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  1. planningPlanning application received: The Development Consists of Planning Permission for the following development...
  2. planningPlanning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC...
  3. planningPlanning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. SEMI DETACHED BLOCK CONTAINING 2 NO. 2 BED DWELLINGS AND ALL...
  4. planningPlanning conditional: (1) RETENTION OF (A) DETACHED GARAGE AND (B) SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED...
  5. planningPlanning conditional: (A) ATTIC WINDOWS TO SIDE GABLES OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (B) DETACHED DOMESTIC...
  6. planningPlanning conditional: SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS
  7. planningCONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOME OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY
  8. planningPlanning application 2660860
  9. planningPlanning application received: PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING BUILDING TO PROVIDE A NEW...
  10. planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED...
  11. planningPlanning application received: DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
  12. planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF 20 NO. APARTMENTS IN TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS OF TWO AND THREE...

Crime & Courts

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Former school principal who avoided jail for €200k theft is jailed after appeal

A former school principal from Ballybofey, County Donegal, has been sent to prison following a Court of Appeal ruling that his original suspended sentence was unduly lenient. Finbarr Boyle, aged 39, pleaded guilty to five counts of theft and two counts of forgery relating to his time as principal at Kilnaleck National School in County Cavan between 2007 and 2012. He had originally received a wholly suspended…

Courts News Ireland report
13 May 2019 · Courts News Ireland

Lithuanian jailed for six years for having cannabis "grow house" fails in appeal

A Lithuanian national has failed in his appeal against a six-year custodial sentence imposed for cannabis cultivation offences in Donegal. Andrias Gruodis, aged 35, with an address in Ballybofey, had pleaded guilty in Letterkenny Circuit Court to possession of drugs for sale or supply and cultivation of cannabis. Judge John O'Hagan imposed concurrent six-year terms in July 2011 for the operation of a "grow house"…

Courts News Ireland report
14 Nov 2014 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Letterkenny

Planning

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Planning application 2660860

A planning application has been filed with Donegal County Council under reference 2660860. Status not recorded.

MICHAEL MCNULTY
File ref: 2660860 · Donegal County Council
02 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford

CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOME OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY

KENNETH MCNULTY is seeking permission CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOME OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60519 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS at DONEGAL ROAD, BALLYBOFEY, LIFFORD PO, CO. DONEGAL. Pre-Validation.

KENNETH MCNULTY
File ref: 2660894 · Donegal County Council
02 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford

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Court Reports

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