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Killybegs · June 20, 2025

'I have to have some regard to the public purse': Sliabh Liag murderers denied three senior barristers for appeal

Alan Vial and Nikita Burns, convicted of murdering Robert Wilkin near Sliabh Liag in County Donegal, have been denied legal aid for a third senior barrister...

Mayo · June 18, 2025

Garda detective is 'abuser and perpetrator of domestic violence', ex-wife tells court

A garda detective has pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-wife in County Mayo in October 2012. Trevor Bolger, aged 48 and formerly attached to Ballymun...

Leitrim · June 17, 2025

€110,000 in Local Enhancement funding awarded to 148 Leitrim projects

Over €110,000 has been allocated across 148 community projects in Leitrim through the Local Enhancement Programme 2025. The bulletin also highlights PPN rep...

Sligo · June 12, 2025

University's €15 rate for correcting dissertations deemed illegal deduction

At the Workplace Relations Commission, Atlantic Technological University has been ordered to pay an assistant lecturer €1,640.88 following a complaint under...

Buncrana · June 05, 2025 Also covered in Letterkenny

'Women shouldn’t have to live in fear going to work': Violent rapist gets 11 years for harassment and threats to three journalists

Mark McAnaw, a man with extensive convictions for rape and violent offences, has been sentenced to eleven years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...

Letterkenny · June 04, 2025

Pensioners can appeal extradition to NI over 1975 murder of RUC officer

Two men in their seventies have been granted permission by the High Court to challenge their extradition to Northern Ireland in connection with a 1975...

Crossmolina · June 03, 2025 Also covered in Erris, Knock

'Beyond any mother's darkest imaginings': son gets life for murdering ailing mother

At the Central Criminal Court on 3 June 2025, Nigel Canavan, aged 39, with an address at Erris Gardens, Crossmolina, County Mayo, was sentenced to mandatory...

Leitrim · June 03, 2025

Connecting Women to Local Decision Making event in Carrick-on-Shannon June 13

Leitrim PPN hosts a free event on Friday 13 June featuring Seanad member Nikki Bradley and a panel of local women leaders discussing women's participation in...

Cloone · May 29, 2025

Leitrim GAA County Board pay tribute to the late Gerry McGovern

Tribute: County Board pay extensive tribute to the former Cloone player who served as referee and administrator for GAA at club, county, provincial and...

Cloone · May 29, 2025

Leitrim GAA stunned at passing of long serving official Gerry McGovern

Passing: Cloone native served as President of Connacht GAA Council, served as referee for many years and helped Cloone win Senior Championship in 1980 Leitrim...

Glenties · May 26, 2025

'Mr Fishy' terrorised family during home invasion while out on bail for providing getaway cars in attempted murder, court hears

Patrick Fitzgerald, a 48-year-old man from Glenties in County Donegal, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to facilitating a criminal organisation...

Ballina · May 22, 2025 Also covered in Castlebar, Swinford

Jemima Burke says trial 'like something in Middle Ages'

A management consultant from County Mayo challenged the fairness of her prosecution in the High Court on Thursday, arguing that her arrest, trial, and...

Leitrim · May 19, 2025

Love Where You Live Awards close May 26, plus Leitrim Gathering kicks off this weekend

Last chance to enter your community group in the Love Where You Live Awards by Monday 26th May across five categories. Plus, the Leitrim Gathering runs 23–25...

Crossmolina · May 16, 2025 Also covered in Erris, Knock

Man who claimed ailing mother (58) attacked him is convicted of murder

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted a 39-year-old man of murdering his mother at her home in Sligo on May 1, 2023. The man had pleaded not...

Convoy · May 16, 2025

Ex-football manager gets 13.5 years for 'high level role' in €2.7m heroin operation

A former football manager has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after conviction on three drugs offences linked to a...

Crossmolina · May 15, 2025 Also covered in Erris

Jury to continue deliberating in matricide trial

A jury at the Central Criminal Court will resume deliberations tomorrow in the trial of Nigel Canavan, aged 39, who denies murdering his mother. The accused,...

Crossmolina · May 14, 2025 Also covered in Erris

Jury might reject matricide accused's evidence as 'bulls**t', prosecutor says

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard closing arguments on Wednesday concerning the death of Angela Canavan, aged fifty-eight, at her home in St...

Crossmolina · May 13, 2025 Also covered in Erris

Murder accused takes the stand and tells trial he defended himself from attack by mother

A 39-year-old man has testified at the Central Criminal Court that his mother died during a struggle in which he was defending himself from her attack. Nigel...

Longford · May 13, 2025

Well-known Daffodil Day fundraiser jailed for abuse after victim spotted him on Late Late

A 70-year-old man has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his guilty plea to five counts of indecent assault committed during...

Castlerea · May 12, 2025 Also covered in Foxford

'Intolerable' for garda's family to have impasse in Stephen Silver appeal 'drag on', judge says

The Court of Appeal has heard that proceedings in Stephen Silver's appeal against his murder conviction have become stalled over disclosure of psychiatric...

Crossmolina · May 09, 2025 Also covered in Erris

Murder accused told gardai he waited 20 minutes before calling ambulance for mother

A man accused of murdering his mother at her home in County Sligo in May 2023 told gardaí during interviews that he delayed contacting emergency services for...

Buncrana · May 08, 2025

Man who raped his daughter appeals conviction

A man from Buncrana in County Donegal has appealed his conviction for the rape and sexual assault of his daughter during her childhood. The Court of Appeal...

Crossmolina · May 08, 2025 Also covered in Erris

Murder accused's mother had been smothered and strangled, pathologist tells trial

A pathologist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the death of a 58-year-old woman from County Sligo in May 2023. State Pathologist Dr...

Glenties · May 08, 2025

48-year-old admits to facilitating criminal gang

A 48-year-old man from the Glenties area of Donegal has admitted to facilitating a criminal organisation at the Central Criminal Court. Patrick Fitzgerald,...

Crossmolina · May 07, 2025 Also covered in Erris, Knock

Man accused of murdering mother seemed 'nervous and evasive', garda tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court, a detective told jurors that Nigel Canavan appeared nervous and evasive when questioned hours after his mother's death in Sligo...

Letterkenny · May 06, 2025

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...

Killybegs · May 06, 2025

Criminal who raped and controlled partner rejects jury verdict, court hears

Dean Ward, aged 38, formerly of County Wexford, has brought an appeal against his conviction at the Court of Appeal, arguing procedural unfairness undermined...

Leitrim · May 06, 2025

Love Where You Live Awards open for Leitrim groups, deadline 26 May

Leitrim community and voluntary groups can enter the 2025 Love Where You Live Awards across five categories by 26 May. Plus: PPN Plenary on 15 May features...

Crossmolina · May 02, 2025 Also covered in Erris, Knock

Murder accused claimed mother 'went a bid mad' and struck herself with knife, ex-partner tells trial

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that Nigel Canavan told his then-wife his mother "went a bit mad" and struck herself with a knife before...

Cavan · May 02, 2025

Garda and wife must leave Cavan home after failed appeal

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a serving member of An Garda Síochána and his partner against a High Court order requiring them to vacate a...

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