Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Burglary, Theft and false reports to emergency services

Where

Co. Donegal

Reporting

2 reports, 25 May 2025 to 5 Jun 2025

Outlets

rte.ie, donegallive.ie

• Man jailed for burglaries and false emergency calls in Donegal Burglary · Co. Donegal

  Nathan Coughlan, a 28-year-old man from Ennis, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to ten incidents between November 2019 and October 2024 involving church burglaries, thefts and false 999 calls in Co Donegal and Co Leitrim. The incidents included breaking into churches in Bundoran, Mountcharles and Manorhamilton, stealing from Bundoran Adventure Park, causing damage to a house belonging to Fr Patrick Dunne in Ballyshannon, and making bogus emergency calls that triggered major rescue operations. He appeared at Donegal Circuit Court in December 2024 and at Letterkenny Circuit Court in May 2025, where he was remanded in custody. On 4 June 2025, Judge John Aylmer sentenced him to three years and eight months in prison, suspending the last 14 months, and ordered him into the supervision of the Probation Service.

  Sentenced, 5 Jun 2025Victim · 2 reports

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1. 5 Jun2025
   Sentencedrte.ie, in Man jailed for burglaries and false emergency calls in Donegal

   Jail term for man who made hoax emergency calls

   victim, Fr Patrick Dunne, irish (judged from name)Fr Patrick DunneIE
2. 25 May2025
   Convicteddonegallive.ie, in Man jailed for burglaries and false emergency calls in Donegal

   Man who made bogus RNLI calls in Bundoran and burgled Churches to be sentenced

   victim, Fr Paddy Dunne, irish (judged from name)Fr Paddy DunneIE

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