Recent History
In recent years, Raphoe has come under the media spotlight following the establishment of the Morris Tribunal to investigate allegations of corrupt and dishonest policing in the County by the Garda Síochána. The Tribunal's second report related to Garda attempts to frame a local publican, Frankie McBrearty, for the murder of cattle dealer Richie Barron.
On 27 August 2005, the first Royal Black Preceptory march in Ireland was held in Raphoe.
Sir Gerrard Jude "Gerry" Robinson is an Irish businessman and Television personality currently living in Raphoe. He is the former non-executive Chairman of Allied Domecq and the ex-Chairman/Chief Executive of Granada. He has a Georgian country house in on the outskirts of Raphoe and he also established a botanical garden with a narrow gauge railway - the Difflin Lake Railway - which is open to the public.
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