Riverstown
Co. Sligo • 8 stories • Since 15 Jun 2020 • Latest 08 Sep 2026
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News
Serial burglar who broke into sleeping student's bedroom is sent back to jail
Woman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase
DPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death
Planning
Planning pre-validation: 2660367
Annagh Riverstown Co. Sligo Planning Permission to (a) construct a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house (b) mak...
Planning application received: Planning Permission to (a) construct a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house (b) mak
Planning application received: Part change of use from an existing retail unit to retail with ancillary off licence sales (area f
Planning application received: Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden cottage, situated within th
Planning application received: Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden cottage, situated within th
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08 Sep 2026 latest- planningPlanning application received: Planning Permission to (a) construct a single storey extension to an existing...
- planningPlanning application received: Part change of use from an existing retail unit to retail with ancillary off...
- planningPlanning application received: Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden...
- planningPlanning application received: Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden...
- courtsDrugs defendant won't spend any more time in jail, despite undue leniency finding
- courtsSerial burglar who broke into sleeping student's bedroom is sent back to jail
- courtsWoman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase
- courtsDPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death
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Planning application received: Planning Permission to (a) construct a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house (b) mak
Dillon McDermott and Sarah Burke — Annagh Riverstown Co. Sligo. Planning Permission to (a) construct a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house (b) mak...
Dillon McDermott and Sarah Burke
File ref: 2660367 · Sligo County Council
08 Sep 2026 · Sligo County Council (Planning)
Crime & Courts
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Drugs defendant won't spend any more time in jail, despite undue leniency finding
A drugs defendant jailed after €281k of cocaine was seized by gardaí will not face any more time in prison, despite the Court of Appeal ruling that the sentencing judge’s decision to treat him and his co-accused in the same way was “seriously flawed”. While the original six-year jail term was found
Courts News Ireland report
15 Dec 2025 · Courts News Ireland
Serial burglar who broke into sleeping student's bedroom is sent back to jail
A serial burglar who broke into two homes while the occupants were present, entering the bedroom of a 21-year-old student and stealing car keys from her bedside locker as she slept, has been sent back to prison just a week after being released after the Court of Appeal found that his original senten
Courts News Ireland report
31 May 2024 · Courts News Ireland
Woman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase
A woman’s one-year jail term for dangerous driving causing the death of a pedestrian during a car chase has been increased to 18 months by the Court of Appeal, following an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The DPP had appealed the ‘undue leniency’ of Eimear White’s sentence. The 2
Courts News Ireland report
26 Jun 2020 · Courts News Ireland
DPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death
The Director of Public Prosecutions is to appeal the ‘undue leniency’ of a Louth woman’s three-year sentence for dangerous driving causing the death of a pedestrian in Dundalk. Eimear White (23) pleaded guilty earlier this year at Dundalk Circuit Court to dangerous driving causing the death of 29-ye
Courts News Ireland report
15 Jun 2020 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
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Planning application received: Part change of use from an existing retail unit to retail with ancillary off licence sales (area f
Harimano Euro LTD. — Ardkeeran, Riverstown, Co Sligo F52 XE24. Part change of use from an existing retail unit to retail with ancillary off licence sales (area f...
Harimano Euro LTD.
File ref: 2660301 · Sligo County Council
24 Jul 2026 · Sligo County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden cottage, situated within th
David Ewings — Garden Cottage Ballindoon House Estate Kingsborough, Riverstown, Co Sligo F52 H266. Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden cottage, situated within th...
David Ewings
File ref: 2660293 · Sligo County Council
20 Jul 2026 · Sligo County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden cottage, situated within th
David Ewings — Garden Cottage Ballindoon House Estate Kingsborough, Riverstown, Co Sligo F25 H266. Renovation, conservation and energy upgrade works to the existing garden cottage, situated within th...
David Ewings
File ref: 2660287 · Sligo County Council
15 Jul 2026 · Sligo County Council (Planning)
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Riverstown from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Drugs defendant won't spend any more time in jail, despite undue leniency finding
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a Riverstown man's drugs sentence was unduly lenient, yet he will serve no additional time in custody. James Murphy, aged 66, was convicted in 2021 of participating in a joint enterprise to supply cocaine valued at €281,148, which was seized...
'Middle man' in Irene White murder to argue he was suffering 'mental breakdown' when he pleaded guilty
A man convicted of murder in connection with the death of Dundalk woman Irene White in 2005 is pursuing an appeal, arguing he was suffering a mental breakdown when he pleaded guilty. Niall Power, aged 51 and formerly of Riverstown, Co Louth, was sentenced to life imprisonment...
'No one will take me on': Irene White murderer says he can't get lawyer to advance appeal
A man serving a life sentence for his role in the murder of Irene White in 2005 appeared before the Court of Appeal to report difficulties in advancing his appeal. Niall Power, aged 51, from Riverstown, County Louth, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced in 2019. He was...
Serial burglar who broke into sleeping student's bedroom is sent back to jail
The Court of Appeal has resentenced a serial burglar to five years imprisonment after finding his original sentence inadequate. Wayne O'Callaghan, aged 35, of Brooklodge Grove, Glanmire, Cork, had pleaded guilty to burglary and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle. Justice...
Woman has jail term increased for causing death of pedestrian during chase
A woman from Riverstown, County Sligo, has had her prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal following a challenge by the Director of Public Prosecutions. The 23-year-old was convicted of dangerous driving causing the death of a pedestrian in Dundalk in October 2017. She...
DPP appeals driver's 12-month jail term for causing pedestrian's death
The Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing a sentence imposed on a Louth woman convicted of dangerous driving causing death. Eimear White pleaded guilty at Dundalk Circuit Court to causing the death of a pedestrian on the Old Newry Road in October 2017. Judge James...
Victim's terminally ill sister calls on State to prosecute "mastermind" behind murder
A terminally ill woman whose sister was murdered fourteen years ago has called on the Director of Public Prosecutions to prosecute a third person in connection with the killing. Speaking outside the Central Criminal Court following the sentencing of Niall Power to life...
Second man jailed for life for murdering mum-of-three Irene White
A 47-year-old man from Riverstown, County Louth has been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the murder of Irene White at the Central Criminal Court. Niall Power admitted his role in the killing of the mother-of-three at her home on Demesne Road, Dundalk on...