Co. Donegal • 26 court reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Glenties from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A 49-year-old man charged with the murder of Denis Donaldson, the former senior Sinn Féin official and long-serving MI5 informant killed in County Donegal two decades ago, has been remanded in custody by the Special Criminal Court until June following a hearing on 13 April. Antoi
A 49-year-old man has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with the murder of Denis Donaldson, a former Provisional IRA member and senior Sinn Féin official killed in County Donegal in April 2006. Antoin Duffy, from Braade, Kincasslagh, was extradited from Scotland in late
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has told the Workplace Relations Commission that he was pressured to reinstate a suspended employee and later faced interference in a recruitment process, allegedly involving a senator. Francis O'Donnell, dismissed last summer
A man arrested during a garda raid on a Dublin apartment in November 2022 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Thomas, aged 42, of Glenties Drive, Finglas, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession with intent to supply cannab
Patrick Fitzgerald, a 48-year-old from Glenties in County Donegal known as 'Mr Fishy', has been sentenced to 15.5 years in prison following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for facilitating a gangland shooting in Dublin. Justice Eileen Creedon imposed a seven-year cus
Patrick Fitzgerald, a 48-year-old man from Glenties in County Donegal, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to facilitating a criminal organisation between November 11 and 18, 2021. The court heard that Fitzgerald, known as "Mr Fishy", purchased two vehicles through an on
A 48-year-old man from the Glenties area of Donegal has admitted to facilitating a criminal organisation at the Central Criminal Court. Patrick Fitzgerald, who also has a Dublin address in Finglas, pleaded guilty to participating in activities intended to facilitate serious offen
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been convicted of murdering Robert Wilkin, a sixty-six-year-old pensioner, at the Central Criminal Court. The jury returned majority verdicts of ten to two against each of the accused following a trial that began in January 2025. Wilkin died on 25
At the Central Criminal Court, Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been convicted of the murder of Robert Wilkin, a 66-year-old man whose body was disposed of at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal in June 2023. Following an altercation on the Roshine Road near Killybegs, the accused struc
Three men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a violent home invasion in Monkstown, Co Dublin on August 21st, 2023. Michael Royal, Thomas Dwyer and Patrick Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and false imprisonment. The court heard that fou
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has secured a trial date for his High Court defamation action against the BBC. Mr Adams, aged 76, alleges that the broadcaster falsely claimed he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson in Glenties, County Donegal in 2006. The allegations wer
A hearing date of April 29, 2025 has been set at the High Court for the defamation action brought by former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams against the BBC. Mr Adams, aged 76, alleges that the broadcaster falsely claimed he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson in Glenties, Coun
The High Court in Dublin has ruled that the BBC is entitled to discover documents former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams may hold concerning his alleged IRA membership and involvement with the organisation's Army Council. Ms Justice Emily Egan rejected Mr Adams' argument that such d
The BBC is seeking discovery of documents relating to former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams's alleged association with the IRA in defending a defamation claim brought by Mr Adams in the High Court. The BBC also seeks materials concerning Mr Adams's alleged knowledge of IRA discipli
The High Court has approved a settlement of €35,000 to the family of Brian McElhinney, a retired building contractor from Glenties, County Donegal, who died in December 2014 months after undergoing a medical procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital. Mr McElhinney's widow, Ros
A 27-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for violent disorder at a public house in Finglas. Dean Thomas of Glenties Drive pleaded guilty to his role in the incident at the Cardiff Inn, Cardiffsbridge Road, on 19 October 2017. Dublin Circuit Criminal Cour
Five men charged with violent disorder following an alleged altercation at a public house in Finglas, Dublin, on 19 October have been refused bail by the High Court. David Mulvey, aged 35, Robert Gaynor, aged 27, and Shane Thomas, aged 25, all of addresses in Finglas, Christopher
The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 40-year-old man to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the death of prison officer David Black. The man, arrested in Donegal following a European Arrest Warrant, is accused of aiding and abetting the murder of Mr Black on N
A High Court judge has adjourned extradition proceedings to seek detailed information from Irish and Northern Irish authorities regarding strip-search procedures at Maghaberry Prison. The adjournment follows arguments about whether such searches would violate constitutional prote
A 40-year-old man arrested in County Donegal is awaiting a High Court decision on his extradition to Northern Ireland. Damien Joseph McLaughlin, with an address in the Glenties area, was detained last March under a European Arrest Warrant in connection with the 2012 murder of pri