Killygordon
Co. Donegal • 14 stories • Since 29 Apr 2019 • Latest 01 Jul 2026
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Jury verdict 'like black cloud being lifted', abuse survivor tells court
14 years for brutal killing of Jasmine McMonagle
Jasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility
Jasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial
Planning
Planning new application: 2661584
LISMULLYDUFF , KILLYGORDON , LIFFORD PO (1) RETENTION OF (A) PIPEWORK TO SECTION OF OPEN DRAIN / STREAM AND (B) INTERLOCKING CONCRETE BLOCKS USED TO RETAIN EXISTING LANDS AND ALLOW RAMPED ACCESS TO REAR OF OPEN STORAGE YARD PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61513, (2) RETENTION AND COM
Planning decision made: 2661215
KILCADDAN , KILLYGORDON , CO. DONEGAL ALTERATIONS TO THE DESIGN OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 16/50045 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Planning application finalised: 2661262
MEENREAGH , KILLYGORDON , LIFFORD PO DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOMESTIC AND AGRICULTURAL STORAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Planning new application: 2661517
CRONALAGHY , KILLYGORDON , LIFFORD PO CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC STORE
Planning decision made: 2660847
LISMULLYDUFF , KILLYGORDON , LIFFORD PO (1) RETENTION OF (A) SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND (B) DETACHED GARDEN ROOM / STORE, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) DECOMMISSIONI
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01 Jul 2026 latest- planningPlanning application received: ALTERATIONS TO THE DESIGN OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE PREVIOUSLY...
- courts12 years for man who regularly raped sister-in-law
- courtsJury verdict 'like black cloud being lifted', abuse survivor tells court
- courts14 years for brutal killing of Jasmine McMonagle
- courtsMum tells court she wonders if Jasmine McMonagle called out for family as she was beaten to death
- courtsJasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility
- courtsJasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial
- courts'I went ballistic, absolutely f**king ballistic,' Jasmin McMonagle murder accused told gardai
- courtsJasmine McMonagle met a 'brutal death', jury told
- courtsJury sworn in for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
- courtsDowdall denies he is "master manipulator"
- courtsMonk said he and other man shot David Byrne, Dowdall tells Regency trial
Crime & Courts
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12 years for man who regularly raped sister-in-law
A woman who was regularly raped by her brother-in-law has said the abuse meant that she never got the chance to grow into the person she was meant to be and she is now constantly fighting to stay alive. Eunan Merritt (56) of Crossroads, Killygordon, Donegal, was convicted by a jury following an 11-d
Courts News Ireland report
16 Feb 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Jury verdict 'like black cloud being lifted', abuse survivor tells court
(Pictured: Abuser Paul O'Brien. Photo: Collins) A woman who was sexually abused by her friend’s older brother has said that the jury’s verdict which led to his conviction was “like a black cloud being lifted”. Grace Kelly waived her anonymity to allow retired soldier Paul O’Brien (47) to be named in
Courts News Ireland report
22 Apr 2024 · Courts News Ireland
14 years for brutal killing of Jasmine McMonagle
A man who previously threatened to kill his on-off partner before strangling her to death during a psychotic episode after taking unprescribed drugs has been jailed for 14 years. Mr Justice Paul Burns today passed sentence on Richard Burke who was found not guilty of murdering Jasmine McMonagle but
Courts News Ireland report
22 May 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Letterkenny
Mum tells court she wonders if Jasmine McMonagle called out for family as she was beaten to death
(Pictured: Jasmine's mother Jacqueline McMonagle, who gave a victim impact statement today. Photo: Collins) The mother of Jasmine McMonagle, who was brutally beaten to death by her “on and off” partner in her own home, has told how she relives the killing and wonders if her daughter called out for h
Courts News Ireland report
18 Apr 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Jasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility
Richard Burke, who beat his "on and off" partner Jasmine McMonagle to death as she crouched in a corner of her kitchen in a "senseless and horrific" attack, has been cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter after a jury heard undisputed evidence that his responsibility was diminished by me
Courts News Ireland report
23 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Jasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial
The man accused of murdering Jasmine McMonagle told a psychiatrist that he bought the mother-of-two a car for Christmas but later set fire to it after would not agree to a reconciliation, a jury has heard. Richard Burke told Dr Anthony Kearns, a now retired forensic psychiatrist who formerly worked
Courts News Ireland report
22 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Donegal Town Letterkenny
'I went ballistic, absolutely f**king ballistic,' Jasmin McMonagle murder accused told gardai
Murder accused Richard Burke told gardaí he “went blank” when he started “punching the f**k out of” Jasmine McMonagle and strangling her with a rope, the Central Criminal Court has heard. The Central Criminal Court trial sitting in Monaghan also heard evidence that Mr Burke demonstrated to interview
Courts News Ireland report
21 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Jasmine McMonagle met a 'brutal death', jury told
Mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle met a “brutal death” in her own home and was found in a “pool of blood” after she was strangled and had “blows reigned upon her” by her "on and off" partner, a murder trial jury has heard. Richard Burke (32), of Killygordon, County Donegal, was arraigned before the Ce
Courts News Ireland report
20 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Lifford
Jury sworn in for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A jury has been sworn in to hear the trial of a 32-year-old man accused of murdering mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle in County Donegal four years ago. At the Central Criminal Court sitting in Monaghan this morning, Richard Burke (32) pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ms McMonagle at Forest Park, K
Courts News Ireland report
20 Mar 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Dowdall denies he is "master manipulator"
(Pictured: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Ex-Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall, a former co-accused of Gerard The Monk' Hutch who has turned State's witness, has denied that he is a "master manipulator" and had told "two big lies" in his direct evidence to the Special Criminal Court. Under cr
Courts News Ireland report
13 Dec 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Monk said he and other man shot David Byrne, Dowdall tells Regency trial
(File Picture: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Ex-Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has taken to the stand against his former co-accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch, giving evidence that Mr Hutch said that he and another man had shot Kinahan cartel member David Byrne at the Regency Hotel. Dowdall a
Courts News Ireland report
12 Dec 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Date set for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A man accused of the murder of Donegal mother-of-two Jasmine McMonagle will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court next year. Richard Burke (28) of Forest Park, Killygordon, Co Donegal, is charged with the murder of Ms McMonagle at her Killygordon home on January 4, 2019. Ms McMonagle (28), an as
Courts News Ireland report
27 Oct 2020 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
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Planning application received: ALTERATIONS TO THE DESIGN OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF
ROISIN DENNISTON — KILCADDAN KILLYGORDON CO. DONEGAL. ALTERATIONS TO THE DESIGN OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF...
