Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between December 1989 and December 1990, from the ages reported

Nationality

Eritrean, as stated in a report

Offences

Arson and theft

Where

Co. Donegal

Reporting

1 report, 19 Dec 2025 to 19 Dec 2025

Outlets

donegallive.ie

• Man placed on probation bond over Ramelton fire and shop thefts Arson and theft · Co. Donegal

  Danny Habtay, a 35-year-old Eritrean man of no fixed abode, was charged with criminal damage by fire over a derelict building in Ramelton on 25 November 2025, and with shop thefts from Tesco in Letterkenny on 24 November and Whoriskey's Eurospar in Ramelton on 25 November 2025. He told gardaí he set the fire to keep warm. He appeared at Letterkenny District Court, which accepted jurisdiction, and the judge applied a probation bond with a four-month resentencing condition, reported on 21 December 2025. He is the subject of a deportation order.

  Sentenced, 19 Dec 2025Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 19 Dec2025
   Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Man placed on probation bond over Ramelton fire and shop thefts

   Ramelton fire accused ‘was trying to keep warm’, court told

   convicted, Danny Habtay, 35, male, Eritrean, named, non-irishDanny Habtay♂35ER

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