Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Mark McMonagle

Born 1996, from the ages reported. 6 reports across 2 cases, 23 Feb 2022 to 23 Apr 2026

Suspect: Mark McMonagle, Irish man, 29 (judged from name)Mark McMonagle

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted, accused
Born
1996, from the ages reported
Offences
Public intoxication, Drug-driving
Where
Co. Donegal
Reporting
6 reports, 23 Feb 2022 to 23 Apr 2026
Outlets
donegallive.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
Mark McMonagle
Mark McMonagle
PhotoJoe Boland (North West Newspixvia donegallive.ie, 23 Apr 2026
Later, McMonagle told Gardai: “You think those were mine? Those drugs aren’t mine and were not for me. I don’t know the weight, quantity or value. It is quite clear what is happening here.”
Later, McMonagle told Gardai: “You think those were mine? Those drugs aren’t mine and were not for me. I don’t know the weight, quantity or value. It is quite clear what is happening here.”
Photocredit not given by the outletvia donegallive.ie, 17 May 2023
McMonagle said he was introduced to cocaine at a young age and became addicted. “I got involved with the wrong crowd,” he said. McMonagle said the ‘run down the road’ with the cocaine stash was carried out in order to clear a debt.
McMonagle said he was introduced to cocaine at a young age and became addicted. “I got involved with the wrong crowd,” he said. McMonagle said the ‘run down the road’ with the cocaine stash was carried out in order to clear a debt.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia donegallive.ie, 17 May 2023
“It does appear that he had a significant problem with the abuse of cocaine, developed over a number of years previous,” Judge Aylmer said. The Judge said there was a need for ‘deterrents’ in such cases and said the offense merited a starting point of five years imprisonment.
“It does appear that he had a significant problem with the abuse of cocaine, developed over a number of years previous,” Judge Aylmer said. The Judge said there was a need for ‘deterrents’ in such cases and said the offense merited a starting point of five years imprisonment.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia donegallive.ie, 17 May 2023

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Cases

latest first
  • Letterkenny man fined for public intoxication Public intoxication · Co. Donegal

    Gardaí on patrol on High Road, Letterkenny, County Donegal, found Mark McMonagle lying on a footpath at 11.10pm on 15 July 2025 and described him as highly intoxicated and unable to speak. He was charged under section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, as amended, and pleaded guilty. A report published on 26 April 2026 says he was convicted of public intoxication and fined €300, with four months to pay the fine.

    Sentenced, 23 Apr 2026Convicted · 1 report
  • Man convicted of drug-driving at Falcarragh District Court Drug-driving · Co. Donegal

    On 8 January 2021, Mark McMonagle, a 26-year-old man from Letterkenny, Donegal, was stopped at a mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoint at Drumbuoy, Lifford, where he failed a roadside test for cocaine. Gardaí subsequently found 1,488.3 grams of cocaine worth €104,181 concealed in a clothes bag in the boot of a van he was driving, and he was charged with possession of the drug for the purpose of selling or supplying it. He pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court in October 2022 and was sentenced in May 2023 to three and a half years in prison with the final two years suspended. In July 2023, he was convicted of drug-driving at Falcarragh District Court and disqualified from driving for one year and fined €200.

    Sentenced, 17 May 2023Convicted, accused · 5 reports

Timeline

every report naming Mark McMonagle, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 23 Apr2026
    Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Letterkenny man fined for public intoxication
    Public intoxication rap for Donegal man previously jailed over €100k cocaine haul
    convicted, Mark McMonagle, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark McMonagle
  2. 20 Jul2023
    Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Man convicted of drug-driving at Falcarragh District Court
    Driving ban for drug-driving offence that led Gardai to €104k cocaine haul
    convicted, Mark McMonagle, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark McMonagle
  3. 17 May2023
    Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Man convicted of drug-driving at Falcarragh District Court
    Jail for Donegal man over €104,000 cocaine haul
    convicted, Mark McMonagle, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark McMonagle
  4. 13 May2023
    In courtdonegallive.ie, in Man convicted of drug-driving at Falcarragh District Court
    Failed drug-driving test led Gardai to €104,000 cocaine stash
    convicted, Mark McMonagle, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark McMonagle
  5. 26 Oct2022
    In courtdonegallive.ie, in Man convicted of drug-driving at Falcarragh District Court
    Donegal man pleads guilty over €105,000 cocaine haul
    accused, Mark McMonagle, 26, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark McMonagle
  6. 23 Feb2022
    In courtdonegallive.ie, in Man convicted of drug-driving at Falcarragh District Court
    Donegal man to stand trial over €105,000 cocaine haul
    accused, Mark McMonagle, 25, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark McMonagle

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