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  1. politicsPádraig Mac Lochlainn TD asked the Minister for Agriculture: Inshore FisheriesDonegal
  2. politicsCharles Ward TD spoke in the Dáil: Defective Building MaterialsDonegal
  3. courts'Shame on you' - rapist refuses to accept jury verdictDonegal
  4. politicsPearse Doherty TD asked the Minister for Climate: Renewable Energy GenerationDonegal
  5. politicsPearse Doherty TD spoke in the Dáil: Finance Bill 2026: From the SeanadDonegal
  6. courtsDuffy defence lawyers 'disappointed' after further delays with Donaldson book of evidenceGlenties
  7. courtsMan who abused sisters in 1970s gets anonymity over 'culpable delay' in prosecutionDonegal
  8. planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A TOTAL OF 34 NO. DWELLING UNITS COMPRISING 1 NO. TWO...Raphoe
  9. courts'Far from peripheral' - Regency getaway drivers fail to have sentences reducedConvoy
  10. courtsEx-CEO of Inland Fisheries faced disciplinary action after finding he sent interview questions to job...Glenties
  11. planning(1) RETENTION OF GRANNY FLAT AND (2) CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATIONLetterkenny
  12. planningERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREALetterkenny

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08 Jul

'Shame on you' - rapist refuses to accept jury verdict

By Fiona Ferguson A predator who refuses to accept his convictions for the rape and indecent assault of a child turned to his victim in court today and told her, shame on you,' before a judge jailed him for...

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06 Jul

Man who abused sisters in 1970s gets anonymity over 'culpable delay' in prosecution

A High Court judge has ordered that a man who raped one sister and abused another in the 1970s cannot be identified, despite the wishes of his victims to waive their anonymity, after his lawyers argued there...

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06 Jul

Duffy defence lawyers 'disappointed' after further delays with Donaldson book of evidence

Lawyers for a man charged with the murder of former senior Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson, who was shot dead 20 years ago after he was exposed as an MI5 informant, have told the Special Criminal Court...

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03 Jul

'Far from peripheral' - Regency getaway drivers fail to have sentences reduced

(Pictured: Paul Murphy (L) and Jason Bonney (R) prior to their convictions for acting as getaway drivers following fatal gun attack Pic: Collins) By Fiona Magennis Two getaway drivers in the Regency Hotel...

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03 Jul

Ex-CEO of Inland Fisheries faced disciplinary action after finding he sent interview questions to job candidate, tribunal told

The ousted former CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland faced disciplinary action after an internal probe found he gave "inappropriate assistance" to a staff member applying for a senior post, including by...

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Letterkenny

(1) RETENTION OF GRANNY FLAT AND (2) CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION

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Lifford

Planning conditional: ERECTION OF DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ASSO

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Convoy

'Far from peripheral' - Regency getaway drivers fail to have sentences reduced

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Buncrana

Planning conditional: CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING TO 2 NO. APARTMENTS INCORPORATING A 2 STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXIS

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Donegal Town

Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GAR

61

Ballyshannon

Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF (1) NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PER

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Bundoran

Planning application received: (1) REMOVAL OF ROOF TO FRONT PART OF SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF NE

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Killybegs

Planning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION ARE

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Carndonagh

Planning conditional: CONSTRUCTION A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOC

34

Glenties

Duffy defence lawyers 'disappointed' after further delays with Donaldson book of evidence

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Ballybofey

Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELO

24

Rathmullan

Planning conditional: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DAMAGED DETACHED DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND

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Mountcharles

Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING TOYOTA GARAGE AND SHOWROOM TO

10

Raphoe

Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A TOTAL OF 34 NO. DWELLING UNITS COMPRISING 1 NO. TWO STOREY SHELTERED HO

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Ardara

ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL

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Ramelton

Planning conditional: BITMAC/BLACK TOPPED DRIVEWAY FINISH IN LIEU OF AGGREGATE AS PER CONDITION NO. 9 OF PLANNING PERMIS

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Milford

James Nominated for FAI Schools International Footballer of the Year

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Dunfanaghy

ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH

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Gweedore

Native Irish speaker who bludgeoned grandfather to death committed to CMH

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Dungloe

Planning application received: CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING HOUSE TO EIR-B&B

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Castlefinn

10 years for "extreme" sexual abuse of cousin

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Stranorlar

Planning application received: RENEWAL AND UPGRADE OF WASTEWATER SYSTEM SERVING EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

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Annagry

Planning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC DWELLING AND GARAG

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Falcarragh

Planning application 2660393

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