Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Theft and criminal damage

Where

Co. Donegal

Reporting

2 reports, 1 Dec 2025 to 1 Dec 2025

Outlets

thejournal.ie, donegallive.ie

• Man sentenced for theft and criminal damage in Letterkenny Theft and criminal damage · Co. Donegal

  Derek Dunne, a 24-year-old man from Dublin, was sentenced at Letterkenny District Court for stealing a bus ticket machine valued at €1,000 from a bus at Bus Éireann's Letterkenny station and for damaging a white Berlingo van belonging to Bus Éireann employee Kieran McShea. CCTV footage showed Dunne entering a bus between 2:55am and 3:05am on June 23, 2023, and he was later arrested and made full admissions. He appeared by videolink from Cloverhill Prison, where he is serving a separate sentence, and the court was told he has 63 previous convictions. Judge Emile Daly sentenced him to three months in prison for the theft and two months for the criminal damage, to run concurrently.

  Sentenced, 1 Dec 2025Victim · 2 reports

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1. 1 Dec2025
   Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Man sentenced for theft and criminal damage in Letterkenny

   Man who drove stolen bus to Dublin charged with stealing a ticket machine from another bus

   victim, Kieran McShea, irish (judged from name)Kieran McSheaIE
2. 1 Dec2025
   Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Man sentenced for theft and criminal damage in Letterkenny

   Man who drove stolen Donegal bus to Dublin charged with stealing ticket machine

   victim, Kieran McShea, irish (judged from name)Kieran McSheaIE

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