Co. Donegal • 10 stories • Since 11 Mar 2014 • Latest 04 Aug 2026
A care home patient was found on an excrement-strewn floor having been locked in their room overnight during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Workplace Relations Commission was told. In a decision published today (MONDAY), the care worker who “blindly followed” what he said were the in
(Pictured: Edel Lovett (33). Credit: Collins) A “heartbroken” beauty therapist who attacked the mother of her ex-partner during a difficult breakup for her has been given a suspended prison term. Edel Lovett (33) pulled the 65-year-old victim to the ground, pulled hair from her head, punched her and
A judge has described it as “nothing short of miraculous” that no road users were injured during an extremely dangerous car chase that took place in Kildare and Dublin last year. A court heard that 23-year-old Christopher Prentice was driving a stolen car when he broke red lights at speeds of over 1
(Pictured: Otis Reynolds. Credit: Collins) A Dublin man who hit a fellow soccer coaching student with his car has received a two year suspended sentence. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that injured party Andrew Cummins had punched Otis Reynolds (21) in a fight 15 months before the car incident.
The State has withdrawn a charge of murder against a 53-year-old Donegal man, who was charged with murdering a man in the county in 2012. Samuel James Clarke, from Magherennan, Raphoe, Co Donegal was charged with the murder of 67-year-old Seamus Doherty at his home at Drumacnoo, Churchill on June 16
A 53-year-old will go on trial next year accused of murdering a man in Donegal in 2012. Samuel James Clarke, from Magherennan, Raphoe, Co Donegal is charged with the murder of 67-year-old Seamus Doherty at his home at Drumacnoo, Churchill on June 16/17, 2012. Today, Justice Patrick McCarthy at the C
Man found guilty of throwing rock through ex-partner's house window A MAN who denied throwing a rock threw a woman's house window after she ended their four year relationship has been found guilty of criminal damage. David Wheatley (40) was convicted and fined €400 and bound to the peace for one yea
KATIE DEVINE — CARRICKADAWSON RAPHOE CO. DONEGAL. (1) USE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51106 FOR AN EQUINE BUSINESS FOR HOR...
HABINTEG HOUSING ASSOCIATION (IRELAND) CLG — RAPHOE ROAD SESSIAGH (ALLISON) CASTLEFINN CO. DONEGAL. CONSTRUCTION OF A TOTAL OF 34 NO. DWELLING UNITS COMPRISING 1 NO. TWO STOREY SHELTERED HOUSING BLOCK...
A planning application has been filed with Donegal County Council under reference 2660404. Status not recorded.
Cases and rulings mentioning Raphoe from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A care worker has lost his unfair dismissal claim following an incident at a Donegal care home in April 2020. The Workplace Relations Commission heard that a patient at Ballywaltrim House in Raphoe was discovered on an excrement-strewn floor after being locked in his room...
Donegal County Council has applied to the High Court for an injunction to enforce the suspension of Councillor Frank McBrearty Jnr from attending council meetings until the end of February. The independent councillor was suspended on 31 January following allegations of...
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...
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...
A beauty therapist from Dublin has received a suspended prison sentence following an assault on her ex-partner's mother. Edel Lovett, aged 33, of Raphoe Road, Crumlin, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm at Wainsford Manor Crescent, Terenure on 14 August 2019. Dublin Circuit...
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment, with the final twelve months suspended, following a high-speed car chase across Kildare and Dublin last May. Christopher Prentice, of Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to...
A 21-year-old Dublin man has received a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to assaulting a fellow soccer coaching student with his car at Raphoe Road, Crumlin on 9 March 2017. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the injured party had approached the...
At the Central Criminal Court, the State entered a Nolle Prosequi in the case against a 53-year-old man from Magherennan, Raphoe, County Donegal, discontinuing a murder charge. The defendant had been accused of the murder of a 67-year-old man at a residential address in...
A 53-year-old man from Raphoe in County Donegal has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with the murder of a 67-year-old pensioner. Samuel James Clarke, of Magherennan, is accused of killing Seamus Doherty at a property in Drumacnoo, Churchill on...
At Swords District Court, a man from Raphoe, County Donegal, was convicted of criminal damage following a November 2012 incident at a property in Swords. The defendant had denied throwing a rock through a window after the complainant ended their four-year relationship. Judge...