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Update - National #SlowDown Day - Monday 31st August 2026
Ex-garda seeks allowance for services to Irish-language communities
Native Irish speaker found not guilty of murdering grandfather by reason of insanity
Murder accused told doctors that release of abuser Michael Ferry caused him to 'spiral'
Planning
Planning pre-validation: 2661614
CROSSOGS NEWMILLS LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL ERECTION OF A STORAGE SHED TO THE REAR OF AND ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING FILLING STATION/RETAIL UNIT ...
Planning application received: ERECTION OF A STORAGE SHED TO THE REAR OF AND ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING FILLING STATION/RETAIL UNIT
Planning pre-validation: 2661607
DROMORE LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT ...
Planning pre-validation: 2661609
DOOBALLAGH LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL (1) RETENTION OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE INCORPORATING LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL IN LIEU O...
Planning pre-validation: 2661610
KNOCKNAMONA AND CARNAMOGAGH LOWER LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL A NEW VETERINARY TEACHING FACILITY CONSISTING OF (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VETERINARY TEACHING FACIL...
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06 Sep 2026 latest- communityDavid James and Friends
- crimeUpdate - National #SlowDown Day - Monday 31st August 2026
- planningPlanning application received: ERECTION OF A STORAGE SHED TO THE REAR OF AND ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING...
- planningPlanning application received: A NEW VETERINARY TEACHING FACILITY CONSISTING OF (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) RETENTION OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE INCORPORATING LOWER...
- planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL...
- planningPlanning application received: REFURBISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT BUILDING /...
- planningPlanning application received: PRECAST CONCRETE BOUNDARY WALL WITH A STONE-EFFECT FINISH ALONG BOTH SIDE...
- planningPlanning application received: ALTERATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY...
- planning(1) PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS TO EXISTING SINGLE DWELLING HOUSE
- planningPlanning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED WITH PARTIAL USE FOR STORAGE OF LOBSTER POTS AND...
- planningPlanning conditional: (1) PROVISION OF PURPOSE BUILT STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PROVIDING FOR 6 NO. 1 BED STUDIO...
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David James and Friends
David’s love for country music began when he attended ‘The Country Fest’ in Letterkenny with his brother Gerard. “I was bitten by the show band bug and ever since that day I knew it was exactly what I wanted to do” said David. He then started performing at the tender age of 14 around the… The post David James and Friends appeared first on Visit Armagh .
06 Sep 2026 · Visit Armagh eventsAlso covered in: Armagh Banbridge
Crime & Courts
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Update - National #SlowDown Day - Monday 31st August 2026
An Garda Síochána, in partnership with the Road Safety Authority and GoSafe, conducted a national speed enforcement operation – National #SlowDown Day – on Monday, 31st August 2026. Over 1,000 vehicles were detected exceeding speed limits. Notable speeds included 194km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N56, 128km/h in an 80km/h zone on the R403, 99km/h in a 60km/h zone on Navan Road, and 104km/h in a 50km/h zone on Dublin Road in Galway. The operation aimed to promote safer driving, reduce speed-related collisions, and raise awareness of the risks of excessive speed, particularly during the first week of schools reopening. This was an update on the operation.
