Fourteen cases were dealt with at Letterkenny District Court this week.
Some defendants faced fines of more than €200.
The cases – and others before other district courts in the county – are a result of a clampdown in the spring as TV Licence Inspectors called at hundreds of homes where there was no record of a licence being held.
Judge Paul Kelly was given several different excuses by the defendants – who we have decided not to name – for failing to have the licences.
The prosecutions were brought by An Post.
We understand a new wave of inspections are underway in the county.
Under new government proposals every home in the country will be required to have a TV license whether or not people have a television.
The new rules are expected to be in place next year.
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