Co. Donegal • 406 stories • Since 07 Apr 2014 • Latest 22 Jun 2026
DAVID KENNEDY — CARNBOY LETTERKENNY PO CO. DONEGAL F94 KR25. DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF A PRIVATE DWELLING AND DECOMMISSIONING AND PROPOSAL OF A NEW WASTEWATE...
ANN MARIE BOYLE is seeking permission ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO COMMUNAL POLISHING UNIT INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS at MEENDERRYOWEN, ANNAGRY, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
BARRY MCGETTIGAN & AIMEE MCGEE is seeking permission CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING GARAGE TO GRANNY FLAT AND USE OF ANCILLARY SERVICES at RANNY, KERRYKEEL, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
BRENDAN MCGONIGLE & NATASHA DOOGAN is seeking permission to CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 20/52045 REFERS) WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALSO INCLUDE REVISIONS TO DESIGN OF DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS at MURROE, DUNFANAGHY, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
ANTHONY & IRENE ANDERSON is seeking permission ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS at LISMONAGHAN, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity following a majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant was charged with killing his 78-year-old grandfather at Carrickcoyle on 19 December 2023 using a granite stone and cement block. Two psychiatrists gave evidence that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time and met…
Derek Mulligan, aged 39, of Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather, Derek Burns, at Carrickcoyle on December 19th, 2023. The Central Criminal Court heard that two psychiatrists have given evidence at the trial, testifying that Mr Mulligan was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time and meets the criteria for the…
A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather, Derek Burns, aged 78, who died on 19 December 2023 following an assault at the family home. The accused also pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to four additional charges arising from 17 December 2023, including criminal damage, making threats, and two counts of…
The Court of Appeal has upheld extradition orders against two men wanted in Northern Ireland for offences connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of Newmills, Letterkenny, County Donegal, and Seamus Christopher O'Kane, aged 74, of Scalestown, County Meath, face charges arising from the investigation into Constable Robert John McPherson's death on 26 July 1975 in County Derry…
A 23-year-old Carlow woman may avoid imprisonment through community service following her guilty plea to money laundering charges at Carlow Circuit Criminal Court. Dion Timmons of Graiguecullen admitted to handling proceeds of crime when her bank account was used to facilitate a social welfare fraud originating in Letterkenny, Donegal. Between April 2022, approximately €12,000 was deposited into her account across…
A 23-year-old woman from Carlow has pleaded guilty to money laundering following her involvement in a significant social welfare fraud originating in Letterkenny, Donegal. The accused was approached whilst at college and persuaded to provide her bank account details under the misrepresentation that doing so constituted no criminal offence. Between April 2022, €12,374.64 was deposited into her account across 23…
The High Court has refused the State's application for leave to appeal a decision declining to extradite a convicted sex offender to Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Patrick McGrath ruled that the case was exceptional, finding it would be disproportionate to order the surrender of Paul Lomas, aged 41, with an address in County Donegal, given the age of the matters in question and the type of sentence involved. The…
A paramedic in Letterkenny has secured an award of €32,000 for racial discrimination from the Workplace Relations Commission following her dismissal over an incident at a petrol station. The EMT was fired for gross misconduct after allegedly permitting a patient to smoke during a journey, whilst her white colleague faced only a letter of concern for the same incident. The adjudicator found both staff members had…
A 27-year-old man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in laundering proceeds from invoice redirection scams. Adeleke Adelani pleaded guilty to laundering €100,397 in criminal cash during November 2019 and January 2020, and to further money laundering offences between October 2018 and February 2021. The court heard that €124,000…
Two men sought by United Kingdom authorities on charges connected to a 1975 RUC shooting have argued before the Court of Appeal that decades-long delays in pursuing their extradition amount to an abuse of process. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of Newmills, Letterkenny, County Donegal, and Seamus Christopher O'Kane, aged 74, of Scalestown, County Meath, face charges relating to the investigation into the murder of…
A retired garda sergeant from Donegal has been granted High Court permission to seek judicial review of An Garda Síochána's handling of his application to restore a Gaeltacht allowance. Paul Wallace, formerly stationed in Letterkerry, applied in January 2023 to have the allowance reinstated following the 2020 designation of Letterkenny as a Gaeltacht service town. He claims the force has failed to determine his…
Mark McAnaw, aged 53 and previously of Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to an additional ten months in custody following a breach of suspended sentence conditions at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. McAnaw pleaded guilty last month to harassing three female journalists in August 2023 and was handed an eleven-year sentence for those offences. He had been released from custody in July 2023 on the…
MATTHEW GALLAGHER & AMY FRIEL is seeking permission CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM at LEATBEG, FANAD, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
CLARA MCBRIDE & DAVID WARD is seeking permission CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM at GORTCALLY, KERRYKEEL, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
KAREN MCGLINCHEY is seeking permission to CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/61299 at LETTER, KILMACRENNAN, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
BRIAN & MICHELLE KELLY is seeking permission (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS at NO. 38 GLEANN EADAN, KILLYCLUG, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
EWELINA SKALSKA is seeking permission DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTHOUSES AND ERECTION OF HORSE STABLES WITH EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK AND OUTDOOR ARENA WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS at PORTLEEN, KILMACRENNAN, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
AURORA NEXUS DEVELOPMENTS LTD. is seeking permission (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM CAFÉ / ANCILLARY USE TO 5 NO. APARTMENT UNITS AND ANCILLARY STORAGE SITUATED OVER LOWER GROUND FLOOR, UPPER GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR LEVELS, (2) PART DEMOLITION OF LOWER GROUND FLOOR BOILER ROOM AND STORE, REMOVAL OF EXTERNAL ACCESS STAIRS SERVING UPPER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND REMOVAL OF EXTERNAL CHIMNEY, ALL TO REAR…
MAEVE & RAPHAEL MCKEON is seeking permission DEMOLITION OF 2 STOREY DWELLING DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEWLY DESIGNED REPLACEMENT 2 STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES INCLUDING ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS at 39 SOLOMONS HILL, GLENCAR SCOTCH, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
JONATHAN BORLAND is seeking permission CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING at BALLYARR GLEBE, BALLYARR, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
BRENDAN KELLY is seeking permission (1) RETENTION OF PORCH EXTENSION TO THE FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING at KILLYDESERT, COOLBOY, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
LOUISE MOFFITT is seeking permission ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS at CLONMASS, PORTNABLAGH, DUNFANAGHY LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
DEIRDRE MCDAID & DYLAN MCBRIDE-BUCKLEY is seeking permission RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60235, WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS at LETTERFAD, KILMACRENNAN, LETTERKENNY PO, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
ANTOINETTE O'KEENEY, CHAIRPERSON, ON BEHALF OF LETTERKENNY TENNIS CLUB is seeking permission ERECTION OF A NEW FABRIC DOME OVER EXISTING TENNIS COURT, INCLUDING LIGHTWEIGHT STEEL SUBSTRUCTURE COVERED WITH SINGLE MEMBRANE PVC FABRIC, AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS at COVEHILL, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL. New Application.
