A MAN pleaded guilty at Wednesday’s sitting of Letterkenny Circuit Court to causing the unlawful termination of a pregnancy. The accused faced a charge of prescribing and administering or procuring any drug, substance or instrument knowing or intending it to be used or employed to end the life of a foetus or being reckless as […]
Psychiatric report for Lifford man who assaulted young woman delayed
Victim travelled from Australia for perpetrator’s sentencing
Manslaughter accused to stand trial
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A MAN confirmed a plea of guilty to a charge of manslaughter following the death of a father of four as a result of a traffic collision in Clonmany last year. Kevin Grant, of Buncrana, appeared at Tuesday’s sitting of Letterkenny Circuit to admit to four charges in total. James Devine from Drumucklagh, Raphoe died […]
Man (80s) pleads guilty to rape
A MAN in his 80s has pleaded guilty on a signed plea to respective charges of rape and sexual assault. The accused appeared at this week’s sitting of Letterkenny Circuit Court to affirm the plea. He is charged with rape on dates between December 2020 and January 2023. He also faces four charges of sexual assault […]
Case against Lifford man charged with assault adjourned
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THE case against a Lifford man charged with two counts of assault has been adjourned until next month. Seamus Cooley (50), 6a St Jude’s Court, Lifford, appeared before Letterkenny District Court on Monday via videolink. Cooley is charged with Section 2 assault at Murlog, Lifford. The alleged offence occurred on May 27, 2023. Cooley is also charged […]
Man (80s) to be sentenced for historic sex offence
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A MAN in his 80s charged with indecently assaulting a male is to be sentenced at Letterkenny Circuit Court later this month. The offence occurred in Inishowen on a date unknown in 1982. The man appeared before Letterkenny District Court on Monday, where Sergeant Maurice Doyle told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has […]
Man (70s) to stand trial charged with 28 indecent assault allegations
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A DONEGAL man aged in his 70s is to stand trial charged with 28 indecent assault charges. The man, who cannot be named as a reporting restriction is in place preventing his identity being made public, appeared before Letterkenny District Court on Monday. He did not speak during the brief hearing. Advertisement He is charged […]
Termon man with no insurance told gardaí he was ‘travelling not driving’
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A TERMON man who told gardaí he did not need insurance as he was “traveling not driving” has been fined. Letterkenny District Court this week heard how gardaí were operating a multi agency checkpoint on April 8, 2025 at Knocknabollan, Termon, Kilmacrennan, when they stopped Hugh Kelly. In his evidence, Garda Vincent Muldoon told the […]
Letterkenny woman with 189 previous convictions jailed
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A LETTERKENNY woman with 189 previous convictions was jailed for nine months this week when her case was dealt with in the local district court. Lisa Mongan (37), 61 Cashel Park, Lisnenan, appeared before Letterkenny District Court via videolink from Dóchas Centre, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. Mongan is charged that on October 5 at Home Savers, Pearse Road, […]
Victim Impact Statement sought after pensioner brandished knife
AN 83-year-old man brandished a knife at another man during a dispute over a boat. John Orsi of Ballymagowan, Kerrykeel, was before Letterkenny District Court on Monday charged with a Section 11 Firearms offence. Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that on January 31, 2025, at Massmount, Kerrykeel, gardaí took a statement of complaint from a man, who had been […]