Carndonagh
Co. Donegal • 41 stories • Since 17 Dec 2013 • Latest 27 Aug 2026
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News
Grandmother randomly stabbed in head in Dublin city centre while watching Christmas lights switch-on
Man admits trying to murder woman in Dublin city centre
Fake tenant who took part in rent deposit scam avoids jail
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover arms stash is upheld
Planning
Planning decision made: 2661318
MOSS ROAD , CARNDONAGH , LIFFORD PO (1) DEMOLITION OF DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Planning new application: 2661590
GLACK , MAGHERADRUMMAN , CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ENCLOSED DUNG STEAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Planning application received: ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ENCLOSED DUNG STEAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT
Planning new application: 2661578
UNIT 29 & 30 GAELIC PARK , BALLYLOSKY , CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO (1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXTERNAL PLAYGROUND AND (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM A RETAIL UNIT TO A CHILD PRE-SCHOOL / PART-TIME CARE FACILITY, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Planning application received: (1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXTERNAL PLAYGROUND AND (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM A RETAIL UNIT TO A CHIL
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27 Aug 2026 latest- planningPlanning application received: ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ENCLOSED DUNG STEAD AND ALL...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXTERNAL PLAYGROUND AND (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM...
- planningPlanning conditional: ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES
- planningPlanning conditional: CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52317 REFERS),...
- planningPlanning application received: ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT...
- planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHED, TOGETHER WITH EFFLUENT...
- planningPlanning conditional: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND...
- planningPlanning application received: PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC...
- planningPlanning application received: Matthew Diver intend to apply for permission for development at this site at...
- planningPlanning conditional: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT...
- planningERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING
Crime & Courts
12 stories
'Hunter' who plunged knife through grandmother's neck in random city centre attack gets 12 years
An attacker who travelled to Dublin City Centre with "a plan to hunt someone" before randomly plunging a knife through the neck of a grandmother who had come to see the Christmas lights has been jailed for 12 years. Gretta McCullough (64) was walking with her husband when without warning she was str
Courts News Ireland report
19 Jan 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Westport
Grandmother randomly stabbed in head in Dublin city centre while watching Christmas lights switch-on
A grandmother was walking through Dublin City Centre having just seen the switching on of the Christmas lights when randomly and "without warning" she was "struck violently from behind" with a seven-inch knife, which "passed through" the back of her head, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Gretta
Courts News Ireland report
16 Dec 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Westport
Man admits trying to murder woman in Dublin city centre
A man has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the attempted murder of a woman in Dublin City Centre two years ago. Darragh Quigley (26) of Carndonagh Road, Donaghmede, north Dublin was arraigned today on a single count that he attempted to murder a woman on November 16, 2023 at Chatham R
Courts News Ireland report
10 Nov 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Fake tenant who took part in rent deposit scam avoids jail
(Pictured: Robert Long. Photo: Collins) A fake tenant in a rental scam that defrauded six potential tenants out of almost €11,000 by taking deposits for an already occupied apartment has been ordered to carry out community service. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard gardaí accept that Robert Long (
Courts News Ireland report
02 Feb 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Culdaff
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover arms stash is upheld
(Pictured: Stephen O'Connor: Photo: Collins) The State has failed in its bid to overturn a wholly suspended sentence given to a man for his first brush with the law which arose after he allowed a gangland figure to stash firearms inside his Henry Hoover. Stephen O'Connor, of Carndonagh Lawns, Donagh
Courts News Ireland report
02 Dec 2021 · Courts News Ireland
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover gun stash too lenient, State says
The suspended sentence imposed on a man who allowed two handguns to be hidden inside his Henry Hoover at the height of a gangland feud was too lenient, the DPP has told the Court of Appeal. Today at the three-judge Court of Appeal, Garrett McCormack BL said the State was appealing the undue leniency
Courts News Ireland report
22 Oct 2021 · Courts News Ireland
Man took part in rent deposit scam
A man who was part of a scam that defrauded six potential tenants out of almost €11,000 by getting deposits for an apartment he did not have permission to rent out will be sentenced later. It was accepted that Robert Long (32) was not the main instigator of the scheme nor did he financially benefit
Courts News Ireland report