ROISIN DENNISTON
File ref: 2661215 · Donegal County Council
01 Jul 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Killygordon from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
12 years for man who regularly raped sister-in-law
A man from Killygordon in Donegal has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, with the final six months suspended, following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for a series of sexual offences. Eunan Merritt, aged 56, was found guilty by jury after an 11-day trial of...
Jury verdict 'like black cloud being lifted', abuse survivor tells court
A man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction for sexual assault. Paul O'Brien, aged 47, of Forest Park, Killygordon, County Donegal, was found guilty of six counts of sexual assault on a child between January and...
14 years for brutal killing of Jasmine McMonagle
Richard Burke has been sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of Jasmine McMonagle. The 32-year-old from Killygordon, County Donegal, was found guilty of manslaughter following Ms McMonagle's death on 4 January 2019 at...
Mum tells court she wonders if Jasmine McMonagle called out for family as she was beaten to death
At the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan, victim impact statements were heard in the case of Richard Burke, who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Jasmine McMonagle on 4 January 2019 at Forest Park, Killygordon, County Donegal. The 28-year-old was found dead in her home...
'The Hutch gang cannot be equated with Gerard Hutch': the Regency Hotel trial in full
At the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, detailed evidence emerged concerning the February 2016 Regency Hotel shooting, which claimed the life of David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in attended by approximately 250 people, including children. Prosecution witnesses, including...
Jasmine McMonagle trial: ex cleared of murder, guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility
Richard Burke, aged 32, of Killygordon, County Donegal, has been found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at the Central Criminal Court. He was acquitted of murder in connection with the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park, Killygordon on...
'No one to stop me': the Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A man has been convicted of the murder of a woman in County Donegal in January 2019. The victim, a 28-year-old mother, was fatally beaten and strangled in her home in Killygordon following a distressed emergency call. Gardaí from Lifford attended the property within twenty...
Jasmine McMonagle murder accused was suffering from mental disorder, psychiatrists tell trial
The Central Criminal Court in Monaghan heard testimony on 22 March from two psychiatrists who both concluded that Richard Burke was suffering from a mental disorder that substantially diminished his responsibility at the time of the alleged killing. Mr Burke, aged 32, of...
'I went ballistic, absolutely f**king ballistic,' Jasmin McMonagle murder accused told gardai
Richard Burke, aged thirty-two and from Killygordon in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park on January 4, 2019. The Central Criminal Court trial, sitting in Monaghan, heard...
Jasmine McMonagle met a 'brutal death', jury told
A murder trial opened at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan on 20 March regarding the death of Jasmine McMonagle at Forest Park, Killygordon, County Donegal on 4 January 2019. Richard Burke, aged 32, of Killygordon pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter....
Jury sworn in for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court in Monaghan to hear the trial of a 32-year-old man charged with the murder of Jasmine McMonagle in County Donegal in January 2019. Richard Burke, with an address in Killygordon, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to...
Dowdall denies he is "master manipulator"
Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor and State's witness in the trial of Gerard Hutch at the Special Criminal Court, has denied characterisations that he is a master manipulator. Under cross-examination by defence counsel Brendan Grehan SC on 13 December 2022,...
Monk said he and other man shot David Byrne, Dowdall tells Regency trial
Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor, has given evidence at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin against his former co-accused Gerard "The Monk" Hutch, who denies the murder of Kinahan cartel member David Byrne during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel on 5...
Surveillance garda saw 'the Monk' leave Dowdall's home, trial hears
A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed a man he recognised as Gerard Hutch departing Jonathan Dowdall's home on the Navan Road on 12 February 2016 on a black Honda motorcycle, approximately one week after the Regency Hotel shooting. The officer,...
Hutch and Dowdall met man caught with Regency rifles, surveillance garda tells trial
A surveillance garda told the Special Criminal Court that he observed Gerard Hutch and former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall meeting with a man later apprehended with three AK-47 assault rifles used in the February 2016 Regency Hotel murder of David Byrne. The National...
Date set for Jasmine McMonagle murder trial
A trial date has been set for a man accused of murdering a Donegal woman. Richard Burke, aged 28, of Forest Park in Killygordon, is charged with the murder of Jasmine McMonagle at her home in the same area on January 4, 2019. Ms McMonagle, also aged 28, was found dead at her...
Trial date set for Jasmine McMonagle murder accused
The Central Criminal Court has scheduled a trial for June 10, 2020, in the case of Richard Burke, who faces a charge of murder in connection with the death of Jasmine McMonagle. Ms McMonagle, aged 28, was discovered deceased at her residence in Forest Park, Killygordon, County...