{"id":447350,"date":"2026-05-13T21:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447350\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:10:09","slug":"donegal-man-40s-admits-having-child-sex-abuse-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/447350\/","title":{"rendered":"Donegal man, 40s, admits having child sex abuse material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Donegal man charged with the possession of child sexual abuse material has entered a guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who is in his 40s and cannot be named at this time, appeared before Letterkenny District Court.<\/p>\n<p>He is charged with the possession of child pornography, contrary to section 14 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Frank Dorrian, the accused man\u2019s solicitor, told the court that a signed plea was being entered. A copy was handed in to the court.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Emile Daly asked the defendant if he understood the charge, that he was entering a guilty plea and that he would not go before the Circuit Court for sentencing in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The man spoke only to say \u201cyeah\u201d to all three questions.<\/p>\n<p>Garda Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has consented to the accused man being sent forward to Letterkenny Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Daly made an order returning the man for sentencing. Judge Daly administered the alibi warning and made a section 56 order relating to interviews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/lifford-girl-wins-best-young-actress-for-powerful-screen-debut-633822\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Lifford girl wins Best Young Actress for powerful screen debut\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lifford-girl-wins-best-young-actress-for-powerful-screen-debut.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Lifford girl wins Best Young Actress for powerful screen debut\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/sail-to-scotland-in-comfort-with-mcginley-coach-travel-633808\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Sail to Scotland in comfort with McGinley Coach Travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sail-to-scotland-in-comfort-with-mcginley-coach-travel.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Sail to Scotland in comfort with McGinley Coach Travel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Legal aid was granted to Mr Dorrian and one legal counsel was assigned.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was remanded on continuing bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Donegal man charged with the possession of child sexual abuse material has entered a guilty plea. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-447350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}