05 Jul 2021 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Culdaff
Suspended sentence over handguns stashed in Henry Hoover
(Pictured: Stephen O'Connor. Credit: Collins) By Brion Hoban & Isabel Hayes A vulnerable man who agreed to hold two handguns stashed inside a Henry Hoover at the height of gangland activity in Dublin has been given a suspended sentence. Stephen O'Connor (45) was approached by a criminal figure while
Courts News Ireland report
10 May 2021 · Courts News Ireland
"Exceptionally" drunk burglar fell asleep in armchair at house he raided
An “exceptionally” drunk burglar who fell asleep in the kitchen armchair of the house he was raiding has been jailed for two years. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that David English, the home owner, initially thought Mark O'Mahony (33) was his son when he found the intruder sleeping in an armch
Courts News Ireland report
23 Feb 2018 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Donagh
Man who killed parents believed he was "sending them to heaven", trial hears
A paranoid schizophrenic who believed he was sending his parents to heaven when he attacked and killed them has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity. Julian Cuddihy is charged with two counts of murdering his mother Kathleen Cuddihy (73), and his father James Cuddihy (77), at their fam
Courts News Ireland report
07 Jun 2016 · Courts News Ireland
Donegal man to stand trial accused of murdering his parents
A man accused of murdering his parents in Donegal will be tried in June. Julian Cuddihy (43), of Churchtown, Carndonagh, Co Donegal is charged with the murder of his parents Jimmy (77) and Kathleen (73) at their home in Carndonagh on or around October 22, 2014. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy set the tr
Courts News Ireland report
29 Feb 2016 · Courts News Ireland
Man who became abusive to gardai who took his beer avoids prison
A MAN who became abusive to gardai after they took cans of beer from him at a County Dublin beach during the summer has avoided a prison sentence. Anthony O'Connor (24) was part of a large group of people consuming alcohol at around 4.30pm on July 8th at Portmarnock beach. Judge Dermot Dempsey order
Courts News Ireland report
17 Dec 2013 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
29 stories
Planning application received: ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ENCLOSED DUNG STEAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT
LAURENCE & KIERAN MCELHINNEY — GLACK MAGHERADRUMMAN CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ENCLOSED DUNG STEAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT...
LAURENCE & KIERAN MCELHINNEY
File ref: 2661590 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
Planning application received: (1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXTERNAL PLAYGROUND AND (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM A RETAIL UNIT TO A CHIL
SARAH QUIGLEY, T/A LITTLE ACORNS MONTESSORI PLAYSCHOOL — UNIT 29 & 30 GAELIC PARK BALLYLOSKY CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXTERNAL PLAYGROUND AND (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM A RETAIL UNIT TO A CHIL...
SARAH QUIGLEY, T/A LITTLE ACORNS MONTESSORI PLAYSCHOOL
File ref: 2661578 · Donegal County Council
26 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
Planning conditional: ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES
ROBERT TOLAND — BALLYLOSKEY CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES...
ROBERT TOLAND
File ref: 2660666 · Donegal County Council
06 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
Planning application received: ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SE
MATTHEW DIVER — CARROWBLAGH GLENTOGHER CARNDONAGH CO. DONEGAL. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SE...
MATTHEW DIVER
File ref: 2661423 · Donegal County Council
30 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52317 REFERS), TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE
JOHN GERARD & SINEAD MCLAUGHLIN — GORTINNEY , CARNDONAGH , LIFFORD PO. CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52317 REFERS), TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE ALTERATIONS AND WORKS
JOHN GERARD & SINEAD MCLAUGHLIN
File ref: 2661061 · Donegal County Council
30 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHED, TOGETHER WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL
NOREEN MCCALLION — MAGHERARNAD CHURCHLAND QUARTERS CARNDONAGH CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHED, TOGETHER WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL...
NOREEN MCCALLION
File ref: 2661410 · Donegal County Council
28 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WIT
MARY THOMPSON — NO. 15 ABBOTT'S WOOD , BALLYLOSKEY , CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
MARY THOMPSON
File ref: 2661004 · Donegal County Council
23 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
Planning application received: PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHED, TOGETHER WITH EF
KELLIEANN MCLAUGHLIN & GAVIN MCDAID — GLASALT CARNDONAGH CO. DONEGAL. PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHED, TOGETHER WITH EF...
KELLIEANN MCLAUGHLIN & GAVIN MCDAID
File ref: 2661336 · Donegal County Council
20 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Matthew Diver intend to apply for permission for development at this site at carrowblagh, carndonagh
matthew diver — carrowblagh carndonagh co. donegal. Matthew Diver intend to apply for permission for development at this site at carrowblagh, carndonagh...
matthew diver
File ref: 2661334 · Donegal County Council
18 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CO
DAVID & AINE DOHERTY — MOSS ROAD CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) DEMOLITION OF DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CO...
