland in order to manipulate a legal loophole that would…