Ballyshannon
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News
'Ironically, he always wanted to be buried at sea': Sliabh Liag murder accused to gardai
Sliabh Liag accused told gardai she was 'exaggerating' when she said she'd hit pensioner and dragged his body
'Solitary and sad' man gets 12 years for killing mother who dedicated life to caring for him
'Solitary and sad' man killed 88-year-old mother by setting fire to Donegal home
Planning
Planning pre_validation: 2661596
CASHELARD , BALLYSHANNON , DONEGAL PO CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE SIDE OF HOUSE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Planning pre_validation: 2661593
NO.28 WEST PORT , MILLTOWN , BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO EXTENSION TO THE REAR
Planning application received: EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE SIDE OF HOUSE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND
Planning decision made: 2661316
LEGALTAN , BALLYSHANNON , CO. DONEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING LOOSE HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
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28 Aug 2026 latest- planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE SIDE OF HOUSE, CONNECTION...
- planningPlanning application received: EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
- planningPlanning conditional: ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, POLISHING FILTER AND...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND ADDITION OF NEW...
- planningPlanning application received: ERECTION OF (1) A MACHINERY AND HAY STORAGE SHED AND (2) AN EXTENSION TO AN...
- planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GYM BUILDING INCORPORATING CHANGING ROOMS AND ALL...
- planningPlanning application received: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO...
- planningPlanning application received: REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52048 WHICH ARE AS...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ACCOMMODATION UNIT WITH ADJACENT STORAGE AND (2)...
- planningPlanning application received: 1) CONVERSION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF.NO....
- planningPlanning conditional: (1) RETENTION OF UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK, (2) ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED ABOVE...
- planningPlanning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED BY AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH...
Crime & Courts
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Violent offender called attack victim 'a dirty rapist', court hears
Two violent offenders will be sentenced later for their role in attacking a man and stealing from him after one of them claimed that the victim was “a dirty rapist”. Nathan Walsh (29) of Ballyshannon Road, Kilmore Road, Beaumont, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to theft and assault c
Courts News Ireland report
04 Feb 2026 · Courts News Ireland
'Ironically, he always wanted to be buried at sea': Sliabh Liag murder accused to gardai
A man accused of murdering a pensioner whose body was found at the foot of Ireland's tallest cliffs told gardai that the discovery was ironic, as the deceased "always wanted to be buried at sea". The accused man Alan Vial (39) also told gardai that 66-year-old Robert Robin' Wilkin's body being found
Courts News Ireland report
04 Feb 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Killybegs
Sliabh Liag accused told gardai she was 'exaggerating' when she said she'd hit pensioner and dragged his body
A woman accused of murdering a pensioner whose skull was fractured and his body allegedly thrown over Ireland's tallest cliffs told gardai she was "a bit manic" and was exaggerating when she told a friend she had hit the deceased over the head. The trial also heard that Nikita Burns told gardai that
Courts News Ireland report
29 Jan 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Killybegs
'Solitary and sad' man gets 12 years for killing mother who dedicated life to caring for him
A "solitary and sad" man has been jailed for 12 years for killing his 88-year-old mother, who died in "horrific circumstances" in a house fire having "dedicated her life to caring" for her son. Passing sentence on Geunter Lohse (63) today (FRIDAY), Ms Justice Melanie Greally noted there was no sign
Courts News Ireland report
15 Nov 2024 · Courts News Ireland
'Solitary and sad' man killed 88-year-old mother by setting fire to Donegal home
A "solitary and sad" man who killed his 88-year-old mother by setting fire to her home will require support in the community after he is released from prison, a Central Criminal Court judge has said. Defence counsel for Geunter Lohse (63) told the court that the defendant's family have long suspecte
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16 May 2024 · Courts News Ireland
Department store ordered to pay worker discriminated against due to post natal depression
A department store boss has been ordered to pay €5,500 for the discriminatory dismissal of a waitress who was recovering from post-natal depression – and told he needs to “brush up considerably” on employment law. The Workplace Relations Commission made the compensation order under the Employment Eq
