Donegal News Mast Head
  • Home
  • News
    • Back
    • News Headlines
    • Court
    • Council
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Business
    • Farming
    • Health
  • Sport
    • Back
    • Sport Headlines
    • GAA
      • Back
      • No Bones About It
    • Soccer
    • Sports Other
  • Entertainment
  • Features
  • Community
  • Death Notices
  • Digital Editions
    • Back
    • E-Gift Subscription
    • Digital Editions
    • Digital Archive
+353 (0)74912 1014
advertising@donegalnews.com
editor@donegalnews.com
The North-West News Group
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Property
  • T&Cs
    • Copyright Notice
    • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Website Usage Terms and Conditions
  • Contact
+353 (0)74912 1014
advertising@donegalnews.com
editor@donegalnews.com
Donegal News Mast Head
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    • News Headlines
    • Court
    • Council
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Business
    • Farming
    • Health
  • Sport
    • Sport Headlines
    • GAA
      • No Bones About It
    • Soccer
    • Sports Other
  • Entertainment
  • Features
  • Community
  • Death Notices
  • Digital Editions
    • E-Gift Subscription
    • Digital Editions
    • Digital Archive
HomeFr Desmond Polke

Family of Castlefin priest unhappy at inquest verdict


THE family of a local Parish Priest said they are “very disappointed” that a jury at the inquest into the death of their uncle today returned a verdict of ‘misadventure.’

Category: News


Advertisement
Sign up to our newsletter

Donegal News

Every Thursday
SUBSCRIBE/LOGIN

Donegal News

Every Monday
SUBSCRIBE/LOGIN
  • Most Viewed
  • Latest News
Man (63) who had to be removed from LUH twice within hours is jailed
Premium
 ‘Trapped and traumatised’: DCB committee to hear how families are being let down by banking failures 
Two Donegal women among graduates of Boxing Ireland Leadership Programme
Large crowds to protest outside Donegal Airport tomorrow over timetable changes
Letterkenny property being renovated following incident
Premium
Deaths in Donegal, this evening, Friday, February 13
Gardaí warn of parking restrictions ahead of Donegal game this weekend
The AI debate from a student’s perspective
Premium
Freezing temperatures forecast overnight in Donegal
Little Angels pupils to be invited to council chambers
Advertisement
Top
Advertisement
+353 (0)74912 1014
advertising@donegalnews.com
editor@donegalnews.com

Copyright © 2026 — The Donegal News.
All Rights Reserved.
Part of the North-West News Group.

Donegal News is published by North West of Ireland Printing & Publishing Company Limited, trading as North-West News Group.
Registered in Northern Ireland, No. R0000576. St. Anne's Court, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland