Co. Donegal • 22 stories • Since 24 Apr 2026 • Latest 22 May 2026
BRENDAN MCCONNELL — ARDARAVAN ROAD ARDARAVAN BUNCRANA LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING APPLICATION, REF. NO. 22/50526 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: ...
CAROLINE DOHERTY — MEENAGORY BUNCRANA CO. DONEGAL. (1) RETENTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH HOME GYM AND (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE F...
MICHAEL MCDAID — MEENDACALLIAGH ILLIES BUNCRANA CO. DONEGAL. (A) RETENTION OF ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING, (B) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING D...
DANIEL LYNCH is seeking permission ERECTON OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY STORAGE SHED INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING THE RE-CONTOURING OF LANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES at UMRYCAM, BUNCRANA, LIFFORD PO, CO. DONEGAL. Pre-Validation.
JOHN JAMES MCDAID is seeking permission CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS at 14 LOCH VIEW, BALLYMACARRY LOWER, BUNCRANA LIFFORD PO, CO. DONEGAL. Incompleted Application.
BERNADETTE LYNCH is seeking permission (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS at 13 RIVERVIEW, GRANSHA, BALLYMACARRY LOWER BUNCRANA, CO. DONEGAL. Pre-Validation.
BRENDAN CALLAGHAN is seeking permission ERECTION OF 2 NO. DWELLINGS WITH CONNECTION TO MAINS SEWER, PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS at CHURCH STREET, ARDARAVAN, BUNCRANA LIFFORD PO, CO. DONEGAL. Conditional decision on 14/05/2026.
GERARD DOHERTY is seeking permission ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER AND ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS at TULLYARVAN, BUNCRANA, LIFFORD PO, CO. DONEGAL. Conditional decision on 14/05/2026.
Evan Quinn wants to build a new house at Meenagory in Buncrana. The development will include a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, with connections to existing services. The application has been decided.
A planning application has been filed with Donegal County Council under reference 2660864. Status not recorded.
MATTHEW CUTLIFFE is seeking permission DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS at MAGHERINTURE, BALLYMACARRY, BUNCRANA LIFFORD PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
Na Ár Bun Cranncha childcare facility in Buncrana has been approved to add a first-storey extension to the side of their existing building and keep their signage. The expansion will support their pre-school and full-time care services, along with their before and after-school care programme.
Cases and rulings mentioning Buncrana from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A Donegal man has lost his appeal against conviction for raping and sexually assaulting his daughter during her childhood. The Court of Appeal dismissed the challenge on 14 July, with Mr Justice Michael MacGrath ruling that evidence of the victim's disclosure to her aunt was...
Mark McAnaw, a man with extensive convictions for rape and violent offences, has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for harassing three female journalists employed by the Sunday World. The 52-year-old, formerly resident in Letterkenny,...
A man from Buncrana in County Donegal has appealed his conviction for the rape and sexual assault of his daughter during her childhood. The Court of Appeal heard the case on 8 May 2025. The appellant was found guilty in June 2023 at the Central Criminal Court of one count of...
A man with extensive convictions for rape and violent crime has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment for harassing three female journalists employed by the Sunday World. Mark McAnaw, aged 52 and formerly resident in Letterkenny, County Donegal, pleaded guilty at Dublin...
A 44-year-old man from Derry has been ordered surrendered to UK authorities by the High Court in Dublin following an extradition hearing. Stephen Andrew McLaughlin faces extradition for breaching the terms of his release after serving a sentence for human trafficking...
A man from Buncrana, County Donegal, has been sentenced to ten and a half years imprisonment following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for the rape and sexual abuse of his daughter. Michael Carter was found guilty last month of one count of rape and 25 sample...
A 22-year-old woman from Buncrana, County Donegal, has delivered a powerful victim impact statement at the Central Criminal Court following her father's conviction on charges of rape and sexual assault. Michael Carter, aged 55, was found guilty last month of one count of rape...
A man from Buncrana, County Donegal has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final two years suspended for two years, following his conviction for rape. Francis Bourne, aged 47, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping a woman at her home in Donegal...
At the Special Criminal Court, the defence case for Jason Bonney, a 52-year-old man from Portmarnock charged with participating in the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016, has centred on alternative explanations for key prosecution...
Two men appeared before the Special Criminal Court in June 2020 charged with involvement in an attempted murder linked to the McCarthy-Dundon organised crime gang. The charges related to a shooting incident at the University of Limerick car park in June 2015, in which Christy...
Gardaí in Buncrana, Co Donegal have been unable to locate a financial advisor accused of misappropriating investor funds, the High Court heard on Tuesday. James Doherty, who traded as Demvera Capital Partners, faces contempt allegations following his failure to comply with...
At the Charleton tribunal, Labour leader Brendan Howlin testified that he felt obliged to place information received from journalist Alison O'Reilly on the Dáil record in February 2017. Mr Howlin said Ms O'Reilly had relayed allegations of sexual abuse against Sergeant Maurice...
The Charleton tribunal heard evidence on October 23rd regarding threats made against Garda Keith Harrison's life in October 2013. Chief Superintendent Terry McGinn of Donegal division outlined how two anonymous 999 calls on 4th and 5th October reported threats against Garda...
At the Charleton tribunal in Dublin, the partner of Garda Keith Harrison testified that he did not seek recognition as a whistleblower. Ms Marisa Simms rejected suggestions her partner was motivated by attention-seeking when he made a protected disclosure in May 2014. Ms Simms...
A 43-year-old man from Carndonagh in County Donegal has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Dublin, following a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. The man stood accused of murdering his parents at their home in...
A man from Carndonagh in County Donegal has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering his parents at their home in October 2014. Julian Cuddihy, aged 43, faced two murder charges at the Central Criminal Court following the deaths of his mother Kathleen, aged 73,...
A man charged with murdering his parents at their home in Carndonagh, County Donegal, in October 2014 pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court in June 2016. Evidence presented during the trial established that Julian Cuddihy's family had actively...
A Donegal man convicted of falsely imprisoning and assaulting his partner has avoided a return to custody despite the Court of Appeal finding his original sentence unduly lenient. Brian McLaughlin, 23, from Buncrana, had pleaded guilty to assaulting and falsely imprisoning his...
A man from Buncrana, County Donegal, has had his sentence for assault and false imprisonment declared unduly lenient by the Court of Appeal. Brian McLaughlin, aged 23, pleaded guilty to assaulting and falsely imprisoning his partner at their family home on 20 October 2013. He...
A Buncrana man's sentence for dangerous driving causing eight deaths has been doubled by the Court of Appeal, which determined that the original jail term failed to reflect the gravity of the offence. Shaun Kelly, aged 27, had pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Criminal...