01 Sep 2026 · An Garda Síochána
Ex-garda seeks allowance for services to Irish-language communities
(Pictured: Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly. Photo: Collins) by Paul Neilan A retired Irish-speaking garda sergeant from Donegal has been given permission by the High Court to challenge the Garda Commissioner's decision to refuse to reinstate his Ghaeltacht allowances, which he says is costing him €2
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23 Jul 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Native Irish speaker found not guilty of murdering grandfather by reason of insanity
A native Irish speaker who used a granite stone and a cement block while bludgeoning his grandfather to death outside his home in the Donegal Gaeltacht has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity by the majority verdict of a Central Criminal Court jury. The panel accepted the evidence
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27 Mar 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Murder accused told doctors that release of abuser Michael Ferry caused him to 'spiral'
A murder accused who suffered serious sexual abuse at the hands of school caretaker Michael Ferry told doctors that the paedophile's release from prison had caused him to "spiral" and become obsessed with protecting people from further attacks, a jury has heard. Two psychiatrists have told the trial
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25 Mar 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Gweedore
Man pleads not guilty to murdering grandfather in Donegal Gaeltacht
A 39-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering his grandfather in the Donegal Gaeltacht over two years ago. A prosecuting barrister told the trial of Derek Mulligan today that the accused was the victim of serious sexual abuse at the hands of a school caretaker when he w
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23 Mar 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Fugitives have 'no legitimate expectation of permanent immunity', court finds in upholding extradition over 1975 murder of RUC officer
(Pictured: John Edward McNicholl (L) & Seamus Christopher O’Kane (R). Photo: Collins) The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to extradite two men to Northern Ireland for offences related to the murder of an RUC officer 50 years ago, finding that fugitives who go on to live ordinary lives enjoy "n
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16 Mar 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Young Carlow woman may avoid jail for role in €12,000 Social Welfare fraud
A young Carlow woman may be ordered to carry out community service in lieu of a 16 month jail term for money laundering after her bank account was used in order to facilitate a large social welfare fraud. Carlow Circuit Criminal Court heard that Dion Timmons (23) was approached in college by someone
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06 Mar 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Carlow woman to be sentenced for money laundering
A young Carlow woman will be sentenced next week for money laundering after her bank account was used in order to facilitate a large social welfare fraud. Carlow Circuit Criminal Court heard that Dion Timmons (23) was approached in college by someone whom she considered to be a friend. She was asked
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26 Feb 2026 · Courts News Ireland
State denied permission to appeal extradition refusal for sex offender wanted on historic driving charge
The High Court has ruled that the case of a convicted sex offender wanted in Northern Ireland for an historic driving offence after he was released from prison on license is an “exceptional” one, as it rejected the State's application for leave to appeal the refusal of the man’s extradition. Mr Just
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05 Feb 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Paramedic fired for letting patient light up at petrol station wins racial discrimination claim
A black paramedic fired for letting a patient light up a cigarette during a petrol station stop has been awarded €32,000 for racial discrimination, after her white crew mate was wrongly shielded as a whistleblower and let off with only a “letter of concern” over her part in the incident. The Workpla
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16 Dec 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Money mule recruiter jailed for role in €100k invoice redirection scam
A money mule recruiter has received a consecutive 21-month prison sentence after a court found he was "up to his neck" in laundering €100,000 stolen as part of a series of invoice redirection scams. The court that when asked to explain the €124,000 going through his bank account, Adeleke Adelani (27
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18 Nov 2025 · Courts News Ireland
UK authorities held charges over RUC shooting 'in back pocket' for decades - lawyer
(Pictured: John Edward McNicholl (L) Seamus Christopher O'Kane (R). Photo: Collins) by Fiona Magennis Lawyers representing two men wanted in Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the murder of an RUC officer nearly 50 years ago have told the Court of Appeal the authorities cannot hold proceed
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17 Oct 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
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Planning application received: ERECTION OF A STORAGE SHED TO THE REAR OF AND ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING FILLING STATION/RETAIL UNIT
MCFADDEN'S SERVICE STATION LIMITED — CROSSOGS NEWMILLS LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL. ERECTION OF A STORAGE SHED TO THE REAR OF AND ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING FILLING STATION/RETAIL UNIT ...
MCFADDEN'S SERVICE STATION LIMITED
File ref: 2661614 · Donegal County Council
01 Sep 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT
MYR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED — DROMORE LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT ...
MYR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
File ref: 2661607 · Donegal County Council
31 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: (1) RETENTION OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE INCORPORATING LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL IN LIEU O
DECLAN & ANNDRENA LYNCH — DOOBALLAGH LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL. (1) RETENTION OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE INCORPORATING LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL IN LIEU O...
DECLAN & ANNDRENA LYNCH
File ref: 2661609 · Donegal County Council
31 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: A NEW VETERINARY TEACHING FACILITY CONSISTING OF (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VETERINARY TEACHING FACIL
ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY — KNOCKNAMONA AND CARNAMOGAGH LOWER LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL. A NEW VETERINARY TEACHING FACILITY CONSISTING OF (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VETERINARY TEACHING FACIL...
ATLANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
File ref: 2661610 · Donegal County Council
31 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: REFURBISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT BUILDING / HOUSE, ALL ASSOCIATED WO
TONY MORNING — DRUMOGHILL MANORCUNNINGHAM LETTERKENNY PO CO. DONEGAL. REFURBISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DERELICT BUILDING / HOUSE, ALL ASSOCIATED WO...
TONY MORNING
File ref: 2661598 · Donegal County Council
30 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Manorcunningham
Planning application received: PRECAST CONCRETE BOUNDARY WALL WITH A STONE-EFFECT FINISH ALONG BOTH SIDE BOUNDARIES AND THE REAR BO
NIALL DOHERTY — 1 CLUAIN AIRNE GLEBE LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL. PRECAST CONCRETE BOUNDARY WALL WITH A STONE-EFFECT FINISH ALONG BOTH SIDE BOUNDARIES AND THE REAR BO...
