Cases and rulings mentioning Glenties from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Special Criminal Court
2026-04-13
Courts News Ireland
A 49-year-old man charged with the murder of former senior Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson has been remanded in custody by the Special Criminal Court until June. Antoin Duffy, of Braade, Kincasslagh, County Donegal, appeared via video link and faced six charges including the...
Special Criminal Court
2026-03-30
Courts News Ireland
A 49-year-old man extradited from Scotland has been charged at the Special Criminal Court with the murder of Denis Donaldson, a former Provisional IRA member and senior Sinn Féin official who was shot dead in County Donegal in 2006. Antoin Duffy, of Braade, Kincasslagh,...
Workplace Relations Commission
2026-03-05
Courts News Ireland
A former chief executive of Inland Fisheries Ireland has told the Workplace Relations Commission that he was pressured to reinstate a suspended employee and later faced interference in a recruitment process, allegedly involving a senator. Francis O'Donnell, dismissed last...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2026-02-13
Courts News Ireland
A man arrested during a garda raid on a Dublin apartment in November 2022 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Thomas, aged 42, of Glenties Drive, Finglas, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession with intent to supply...
Central Criminal Court
2025-07-07
Courts News Ireland
A man from the Glenties area of Donegal has been sentenced to a total of 15.5 years in prison following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court for facilitating a gangland shooting in Dublin. Patrick Fitzgerald, aged 48, was convicted of participating in activities of a...
Central Criminal Court
2025-05-26
Courts News Ireland
Patrick Fitzgerald (48), with an address in Glenties, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to facilitating a criminal organisation between November 11 and 18, 2021. The court heard that Fitzgerald, known as 'Mr Fishy', purchased and provided getaway vehicles used in an...
Central Criminal Court
2025-05-08
Courts News Ireland
A 48-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty to facilitating a criminal organisation at the Central Criminal Court. Patrick Fitzgerald, with an address in Finglas, admitted to participating in activities intended to facilitate serious offences by a criminal group between...
Central Criminal Court
2025-03-06
Courts News Ireland
Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been found guilty of murdering 66-year-old Robert Wilkin at the Central Criminal Court. The jury returned majority verdicts of ten to two against each accused. Wilkin's body was discovered in the sea below Sliabh Liag cliffs in County Donegal on...
Central Criminal Court
2025-03-06
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been convicted of the murder of Robert Wilkin, a 66-year-old man whose body was disposed of at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal in June 2023. Following an altercation on the Roshine Road near Killybegs, the accused...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2025-02-04
Courts News Ireland
Three men have been sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a violent home invasion in Monkstown, Co Dublin on August 21st, 2023. Michael Royal, Thomas Dwyer and Patrick Fitzgerald pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and false imprisonment. The court heard that...
High Court
2024-12-12
Courts News Ireland
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has secured a trial date for his High Court defamation action against the BBC. Mr Adams, aged 76, alleges that the broadcaster falsely claimed he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson in Glenties, County Donegal in 2006. The allegations...
High Court
2024-10-10
Courts News Ireland
A hearing date of April 29, 2025 has been set at the High Court for the defamation action brought by former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams against the BBC. Mr Adams, aged 76, alleges that the broadcaster falsely claimed he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson in Glenties,...
High Court
2022-03-11
Courts News Ireland
The High Court in Dublin has ruled that the BBC is entitled to discover documents former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams may hold concerning his alleged IRA membership and involvement with the organisation's Army Council. Ms Justice Emily Egan rejected Mr Adams' argument that such...
High Court
2021-12-14
Courts News Ireland
The BBC is seeking discovery of documents relating to former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams's alleged association with the IRA in defending a defamation claim brought by Mr Adams in the High Court. The BBC also seeks materials concerning Mr Adams's alleged knowledge of IRA...
High Court
2020-03-18
Courts News Ireland
The High Court has approved a settlement of €35,000 to the family of Brian McElhinney, a retired building contractor from Glenties, County Donegal, who died in December 2014 months after undergoing a medical procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital. Mr McElhinney's widow,...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
2018-06-28
Courts News Ireland
A 27-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for violent disorder at a public house in Finglas. Dean Thomas of Glenties Drive pleaded guilty to his role in the incident at the Cardiff Inn, Cardiffsbridge Road, on 19 October 2017. Dublin Circuit Criminal...
High Court
2017-12-08
Courts News Ireland
Five men charged with violent disorder following an alleged altercation at a public house in Finglas, Dublin, on 19 October have been refused bail by the High Court. David Mulvey, aged 35, Robert Gaynor, aged 27, and Shane Thomas, aged 25, all of addresses in Finglas,...
High Court
2017-11-21
Courts News Ireland
The High Court has ordered the extradition of a 40-year-old man to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to the death of prison officer David Black. The man, arrested in Donegal following a European Arrest Warrant, is accused of aiding and abetting the murder of Mr Black on...
High Court
2017-10-20
Courts News Ireland
A High Court judge has adjourned an extradition hearing pending further information about strip-search procedures at a Northern Ireland prison. Damien Joseph McLaughlin, aged 40 with an address in the Glenties area of County Donegal, was arrested in March following a European...
High Court
2017-07-26
Courts News Ireland
A 40-year-old man arrested in County Donegal is awaiting a High Court decision on his extradition to Northern Ireland. Damien Joseph McLaughlin, with an address in the Glenties area, was detained last March under a European Arrest Warrant in connection with the 2012 murder of...