DAVID & AINE DOHERTY
File ref: 2661318 · Donegal County Council
16 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
Planning conditional: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPL
COLM CURLEY — NO. 16 ABBOTT'S WOOD BALLYLOSKEY CARNDONAGH LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPL...
COLM CURLEY
File ref: 2661003 · Donegal County Council
16 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING
DAVID MCINTYRE is seeking permission ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS at CARROWREAGH, CARNDONAGH, LIFFORD PO, CO. DONEGAL. Pre-Validation.
DAVID MCINTYRE
File ref: 2660914 · Donegal County Council
09 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Lifford
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Carndonagh from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
'Hunter' who plunged knife through grandmother's neck in random city centre attack gets 12 years
A man who travelled to Dublin City Centre armed with a knife and determined to attack a stranger has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court. Darragh Quigley, aged 26, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a 64-year-old woman on 16 November...
Grandmother randomly stabbed in head in Dublin city centre while watching Christmas lights switch-on
A man has been remanded in custody pending sentence at the Central Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the attempted murder of a grandmother in Dublin city centre on November 16, 2023. The victim, originally from the north and recently returned to settle in Westport,...
Man admits trying to murder woman in Dublin city centre
A 26-year-old man from north Dublin has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to attempted murder. Darragh Quigley of Carndonagh Road, Donaghmede, admitted the charge relating to an incident on Chatham Row, Dublin 2 on November 16, 2023. Mr Justice Paul McDermott...
Fake tenant who took part in rent deposit scam avoids jail
A man convicted of his role in a rental deposit scam affecting six potential tenants in Dublin has been ordered to complete community service rather than face imprisonment. Robert Long, with an address in Carndonagh, County Donegal, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal...
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover arms stash is upheld
Stephen O'Connor of Carndonagh, Dublin, has had his wholly suspended sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal. O'Connor pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of firearms contrary to the Firearms Act 1964 following the discovery of two loaded semi-automatic pistols stored inside a...
Suspended sentence for Henry Hoover gun stash too lenient, State says
The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed a suspended sentence imposed on a man convicted of unlawful possession of firearms at the Court of Appeal in Dublin. Stephen O'Connor, aged 45, of Carndonagh, was handed a four-year suspended sentence in May by Dublin Circuit...
Man took part in rent deposit scam
A man from Carndonagh, County Donegal, has pleaded guilty to involvement in a rental deposit fraud at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Robert Long, aged 32, admitted six counts of theft and two counts of deception relating to a scheme that defrauded six prospective tenants of...
Suspended sentence over handguns stashed in Henry Hoover
A 45-year-old man from Carndonagh has received a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of firearms. Stephen O'Connor was convicted of holding two semi-automatic pistols and ammunition concealed in a Henry Hoover vacuum...
"Exceptionally" drunk burglar fell asleep in armchair at house he raided
A man has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a burglary at Carndonagh Park, Donaghmede, Dublin, in June 2017. Mark O'Mahony (33) of St Donagh's Road, Donaghmede, pleaded guilty to burglary and to possessing property belonging to...
Donegal man who killed parents with axe is comitted to Central Mental Hospital
A 43-year-old man from Carndonagh, 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...
Donegal man who killed parents with axe found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
A man from Carndonagh, County Donegal, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder of his parents at their home on October 22, 2014. Julian Cuddihy (43) faced two charges at the Central Criminal Court following the deaths of his mother Kathleen (73) and father...
Family of schizophrenic man sought help in weeks before he killed parents with axe
A man charged with the murder of his parents in Carndonagh, County Donegal in October 2014 has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. Evidence heard today indicated that Julian Cuddihy's family had sought psychiatric intervention in the weeks...
Man who killed parents believed he was "sending them to heaven", trial hears
A 44-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court, charged with killing his parents at their home in Churchtown, Carndonagh, Co Donegal in October 2014. The accused admits to the killings but claims he was suffering from...
Donegal man to stand trial accused of murdering his parents
A 43-year-old man from Carndonagh in County Donegal has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court on charges of murdering his parents. Julian Cuddihy of Churchtown faces two counts of murder in relation to the deaths of his father, aged 77, and his mother, aged...
Man who became abusive to gardai who took his beer avoids prison
A man from Donaghmede was convicted of using threatening and abusive behaviour towards gardai at a County Dublin beach in July 2013. Anthony O'Connor, aged 24, was part of a group consuming alcohol at Portmarnock Beach on 8 July when gardai requested he surrender the cans. He...