Lifford
Co. Donegal • 252 stories • Since 29 Nov 2016 • Latest 01 Sep 2026
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News
Liquidator says Edenmore Meats directors should be made personally liable for €2.7m debts
Dowdall claims Monk is 'terrorising' his family
Students to be allowed return to rented house
Court halts threat to evict college students after dispute between receiver and owner
Planning
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON SITE WASTEWATER TREA
Planning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF BYRE AND OUTBUILDING ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND
Planning application received: (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWOR
Planning application received: CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Planning pre-validation: 2661602
LISFANNON FAHAN LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL ERECTION OF A GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPME...
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01 Sep 2026 latest- planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE,...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF BYRE AND OUTBUILDING ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF EXISTING...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND...
- planningPlanning application received: CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL...
- planningPlanning application received: ERECTION OF A GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION...
- planningPlanning application received: ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 26/60489...
- planningPlanning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE...
- planningPlanning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW AND DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING...
- planningPlanning application received: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND...
- planningPlanning application received: (1) RETENTION OF MINOR ALTERATION TO EXISTING SHED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO....
- planningPlanning application received: (1) RETENTION OF (A) PIPEWORK TO SECTION OF OPEN DRAIN / STREAM AND (B)...
Crime & Courts
7 stories
Liquidator's case against Edenmore Meats over €2.7m debts is resolved
A High Court action brought by the liquidator of processing company Edenmore Meats seeking to make the firm's directors personally liable for debts of €2.7m has been resolved. The settlement, the terms of which are confidential, came about following out of court discussions. The firm's creditors inc
Courts News Ireland report
10 May 2024 · Courts News Ireland
Liquidator says Edenmore Meats directors should be made personally liable for €2.7m debts
The liquidator of a meat processing company has asked the High Court to make the firm's directors personally liable for debts of €2.7m owed to parties including over 100 farmers and businesses in the North West. The High Court was told today that email correspondence between the directors showed tha
Courts News Ireland report
16 Jan 2024 · Courts News Ireland
Dowdall claims Monk is 'terrorising' his family
(Pictured: Jonathan Dowdall. Photo: Collins) Ex-Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has claimed that his former co-accused Gerard The Monk' Hutch is "terrorising" his family and, pointing towards the Special Criminal Court dock, said he has been hit with "a barrage of more threats and more threats
Courts News Ireland report
16 Dec 2022 · Courts News Ireland
Students to be allowed return to rented house
Four Limerick-based students are to be allowed back into the house they have been renting following a ruling by a High Court judge. The students can return after Ms Justice Marie Baker extended an injunction directing the property owner Mrs Sinead O'Connor to hand over possession of a house located
Courts News Ireland report
25 Jan 2018 · Courts News Ireland
Court halts threat to evict college students after dispute between receiver and owner
A bank-appointed receiver has secured a temporary High Court order preventing a Limerick property owner from evicting four college students. The court heard the students, through no fault of their own, are caught in the middle of a dispute over the validity of the appointment of Mr Karl O'Neill of K
Courts News Ireland report
23 Jan 2018 · Courts News Ireland
Undertakings given in respect of Donegal meat plant
The owner of a Co Donegal meat plant that has been occupied for several months after a bank appointed a receiver over the property, has told the High Court that he will vacate the premises. Liam McGavigan gave the sworn undertaking before Tuesday's sitting of the High Court in respect of a plant he
Courts News Ireland report
14 Mar 2017 · Courts News Ireland
Dispute leads to concern over meat plant workers
Concern has been expressed over the futures of 55 workers at a Co Donegal meat plant being occupied over a dispute involving the owners of the premises and a bank-appointed receiver. Mr Justice Paul Gilligan at the High Court on Tuesday expressed his concern about the employees after being told work
Courts News Ireland report
29 Nov 2016 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
245 stories
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON SITE WASTEWATER TREA
MELISSA MCCLINTOCK — ARDAGH ST. JOHNSTON LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON SITE WASTEWATER TREA...
MELISSA MCCLINTOCK
File ref: 2661612 · Donegal County Council
01 Sep 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: St. Johnston
Planning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF BYRE AND OUTBUILDING ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND
CHRISTIAN WILSON — MAGHERAHAAN RAPHOE LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) DEMOLITION OF BYRE AND OUTBUILDING ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND...
CHRISTIAN WILSON
File ref: 2661615 · Donegal County Council
01 Sep 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Raphoe
Planning application received: CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
MITCHINSON DEKOCK TRADING LIMITED — 16 PORTBEG MAGHERACAR BUNDORAN LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS...
MITCHINSON DEKOCK TRADING LIMITED
File ref: 2661604 · Donegal County Council
31 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Bundoran
Planning application received: (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWOR
MITCHINSON DEKOCK TRADING LIMITED — 17 PORTBEG MAGHERACAR BUNDORAN LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM DWELLING HOUSE TO SHORT-TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWOR...
MITCHINSON DEKOCK TRADING LIMITED
File ref: 2661605 · Donegal County Council
31 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Bundoran
Planning application received: ERECTION OF A GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPME
BRENNDAN COLEMAN — LISFANNON FAHAN LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. ERECTION OF A GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPME...
BRENNDAN COLEMAN
File ref: 2661602 · Donegal County Council
30 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Fahan
Planning application received: (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT DWE
ALI & MAIREAD FARREN — ARDMALIN MALIN HEAD LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REPLACEMENT DWE...
