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UK Sex offender spotted in Donegal jailed
A sex offender arrested in County Cavan two weeks ago after going missing in Lancashire has been jailed for four months in the Irish Republic. 56 year-old William Paden, origianlly from the North, was sentenced at Cavan District Court for breaching the Republic’s sex offenders legislation. William Paden, was arrested in Ballyhaise on 30 June [...]
Serial UK paedophile in Cavan court this morning
A serial paedophile who was on the run from UK authorities has been arrested by gardai beside a children’s swimming area in Cavan and is expected to appear in court around now. IrishDigest.com was one of the first media organisations in Ireland to warn of his presence here. The 56 year old man on suspicion [...]
Appeal over Cavan Bank robbery
Gardai at Baileboro are appealing for witnesses following an armed bank robbery at Main St., Kingcourt, Co Cavan, on 25th June 2010. At approximately 1130am two males brandishing suspected firearms entered the bank, held up staff, and made off with a quantity of cash. Gardai are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing a [...]
Labour to continue major campaign to ‘win the west’
The Irish Labour Party say they are continuing to undertake a significant research project in the North and West of the country to identify the major social and economic issues that are impacting at local level across the region. The survey has been carried out over the last four weeks, in cities, towns and villages in [...]
ATM raid arrests
As the result of an on-going investigation local Gardaí in the Cavan/ Monaghan division, in conjunction with the Organised Crime Unit and aided by the local Detective Unit, have arrested 2 men in relation to an ATM raid which occurred at Cootehill, Co.Cavan on the 12th December 2009. The two men were arrested on Monday,14th [...]
Priest guilty of indecent assault
A disgraced Catholic priest found guilty of sexually abusing three young sisters will be sentenced in June. Father Eugene Lewis, 76, denied the charges. The sisters abuse nightmare began when they were as young as seven years of age. The abuse took place at their Fermanagh home. Lewis was found guilty by a jury at [...]
Donegal native to be new Bishop of Clogher
A Donegal Monsignor will become the next Bishop of Clogher, after it was confirmed today that Most Rev Dr Joseph Duffy had tendered his resignation to the Pope and it had been accepted. The current Chancellor of Clogher, the Rev. Msgr. Liam McDaid will now become Bishop of Clogher. He is a native of Bundoran. Msgr [...]
Cavan road death
Gardaí at Kingscourt in Cavan are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred yesterday afternoon, 27th April 2010, at approximately 3.30pm at Cabra, Kingscourt, Co.Cavan. The driver of a motor car lost control and his vehicle collided with a street lamp.
Cavan’s Brady record six-in-a-row of Senior Singles titles
Cavan’s Paul Brady, created further history in Kingscourt on Saturday evening as a 21-17, 21-7 victory over Armagh’s Charly Shanks saw him equal Pat Kirby’s long-standing record of 6 consecutive triumphs in the GAA Handball All Ireland Senior championship. In front of a capacity crowd at the Kingscourt venue, Brady produced a scintillating second [...]
Cavan road death on N3
Gardai at Belturbet, Co. Cavan are investigating a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the N3 at Aghalane, Belturbet at approximately 7.30pm this evening (13.03.10). A woman in her 60’s was fatally injured when her own car rolled forward and collided with her after she has come to a stop at [...]
NW driving conditions deteriorating
Motorists in Donegal,Sligo, Fermanagh and Leitrim have been warned to take extreme care in the following hours as freezing temperatures have again decended upon the region. The weather in North Sligo has become very bad in the last number of hours with traffic down to a snails pace. Parts of Donegal especially off the main [...]
Garda appeal over Cavan crash
Gardai in Baileboro, Co. Cavan are appealling for witnesses to a collision which occurred at the Bent Elbow, Drumgora, Ballyjamesduff which is on the N3 between Virginia and Cavan approx 7 miles from Virginia. It is a road regularly used by Donegal and Fermanagh drivers. Both vehicles involved in the collision were travelling from Virginia [...]
Sligo’s St. Joseph’s Hospital, receives International Accreditation Award
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Sligo has been awarded Accreditation by the Joint Commission International, the largest and most prestigious accrediting agency of health care organisations in the world. Mark Towey, Director of Operations at St. Joseph’s Hospital, said: “We are delighted with the JCI Accreditation Award. Accreditation means St. Joseph’s Hospital is now one of [...]
Irish Septic tanks fall foul of EU court judgement
Ireland has been found to be in breach of EU law over its management of domestic waste water, according to a judgement by the European Court of Justice. The court in Luxembourg has ruled that every county in the Republic, with the exception of County Cavan, has failed to comply with the 1975 EU Waste [...]
Cavan road victim was from Sligo
A Sligo woman has been named as the victim of a tragic car crash in County Cavan on Tuesday.
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