Cases and rulings mentioning Letterkenny from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity following a majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court. The defendant was charged with killing his 78-year-old grandfather at Carrickcoyle on 19 December 2023...
Derek Mulligan, aged 39, of Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather, Derek Burns, at Carrickcoyle on December 19th, 2023. The Central Criminal Court heard that two psychiatrists have...
A 39-year-old man from Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his 78-year-old grandfather at Carrickcoyle on 19 December 2023. The Central Criminal Court jury heard that the accused described using a granite stone and cement...
A 39-year-old man from Carrickcoyle, Derrybeg in County Donegal has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his grandfather, Derek Burns, aged 78, who died on 19 December 2023 following an assault at the family home. The accused also pleaded not guilty by...
The Court of Appeal has upheld extradition orders against two men wanted in Northern Ireland for offences connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of Newmills, Letterkenny, County Donegal, and Seamus Christopher O'Kane, aged 74, of...
A 23-year-old Carlow woman may avoid imprisonment through community service following her guilty plea to money laundering charges at Carlow Circuit Criminal Court. Dion Timmons of Graiguecullen admitted to handling proceeds of crime when her bank account was used to facilitate...
A 23-year-old woman from Carlow has pleaded guilty to money laundering following her involvement in a significant social welfare fraud originating in Letterkenny, Donegal. The accused was approached whilst at college and persuaded to provide her bank account details under the...
The High Court has refused the State's application for leave to appeal a decision declining to extradite a convicted sex offender to Northern Ireland. Mr Justice Patrick McGrath ruled that the case was exceptional, finding it would be disproportionate to order the surrender of...
A paramedic in Letterkenny has secured an award of €32,000 for racial discrimination from the Workplace Relations Commission following her dismissal over an incident at a petrol station. The EMT was fired for gross misconduct after allegedly permitting a patient to smoke during...
A 27-year-old man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in laundering proceeds from invoice redirection scams. Adeleke Adelani pleaded guilty to laundering €100,397 in criminal cash during...
A 37-year-old man from Castlefin, County Donegal, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Central Criminal Court for the rape of an 18-year-old woman at an address in Convoy on 14 January 2018. Desmond Leitch was found guilty by jury following a trial in which...
Two men sought by United Kingdom authorities on charges connected to a 1975 RUC shooting have argued before the Court of Appeal that decades-long delays in pursuing their extradition amount to an abuse of process. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of Newmills, Letterkenny, County...
A retired garda sergeant from Donegal has been granted High Court permission to seek judicial review of An Garda Síochána's handling of his application to restore a Gaeltacht allowance. Paul Wallace, formerly stationed in Letterkerry, applied in January 2023 to have the...
Mark McAnaw, aged 53 and previously of Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to an additional ten months in custody following a breach of suspended sentence conditions at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. McAnaw pleaded guilty last month to harassing three female...
A man with previous convictions for rape and kidnapping has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for harassing three female journalists. Mark McAnaw, formerly of Letterkenny, County Donegal, pleaded guilty to charges relating to...
Two men in their 70s have been granted leave to appeal their extradition to Northern Ireland on charges connected to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer. At the High Court, Mr Justice Patrick McGrath ruled that while authorities had provided detailed explanation for the delay in...
A former Donegal GAA player will not serve additional prison time following an unsuccessful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions at the Court of Appeal. Kevin McMenamin, aged 43, from Letterkenny, was convicted of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm after...
A 42-year-old Donegal man with 33 previous convictions, including multiple road traffic offences, appeared before the Court of Appeal on 29 April regarding his sentence for dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm. Kevin McMenamin, from Letterkenny, pleaded guilty at...
Two men in their seventies will be extradited to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the 1975 murder of an RUC officer, the High Court has ruled. John Edward McNicholl, aged 73, of Newmills, Letterkenny, County Donegal, and Seamus Christopher O'Kane, aged 74, of County...
A man with convictions for rape, kidnapping and violence has pleaded guilty to harassing three female journalists at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Mark McAnaw, aged 52 and previously of Letterkenny, County Donegal, admitted to sending explicit and threatening emails to staff...