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14 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Cannabis 'chauffeur' is jailed
A "chauffeur" who allowed his car to be used for the transportation of almost €60,000 worth of cannabis has been jailed for 20 months. David Murray (33) of Ballyshannon Road, Kilmore, Dublin 5, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to knowingly permitting the sale or supply of cannabis in
Courts News Ireland report
01 Nov 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Victim speaks after coercive control rapist who targeted women through dating sites gets 17 years
(Victim Ms Sinéad O'Neill. Photo: Collins) A violent offender who targeted women through online dating sites and who raped, assaulted and coercively controlled a woman over the course of a six-week relationship has been jailed for 17 years. Shortly after Dean Ward (36) and Sinéad O'Neill met on an o
Courts News Ireland report
28 Jul 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Killybegs
Truck driver given suspended sentence for moving €900k in drugs is jailed after appeal
A truck driver who avoided a jail term after being caught ‘red-handed’ transporting drugs worth an estimated €900,000 has been jailed for four years after the Court of Appeal ruled that his original sentence was unduly lenient. Ciaran Lawn (43), of Derrykillew, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, was given a
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25 May 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Drugs "courier" in custody after appeal court quashes unduly lenient sentence
By Peter Doyle A man who avoided a jail term after being caught "red-handed" transporting drugs worth an estimated €900,000 was remanded in custody this morning, days after the Court of Appeal found his suspended sentence was unduly lenient. Ciaran Lawn (43), of Derrykillew, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal
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25 Mar 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Suspended sentence for €900k drug haul too lenient, Court of Appeal finds
A man who avoided a prison sentence after being caught ‘red-handed’ transporting drugs worth an estimated €900,000 will be the subject of an arrest warrant if he fails to attend the Court of Appeal this Friday. The warning was issued by Court President Mr Justice George Birmingham today after Ciaran
Courts News Ireland report
21 Mar 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Alleged IRA man wanted in NI claims no corresponding offence here
A Co Donegal man wanted in Northern Ireland for alleged terrorism offences has told the High Court that two of charges against him do not correspond with the law here. The High Court this morning heard the case of Brendan Emmet Casey, who is fighting his extradition on a total of six charges, includ
Courts News Ireland report
26 Oct 2021 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
30 stories
Planning application received: EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
ELAYNE MONAGHAN — NO.28 WEST PORT MILLTOWN BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO CO. DONEGAL. EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS...
ELAYNE MONAGHAN
File ref: 2661593 · Donegal County Council
28 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE SIDE OF HOUSE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND
MICHAEL GREENE — CASHELARD BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE SIDE OF HOUSE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND...
MICHAEL GREENE
File ref: 2661596 · Donegal County Council
28 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, POLISHING FILTER AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
TOM & CHRISTINE VAUGHAN — DUNMUCKRUM BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO CO. DONEGAL. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, POLISHING FILTER AND DOMESTIC GARAGE...
TOM & CHRISTINE VAUGHAN
File ref: 2660231 · Donegal County Council
21 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: (1) CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND ADDITION OF NEW SLOPED AND DORMER WINDOWS
PHILIP & RUTH CLEARY — HILL HOUSE CREEVY BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND ADDITION OF NEW SLOPED AND DORMER WINDOWS ...
PHILIP & RUTH CLEARY
File ref: 2661549 · Donegal County Council
20 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: ERECTION OF (1) A MACHINERY AND HAY STORAGE SHED AND (2) AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SH
MANUS DALY — KILDONEY GLEBE BALLYSHANNON CO. DONEGAL. ERECTION OF (1) A MACHINERY AND HAY STORAGE SHED AND (2) AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SH...
MANUS DALY
File ref: 2661513 · Donegal County Council
14 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GYM BUILDING INCORPORATING CHANGING ROOMS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
TOM DALY CHAIRMAN OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF AODH RUADH GAA CLUB — CARRICKBOY BALLYSHANNON CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GYM BUILDING INCORPORATING CHANGING ROOMS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS...
