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Ex-footballer can avoid prison by moving back to Republic of Ireland

A former professional footballer can avoid prison if he moves back to the Republic of Ireland. Kevin Doherty, who was nabbed with a haul of fake goods, including almost €50,000 worth of tobacco and cigarettes, when Gardai raided his home in Donegal. ...

25 May 2022 at 14:18

Local News

Jailed for hijacking and threatening to kill taxi driver

A man who pretended to have a gun and forced a taxi driver and his passenger to drive more than 30kms to Derry has been jailed for two and a half years. Alan Luukas, 43, was sentenced at Letterkenny Circuit Court after pleading guilty to hijacking ...

25 May 2022 at 12:34

Derry News

Man pleads guilty to illegal cigarettes and counterfeit clothing haul

A cross-border probe by Gardaí and PSNI saw over 60,000 illegal cigarettes and a consignment of counterfeit clothing seized in Burnfoot. Kevin Doherty, a 46-year-old with an address at Fern Park, Derry, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court, ...

25 Jan 2022 at 14:27

National News

Pensioner pleads guilty to sabotage of gas supply at community centre

A pensioner has pleaded guilty to sabotaging gas cylinders at a community centre. Charlie Lynagh from Donegal has been charged with endangering the lives of people when he tampered with the gas supply at Mevagh Parish Hall. The 73-year-old ...

23 Jan 2024 at 17:04

National News

New mum money mule gets community service after pleading guilty in court

A new mother has been ordered to community service for money laundering. Money mule Sentebaleng Selebalo was spared prison when she appeared before Letterkenny Circuit Court. Judge John Aylmer said that he considered such charges to be ...

26 Jan 2024 at 19:08

National News

Jealous teenage ex-boyfriend produces axe in Limerick incident

A JEALOUS ex-boyfriend produced an axe and tried to pull his former girlfriend from a car after seeing a video of her with somebody else, Limerick Circuit Court heard. The defendant, who cannot be named as he was a young person at the ...

18 Nov 2023 at 13:39

Man spared prison after indecent images of children found on phone

National News

Man spared prison after indecent images found on phone

A Donegal man has avoided prison after being found in possession of 40 indecent images on a mobile phone. Patrick O’Keefe was handed a 12-month suspended sentence when he appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court. The 39-year-old, with ...

01 Nov 2023 at 16:29

National News

Defrocked priest jailed for 'sustained' sexual abuse of young victim

Former priest Eamonn Crossan has been jailed for the sexual abuse of a young boy in County Donegal. Defrocked cleric Crossan, now aged 73, was handed a five-year prison sentence, with the final 12 months suspended, when he ...

08 May 2024 at 16:36

Local News

Drug mule spared prison after €20k cannabis stash found by Donegal gardai

A drug mule caught with a €20,000 cannabis cargo in Donegal has been spared time behind bars. Father-of-four Anthony Foley told Judge John Aylmer at Letterkenny Circuit Court that he didn't want his children to have to ...

01 May 2024 at 16:48

National News

Dairy farmer linked to organised crime jailed over €730,000 cannabis haul

A Tipperary farmer has been jailed for eight years, with another two years suspended, after €730,000 worth of cannabis was found in his articulated lorry. Martin Murray (58), Crimlin Little, Moneygall, on the ...

29 Dec 2023 at 11:16

National News

Soldier who pulled knife on mum and two kids in skatepark given suspended sentence

A man who pulled a knife on a mother with two small boys as they walked through the skate park in the middle of Kilkenny, in the middle of the day, has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to ...

14 Dec 2023 at 11:31

National News

Former priest facing 96 historic sex charges pleads guilty

A former parish priest from Donegal who was charged with almost 100 historic sexual offences against a male victim has pleaded guilty. Former cleric Eamonn Crossan appeared before Donegal Circuit Court ...

13 Dec 2023 at 12:43

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