Ireland Crime

Named as

Accused

Born

1980, from the ages reported

Offences

Assault causing harm

Where

Co. Donegal

Reporting

2 reports, 20 Nov 2025 to 20 Feb 2026

Outlets

donegallive.ie

• Carndonagh man affirms guilty plea over assault in Persian Bar Assault causing harm · Co. Donegal

  Anthony Cantwell, a 45-year-old man of Corvish, Carndonagh, County Donegal, is charged with assault causing harm contrary to Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997, over an alleged assault on another man at the Persian Bar in Carndonagh on 15 July 2024. In November 2025 the Book of Evidence was served at Carndonagh District Court, the case was to go to Letterkenny Circuit Court, and the defence was considering a guilty plea and had applied for legal aid for a Senior Counsel. On 22 February 2026 Cantwell affirmed a signed guilty plea, no sentence was imposed, and the judge requested an assessment of his suitability for community service and adjourned the case until May.

  In court, 20 Nov 2025Accused · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 20 Feb2026
   In courtdonegallive.ie, in Carndonagh man affirms guilty plea over assault in Persian Bar

   Man affirms guilty plea over serious assault in Carndonagh bar

   accused, Anthony Cantwell, 45, male, named, irish (judged from name)Anthony Cantwell♂45IE
2. 20 Nov2025
   In courtdonegallive.ie, in Carndonagh man affirms guilty plea over assault in Persian Bar

   Man accused of serious assault in a Carndonagh bar considers entering a plea of guilty

   accused, Anthony Cantwell, 45, male, named, irish (judged from name)Anthony Cantwell♂45IE

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