TOM DALY CHAIRMAN OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF AODH RUADH GAA CLUB
File ref: 2661451 · Donegal County Council
04 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE
CIARA DOLAN — 23 WEST ROCK BALLYSHANNON CO.DONEGAL. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE...
CIARA DOLAN
File ref: 2661455 · Donegal County Council
04 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52048 WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: CONSTRUCTION OF 1
DESSIE MCFEELY — PORTNASON BALLYSHANNON CO. DONEGAL. REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52048 WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: CONSTRUCTION OF 1 ...
DESSIE MCFEELY
File ref: 2661429 · Donegal County Council
30 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ACCOMMODATION UNIT WITH ADJACENT STORAGE AND (2) REPLACEMENT ACCOMMODATIO
PAUL DUFFY — EAST PORT BALLYSHANNON CO. DONEGAL. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ACCOMMODATION UNIT WITH ADJACENT STORAGE AND (2) REPLACEMENT ACCOMMODATIO...
PAUL DUFFY
File ref: 2661437 · Donegal County Council
30 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: 1) CONVERSION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF.NO. 2151579 FOR USE AS A SELF
NIALL HARLEY — ARDLOUGHILL BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO. 1) CONVERSION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF.NO. 2151579 FOR USE AS A SELF...
NIALL HARLEY
File ref: 2661403 · Donegal County Council
27 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING LOOSE HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
NEVILLE MYLES — LEGALTAN BALLYSHANNON CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING LOOSE HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS...
NEVILLE MYLES
File ref: 2661316 · Donegal County Council
16 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: (1) RETENTION OF UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK, (2) ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED ABOVE SAME SLATTED T
EDDIE MCCAFFREY — BALLYNACARRICK, CAVAN & DRUMNAGROAGH BALLYSHANNON DONEGAL PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) RETENTION OF UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANK, (2) ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED ABOVE SAME SLATTED T...
EDDIE MCCAFFREY
File ref: 2660963 · Donegal County Council
16 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Ballyshannon from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Violent offender called attack victim 'a dirty rapist', court hears
Nathan Walsh and Lee Cunningham, both aged 29, have pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault on a man in Dublin City Centre on 23 May 2023. Walsh, of Ballyshannon Road, Beaumont, admitted theft and assault causing harm. Cunningham, of...
'Ironically, he always wanted to be buried at sea': Sliabh Liag murder accused to gardai
Alan Vial, aged 39, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Robert Robin Wilkin, a 66-year-old pensioner, on 25 June 2023 in Donegal. Mr Wilkin's body was recovered eight days later in the sea below Sliabh Liag cliffs. During...
Sliabh Liag accused told gardai she was 'exaggerating' when she said she'd hit pensioner and dragged his body
A woman charged with murdering a pensioner told gardaí she had exaggerated claims made to a friend about involvement in his death, the Central Criminal Court heard on Wednesday. Nikita Burns, of Carrick, County Donegal, and Alan Vial, of Drumanoo Head, Killybegs, County...
'Solitary and sad' man gets 12 years for killing mother who dedicated life to caring for him
Geunter Lohse, aged 63, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for unlawfully killing his mother Ruth by arson. The offence occurred on April 12, 2022, at their shared residence in Coolvoy, Doochary, County Donegal. Lohse pleaded guilty to...
'Solitary and sad' man killed 88-year-old mother by setting fire to Donegal home
A man has been convicted of unlawfully killing his 88-year-old mother by arson at their shared home in Coolvoy, Doochary, County Donegal on 12 April 2022. Geunter Lohse, aged 63, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court after a charge of murder was...
Department store ordered to pay worker discriminated against due to post natal depression
The Workplace Relations Commission has ordered Edward Slevin & Co Ltd, trading as Slevins Department Store in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, to pay €5,500 in compensation for discriminatory dismissal. The adjudicating officer found that a worker had been discriminated against on...
