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At the Central Criminal Court, a trial date of January 13, 2025 has been fixed in a case involving two Donegal residents accused of murder. Alan Vial, aged 38, of Killybegs, and Nikita Burns, aged 22, of Bundoran, face charges relating to...
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A man appeared at the doorway of Bray Boxing Club in County Donegal on the morning of 5 June 2018, dressed in high-visibility clothing and a balaclava, armed with a firearm. During a strength and conditioning class, he discharged multiple...
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A man accused of murder and attempted murder at Bray Boxing Club in Co Wicklow has been informed by the Court of Appeal that he may be granted bail subject to stringent conditions. The accused is charged with the murder of Bobby Messett...
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A man accused of murdering Bobby Messett and attempting to murder boxing coach Pete Taylor during a shooting at Bray Boxing Club in June 2018 has applied for bail at the Court of Appeal, citing nearly five years in custody without a trial...
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A manager at Donegal Council who dismissed the county lifeguard supervisor over alleged failures to complete ring buoy safety inspections relied solely on hearsay evidence, the Workplace Relations Commission has found. Lisa Dalton's...
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A former lifeguard supervisor from Donegal has brought an unfair dismissal claim before the Workplace Relations Commission following her dismissal by Donegal County Council in November 2021. Lisa Dalton was sacked over alleged failures in...
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The High Court has approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement allowing a former property developer to write off approximately €170 million in debt. The 55-year-old developer, based in County Cork, established a property investment and...
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At the Central Criminal Court, defence counsel Bernard Condon SC characterised Mary Lowry's evidence as fundamentally unreliable during closing arguments in the trial of Patrick Quirke, accused of murdering Bobby Ryan, known as Mr...
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A man accused of murdering a disc jockey known as Mr Moonlight knew of the existence of a tank where the victim's remains were discovered, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Patrick Quirke, aged 50, of Breanshamore in County Tipperary,...
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At the Central Criminal Court, the son of Bobby Ryan told how he encountered Mary Lowry at her farm on the morning his father vanished in June 2011. Robert Ryan Junior said Ms Lowry appeared visibly shaken and upset, and he sensed...
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A harassment charge against a garda from Bundoran, County Donegal has been withdrawn at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Garda Donal Maguire, aged 40, had previously been found not guilty by reason of insanity on two counts of harassment...
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A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital following a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The officer was found not guilty on two counts of...
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A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of harassing a married female sergeant at a Dublin garda station between February 2012 and February 2013. The 40-year-old man had sent a Valentine's...
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A garda from Bundoran, County Donegal, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of harassment against a married female sergeant committed between February 2012 and February 2013. Two forensic...
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A garda stationed in Bundoran, County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two counts of harassment against a female sergeant at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The accused is alleged to have sent a Valentine's card,...
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A member of An Garda Síochána from Bundoran, County Donegal, has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with harassment offences. Garda Donal Maguire, aged 40 and residing at Rock Road, Bundoran, pleaded not guilty by...
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Pat Barry, aged 57, of St Bridget's Terrace, Bundoran, Co Donegal, has lost his appeal against conviction in the Court of Appeal. Barry was found guilty by jury at Naas Circuit Criminal Court in 2013 of assaulting Detective Garda Rory...
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A garda is to face two separate trials at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court next year on allegations of harassing women. Garda Donal Maguire, aged 38, is charged with harassing one woman at a Dublin location during 2012, and with harassing a...
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A garda has been remanded in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after being arrested on a bench warrant for failing to appear at a scheduled hearing. Garda Donal Maguire, aged 38, faces charges of harassing a woman at locations in...
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A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a garda accused of harassment following his failure to appear at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Garda Donal Maguire, aged 38, faced charges of harassing a woman at a Dublin location during...
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A local election candidate in Bundoran, County Donegal, avoided imprisonment at the High Court after agreeing to remove material from YouTube that Bundoran Town Council alleged to be defamatory. Patricia McCafferty, an Independent...
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The High Court has ordered the arrest of an independent candidate standing for Donegal County Council following her alleged failure to comply with court orders regarding defamatory material posted online. Mr Justice Paul Gilligan ruled on...