ALI & MAIREAD FARREN
File ref: 2661594 · Donegal County Council
28 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Malin
Planning application received: ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 26/60489 REFERS) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SI
CAITLIN DEVLIN — BINNION CLONMANY LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 26/60489 REFERS) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SI...
CAITLIN DEVLIN
File ref: 2661597 · Donegal County Council
28 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Clonmany
Planning application received: CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW AND DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED W
EMMETT & EMMA JO MULLAN — KNOWHEAD ROAD CRAIG MUFF LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW AND DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED W...
EMMETT & EMMA JO MULLAN
File ref: 2650108 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Muff
Planning application received: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DE
CORNELIUS & BRIDGET MCLAUGHLIN — MINDORAN CLONMANY LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DE...
CORNELIUS & BRIDGET MCLAUGHLIN
File ref: 2661588 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Clonmany
Planning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIA
JOSEPH GIBSON — BALLYBEGLEY , NEWTOWNCUNNINGHAM , LIFFORD PO. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
JOSEPH GIBSON
File ref: 2661038 · Donegal County Council
27 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Newtowncunningham
Planning application received: (1) RETENTION OF MINOR ALTERATION TO EXISTING SHED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 19/51771 AND (2) COMPLETI
CHRISTOPHER HARLEY — WEST TOWN ARDMALIN MALIN HEAD LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) RETENTION OF MINOR ALTERATION TO EXISTING SHED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 19/51771 AND (2) COMPLETI...
CHRISTOPHER HARLEY
File ref: 2661579 · Donegal County Council
26 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Malin
Planning application received: (1) RETENTION OF (A) PIPEWORK TO SECTION OF OPEN DRAIN / STREAM AND (B) INTERLOCKING CONCRETE BLOCKS
MANTIS CRANES IRELAND LIMITED — LISMULLYDUFF KILLYGORDON LIFFORD PO CO. DONEGAL. (1) RETENTION OF (A) PIPEWORK TO SECTION OF OPEN DRAIN / STREAM AND (B) INTERLOCKING CONCRETE BLOCKS...
MANTIS CRANES IRELAND LIMITED
File ref: 2661584 · Donegal County Council
26 Aug 2026 · Donegal County Council (Planning)
Also covered in: Killygordon
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Lifford from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Liquidator's case against Edenmore Meats over €2.7m debts is resolved
A High Court action brought by the liquidator of Edenmore Meats seeking to hold the company's directors personally liable for approximately €2.7m in debts has been settled. The resolution followed confidential out-of-court discussions and was approved by Mr Justice Oisin Quinn...
Liquidator says Edenmore Meats directors should be made personally liable for €2.7m debts
The liquidator of Edenmore Meats Limited has applied to the High Court seeking orders to hold three former directors personally liable for company debts of approximately €2.7m. The application was heard before Mr Justice Oisin Quinn in the High Court on Tuesday. Official...
'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...
'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....
Dowdall claims Monk is 'terrorising' his family
Jonathan Dowdall, a former Sinn Féin councillor, told the Special Criminal Court that he and his family are being terrorised and face death threats since agreeing to give evidence against Gerard Hutch in the Regency Hotel murder trial. Dowdall, who has pleaded guilty to...
Man who twice attacked neighbour's home and tried to escape by swimming to Tyrone has jail sentence doubled
A man from Raphoe in County Donegal has had his prison sentence doubled by the Court of Appeal following two attacks on his neighbour's home and an assault that left her with a broken jaw. Leon Kelly was originally sentenced to two-and-a-half years, with twelve months...
18-month sentence for ramming neighbour's home with car too lenient, State says
The Director of Public Prosecutions has appealed an 18-month custodial sentence imposed on a Donegal man, arguing it was unduly lenient. Leon Kelly, aged 34, pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm and criminal damage following incidents in...
Students to be allowed return to rented house
Four students renting a property at Lifford Park, South Circular Road, Limerick have been granted the right to return to their home following a High Court ruling. Ms Justice Marie Baker extended an injunction requiring the property owner to hand over possession to a...
Court halts threat to evict college students after dispute between receiver and owner
A bank-appointed receiver has obtained a temporary High Court order preventing eviction proceedings against four college students renting a property at Lifford Park, South Circular Road, Limerick. The dispute centres on the validity of Karl O'Neill of KPMG's appointment as...
Two wanted over attempted murder of PSNI officer granted leave to seek judicial review
Two men sought by Northern Irish authorities in connection with the attempted murder of a PSNI officer have been granted leave to pursue judicial review at the High Court. The applicants, arrested in County Donegal in 2015, allege that An Garda Síochána failed to provide...
Men wanted on charge of attempted murder of PSNI officer seek garda records
Two men wanted in Northern Ireland on charges of attempted murder of a PSNI officer and possession of explosives with intent to endanger life have brought High Court applications seeking disclosure of Garda records following their arrest in the Lifford area of County Donegal in...
Undertakings given in respect of Donegal meat plant
The owner of a meat processing plant in Lifford, County Donegal, has given a sworn undertaking to the High Court that he will vacate the premises. Liam McGavigan, who owns the facility formerly operated by Edenmore Farm Meats Ltd, made the commitment before Mr Justice Paul...
Dispute leads to concern over meat plant workers
A dispute over the ownership and operation of a meat processing plant in Lifford, County Donegal, has left fifty-five workers unable to return to their jobs. The High Court heard on Tuesday that the plant operated by Edenmore Farm Meats Ltd has been closed following an...