NIALL DOHERTY
File ref: 2650110 · Donegal County Council
28 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: ALTERATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO EXISTING DWEL
MICHAEL TONER — ATLANTIC WAY CLUAIN TSALACH DOWNINGS LETTERKENNY PO CO. DONEGAL. ALTERATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO EXISTING DWEL...
MICHAEL TONER
File ref: 2661591 · Donegal County Council
28 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED WITH PARTIAL USE FOR STORAGE OF LOBSTER POTS AND SALTED BAIT AND ALL
MICHAEL MCGROARTY — RINBOY KINDRUM FANAD LETTERKENNY PO CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED WITH PARTIAL USE FOR STORAGE OF LOBSTER POTS AND SALTED BAIT AND ALL...
MICHAEL MCGROARTY
File ref: 2650095 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF OUTHOUSE / GARAGE
DENIS BONNER — FALCHORRIB LOWER DUNGLOE LETTERKENNY PO CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF OUTHOUSE / GARAGE ...
DENIS BONNER
File ref: 2650098 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Dungloe
Planning application received: COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PARTIALLY BUILT DWELLING HOUSE AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. N
RYAN SWEENEY — LOWER DORE BUNBEG LETTERKENNY PO CO. DONEGAL. COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PARTIALLY BUILT DWELLING HOUSE AS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. N...
RYAN SWEENEY
File ref: 2661587 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: (1) PROVISION OF PURPOSE BUILT STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PROVIDING FOR 6 NO. 1 BED STUDIO APARTMENT TYPE
CR RENAISSANCE PROPERTIES LTD. — UPPER MAIN STREET LETTERKENNY CO. DONEGAL. (1) PROVISION OF PURPOSE BUILT STUDENT ACCOMMODATION PROVIDING FOR 6 NO. 1 BED STUDIO APARTMENT TYPE...
CR RENAISSANCE PROPERTIES LTD.
File ref: 2561558 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
DENIS COYLE — BELTANY LOWER , GORTAHORK , LETTERKENNY PO. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
DENIS COYLE
File ref: 2661045 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Letterkenny from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Ex-garda seeks allowance for services to Irish-language communities
(Pictured: Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly. Photo: Collins) by Paul Neilan A retired Irish-speaking garda sergeant from Donegal has been given permission by the High Court to challenge the Garda Commissioner's decision to refuse to reinstate his Ghaeltacht allowances, which he...
Six years for Algerian national who carried out 'violent predatory' sex attack
An Algerian national who choked and sexually assaulted a young woman down a dark alleyway in a "violent, predatory" attack has been jailed for six years. Mohamed Hallam, who has been living in Donegal since 2023, attacked the woman after picking her in a nightclub when she was...
Native Irish speaker found not guilty of murdering grandfather by reason of insanity
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...
Murder accused told doctors that release of abuser Michael Ferry caused him to 'spiral'
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...
Native Irish speaker described how he 'smacked' grandfather's head with granite stone, cement block
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...
Man pleads not guilty to murdering grandfather in Donegal Gaeltacht
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...
Fugitives have 'no legitimate expectation of permanent immunity', court finds in upholding extradition over 1975 murder of RUC officer
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...
Young Carlow woman may avoid jail for role in €12,000 Social Welfare fraud
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...
Carlow woman to be sentenced for money laundering
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...
State denied permission to appeal extradition refusal for sex offender wanted on historic driving charge
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...
Paramedic fired for letting patient light up at petrol station wins racial discrimination claim
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...
Money mule recruiter jailed for role in €100k invoice redirection scam
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...
Serial rapist gets five years for attack on 18-year-old
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...
UK authorities held charges over RUC shooting 'in back pocket' for decades - lawyer
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...
Retired Donegal garda brings High Court action over Gaeltacht allowance
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...
Violent rapist who harassed female journalists further jailed for breaching release conditions
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...
'Women shouldn’t have to live in fear going to work': Violent rapist gets 11 years for harassment and threats to three journalists
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...
Pensioners can appeal extradition to NI over 1975 murder of RUC officer
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...
Banned, serial offending ex-GAA star won't face more prison time for driving over cyclist despite DPP appeal
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...
Banned, serial offending ex-GAA star spent just nine months in prison for driving over cyclist
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...