Cannabis 'chauffeur' is jailed
A man who allowed his vehicle to be used to transport nearly €60,000 worth of cannabis has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Murray, aged 33, of Ballyshannon Road, Kilmore, Dublin 5, pleaded guilty to knowingly permitting the sale...
Victim speaks after coercive control rapist who targeted women through dating sites gets 17 years
A man convicted of rape, assault and coercive control has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court. Dean Ward targeted the woman through an online dating site in May 2019, moving into her home in Killybegs, County Donegal, where he subjected her to...
Truck driver given suspended sentence for moving €900k in drugs is jailed after appeal
A 43-year-old truck driver from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the Court of Appeal after his original suspended sentence was deemed unduly lenient. Ciaran Lawn pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance for sale or...
Drugs "courier" in custody after appeal court quashes unduly lenient sentence
A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been remanded in custody following a Court of Appeal decision to quash his suspended sentence. Ciaran Lawn (43) had received a three-year wholly suspended sentence in July 2021 after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled...
Suspended sentence for €900k drug haul too lenient, Court of Appeal finds
A man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, will face arrest if he fails to attend the Court of Appeal this week following the quashing of his suspended sentence for drug trafficking. Ciaran Lawn, aged 43, of Derrykillew, had received a three-year wholly suspended sentence from...
Alleged IRA man wanted in NI claims no corresponding offence here
A 43-year-old man from Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, appeared before the High Court on 26 October 2021 to contest his extradition to Northern Ireland on six alleged terrorism offences. The defendant, represented by counsel John Berry, challenges two of the charges, contending they...
Woman who staged murder victim's suicide charged with 33 new offences while on suspended sentence
A woman with a last address in Finisklin, Sligo, has been returned to prison after breaching the conditions of a suspended sentence imposed by the Central Criminal Court. The 30-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to impeding the prosecution of her brother for murder by...
Bench warrant issued for woman who staged suicide of murder victim
A bench warrant has been issued at the Central Criminal Court for a Sligo woman who breached the conditions of her suspended sentence. Janice Brady, aged 29, had been sentenced to four years imprisonment in November 2019 after pleading guilty to impeding the prosecution of her...
Woman who staged murdered musician's suicide warned over notification of address
A woman from Sligo who received a suspended sentence for obstructing the prosecution of her brother in connection with a murder has been cautioned by the Central Criminal Court regarding compliance with probation conditions. Janice Brady appeared before the court on Wednesday...
Addict who staged talented musician's suicide has rest of sentence suspended
A woman from Sligo has had the remainder of her four-year prison sentence suspended by the Central Criminal Court following her conviction for impeding the prosecution of her brother. The defendant, who pleaded guilty to the offence in 2017, had already served twenty-eight...
Abuser's appeal over alleged jury pressure during bad weather is dismissed
A man convicted of indecently assaulting a young teenager in 1980 has had his appeal dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Patrick Patton, aged 65, of Cashelard, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, was sentenced to fourteen months imprisonment in April 2019 following a trial at Donegal...
Donegal jury "pressured" into returning verdict during "atrocious" weather, court told
A man convicted of indecently assaulting a fourteen-year-old babysitter in Ballyshannon in 1980 has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal, claiming the jury was pressurised into returning a guilty verdict. Patrick Patton, aged 65, of Cashelard, Ballyshannon, pleaded...
Chief Superintendent tells tribunal she wanted investigation to be "clear and transparent"
At the Charleton Tribunal on 6 October 2017, Chief Superintendent Terry McGinn of Donegal Division gave evidence concerning the handling of allegations against whistleblower Garda Keith Harrison. Chief Supt McGinn stated her priority was ensuring gardaí acted in a clear and...
Convicted rapist jailed for punching former girlfriend
A 31-year-old man from Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment following his conviction for assaulting his former partner. At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the defendant pleaded guilty to causing harm to the woman in Tallaght on 28 July 2016....