Ireland Named in reporting
Nathan Coughlan
Born 1996, from the ages reported. 8 reports across 4 cases, 17 Apr 2024 to 5 Jun 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- 1996, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Burglary, Theft and false reports to emergency services, Possession of a controlled drug; driving without insurance; deception, Burglary and theft
- Where
- Co. Donegal
- Reporting
- 8 reports, 17 Apr 2024 to 5 Jun 2025
- Outlets
- rte.ie, donegallive.ie, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- 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 2025Convicted · 3 reports - Bundoran man sentenced for Donegal burglaries Burglary · Co. Donegal
Nathan Coughlan, a 28-year-old man of Bundoran, County Donegal, was sentenced for burglaries in Bundoran. The offences were a burglary at the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea on November 9, 2021 and a burglary at American House, West End, on January 13, 2024. Coughlan admitted entering as a trespasser and trying to get money out of a money box, and a dangerous driving offence dated April 1, 2019 at Aughaderrard, Kinlough, County Leitrim, led to a driving disqualification. On Friday, November 15, 2024, Judge Ciaran Liddy at Ballyshannon District Court sentenced him to two years in prison with the last six months suspended and disqualified him from holding a driving licence for four years, and the sentence was reported on November 18, 2024.
Sentenced, 18 Nov 2024Convicted · 1 report - Donegal man charged with driving, cocaine and deception offences appears in court Possession of a controlled drug; driving without insurance; deception · Co. Donegal
On 13 May 2024 an alleged deception took place at Smyths Toy Store, Letterkenny, and Nathan Coughlan, a 28-year-old man from Donegal, faces a charge over it. He was jailed for one year in August 2024 for robberies (one report says thefts) at Donegal churches, parochial houses and pastoral centres, and was later released after a successful appeal. Gardaí arrested him at 3pm on 17 September 2024 and charged him at 10.24am on the Wednesday with driving without insurance and without a driving licence, and with possession of cocaine when he was conveyed to Letterkenny Garda Station. He appeared before Judge Éiteáin Cunningham at Falcarragh District Court, where the prosecution made no objection to bail on conditions, and the matter was adjourned with solicitor Rory O'Brien representing him.
In court, 21 Sep 2024Accused · 1 report - Man jailed for a year over Donegal church burglaries and thefts Burglary and theft · Co. Donegal
Nathan Coughlan, a man aged 27 or 28 (reports differ) from Silverhill, Bundoran, Co Donegal, is alleged to have broken into five churches, parochial houses and pastoral centres in Donegal and stolen cash between 2019 and 2024, and is also charged with other thefts in Donegal, Roscommon, Cavan, Sligo, Mayo and Leitrim. He was charged at Ballyshannon District Court in April 2024, asked for the case to go to the Circuit Court, and was remanded on continuing bail until 21 June 2024 to prepare a book of evidence. At Letterkenny District Court in August 2024 he pleaded guilty to a range of theft charges, and his solicitor said he admitted all charges. Judge Ciran Liddy sentenced him to 12 months in prison for each of three offences, to run concurrently and be backdated to when he went into custody, with other charges taken into consideration.
Sentenced, 30 Aug 2024Convicted, accused · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Nathan Coughlan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 5 Jun2025Jail term for man who made hoax emergency callsconvicted, Nathan Coughlan, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
- 25 May2025Man who made bogus RNLI calls in Bundoran and burgled Churches to be sentencedconvicted, Nathan Coughlan, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
- 12 Dec2024Man who made false 999 report of body in water off Bundoran pleads guiltyconvicted, Nathan Coughlan, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
- 18 Nov2024Man with more than 120 previous convictions jailed for Donegal burglariesconvicted, Nathan Coughlan, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
- 21 Sep2024Donegal man stopped for road traffic offences found with cocaineaccused, Nathan Coughlan, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
- 30 Aug2024Man who broke into five different Donegal churches jailed for yearconvicted, Nathan Coughlan, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
- 30 Aug2024Man jailed at Letterkenny court after thefts at supermarkets and churchesconvicted, Nathan Coughlan, 28, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
- 17 Apr2024Bundoran man charged over thefts from Churchesaccused, Nathan Coughlan, 27, male, named, irish (judged from name)Nathan Coughlan
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