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A new initiative which will allow you to see the best of Donegal while raising funds to fight cancer has just appealed for participants to become involved. The Donegal Camino returns by popular demand for a second year from September 4-10. It aims ...

14 Jul 2022 at 15:22

Local News

Sliabh Liag murder accused plead not guilty

A man and woman accused of murdering a man whose body was allegedly thrown over the cliffs at Sliabh Liag in County Donegal last year have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin. A jury of five men and seven women was selected this ...

16 Jan 2025 at 16:19

Local News

Sliabh Liag murder accused lied about deceased sexually assaulting co-accused

A man accused of murdering a 66-year-old and putting his body over the cliffs at Sliabh Liag has accepted he lied to gardai when he claimed the deceased had sexually assaulted the co-accused, then 21-year-old Nikita Burns. Alan Vial (39) said he ...

11 Feb 2025 at 16:06

Local News

Closing speeches to come after ten-day hiatus in Sliabh Liag murder trial

A 66-year-old man would not have died immediately from two skull fractures that the State alleges were inflicted with a rock before he was put off Ireland's tallest cliffs, if they were the only injuries he suffered, a pathologist has told a ...

24 Feb 2025 at 16:59

Man charged with murder over Sliabh Liag death

Local News

Tight security at courthouse as man is charged with murder over Sliabh Liag death

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man whose body was found floating in waters off Sliabh Liag cliffs in Co Donegal. Alan Vial appeared amidst tight Garda security at a special sitting of Ballyshannon Court this ...

14 Jul 2023 at 17:27

Local News

Breaking: Man (30s) arrested over Sliabh Liag death

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in the water off Sliabh Liag last week. The man, who is aged in his 30s, was arrested on Thursday morning in Letterkenny. Gardai are questioning the ...

13 Jul 2023 at 11:03

Local News

Sliabh Liag murder accused tells trial his co-accused struck deceased with a rock

A man has taken the stand in his own defence to tell his murder trial that he was fighting with a pensioner - whose body was found in the waters beneath Sliabh Liag - when his former lover and co-accused hit the victim on the back ...

10 Feb 2025 at 17:35

Local News

Murder accused remanded in custody

A man charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in the water off Sliabh Liag has been remanded in custody following a brief appearance at court. Alan Vial was before Monday’s sitting of Letterkenny District Court via ...

17 Jul 2023 at 11:26

National News

Murder accused says deceased man may 'have rolled over the edge' of Sliabh Liag

A man accused of murdering a pensioner whose body was found at the foot of Sliabh Liag told gardai that the discovery was ironic, as the deceased "always wanted to be buried at sea". The accused man Alan Vial (39) also told ...

04 Feb 2025 at 19:25

National News

Jury selected for Sliabh Liag murder trial as accused plead not guilty

16 Jan 2025 at 17:11

National News

Sliabh Liag murder accused to face Central Criminal Court trial

A man and woman charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in the water off Sliabh Liag will be tried at the Central Criminal Court. Alan Vial and Nikita Burns have been charged with murdering Robert Wilkin. ...

23 Oct 2023 at 11:28

Northern Ireland

Family ‘traumatised’ as two sentenced for Donegal cliffs murder

A man and a woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Irish court for the murder of a man in Co Donegal. Robert “Robin” Wilkin, 66, was thrown off the Sliabh Liag/Slieve League cliffs on June 25 2023. Alan ...

07 Mar 2025 at 14:07

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