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Castlerea · February 28, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused previously had symptoms on 'extreme end' of mental illness, trial hears

Evidence presented at the Central Criminal Court has detailed an extensive psychiatric history for Stephen Silver, the 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from...

Castlebar · February 27, 2023 Also covered in Castlerea, Foxford

Garda murder accused's mental capacity 'significantly impaired', psychiatrist tells trial

A forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver's mental capacity was significantly impaired at the time Garda Colm Horkan was...

Castlerea · February 24, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused denies 'inventing' MI6 belief

Stephen Silver, a forty-six-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavard in Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of the...

Carrick-On-Shannon · February 24, 2023

Father fails in bid to overturn conviction for abuse of daughter

A man from County Leitrim has failed in his appeal against conviction for sexually assaulting his daughter at the family home, with the Court of Appeal...

Roscommon · February 24, 2023

Publican who cancelled booking under 'known Traveller surname' must pay compensation

A publican in Arigna, County Roscommon, has been ordered to pay €3,000 compensation to Bernard Ward following a determination by the Workplace Relations...

Boyle · February 23, 2023 Also covered in Claremorris, Ramelton, Strokestown

Strokestown repossession case hears of moment dog was attacked with baseball bat

A security guard has given evidence to Dublin Circuit Criminal Court regarding an alleged assault at a rural property in Roscommon on 16 December 2018. The...

Elphin · February 23, 2023

Man cleared of murder bid by reason of insanity does not require inpatient care at CMH

A 35-year-old man from Baldoyle who was found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity has been assessed as not requiring inpatient care at the...

Castlerea · February 23, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

'I kept shooting until the gun finished,' accused tells trial of moment he shot garda

Stephen Silver (46) of Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Garda Colm...

Castlerea · February 22, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused tells trial of mental health episodes, including thinking he was Jesus

Stephen Silver (46), from Aughavard in Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murder of Garda Colm Horkan at...

Monaghan · February 22, 2023

'I'll f**king kill you; don't move': detective told of robbery where colleague was shot dead

A former detective garda gave evidence at the Special Criminal Court regarding an armed robbery at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, County Louth, on 25...

Strokestown · February 22, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Four go on trial accused of 'brutal' attack during Strokestown eviction case

Four men have gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of involvement in a sustained and brutal attack on security personnel at a repossessed...

Castlerea · February 21, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda wouldn’t be dead if he'd 'stayed in car', murder accused told detectives

Stephen Silver (46), from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea,...

Kingscourt · February 20, 2023

Man jailed for rape of woman over 16 years ago

A man from Kingscourt, County Cavan, has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment following his conviction for rape at the Central Criminal Court. The...

Castlerea · February 20, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Murder accused said shot garda 'never indicated he was a detective', trial hears

Stephen Silver, aged 46 from Aughavard in Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan...

Donegal · February 20, 2023

Derry man fears biological father's convictions blocking him from joining army

A 24-year-old man from County Derry has initiated a High Court judicial review challenge against the Defence Forces following the rejection of his application...

Castlebar · February 20, 2023 Also covered in Letterkenny

Landmark case sees jail sentences increased for forced prostitution after 'voodoo ceremony'

On 20 February 2023 the Court of Appeal in Dublin increased the custodial sentences imposed on two Nigerian nationals, Alicia Edosa and Edith Enoghaghase, who...

Castlerea · February 17, 2023

'Now he’s dead and I’m alive and you’re making a huge f**king deal about it': Garda murder accused to detectives

A Central Criminal Court jury has heard garda interview footage in which Stephen Silver, charged with the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea,...

Sligo · February 17, 2023

Criminal threatened prison officer he'd 'do you and your gaff'

A 26-year-old man from Sligo has received an concurrent 18-month prison sentence following his guilty plea to threatening a prison officer at Mountjoy Prison....

Monaghan · February 16, 2023

'Not the crime of a mastermind': Burglar ended up hanging upside down from blinds

A man has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment following a burglary at a residential property in Dundrum, south Dublin on July 2nd, 2022. Gary Bailey,...

Mayo · February 16, 2023

School's direction a demand to 'participate in transgenderism', Enoch Burke says as appeal goes ahead

Enoch Burke brought an appeal to the Court of Appeal challenging orders directing him to remain away from Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath. Mr...

Convoy · February 16, 2023

International gang member seeks return of €50k Mercedes

Thomas Rooney, identified as a mid-to-high level operative within an international organised crime network, appeared before the Court of Appeal in February...

Castlerea · February 15, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda went for gun 'after losing struggle', murder accused said in interview

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea,...

Ballinode · February 14, 2023

Fraud trial hears of guilty plea by Custom House Capital CEO

On the eleventh day of the fraud trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the jury heard that the former chief executive of Custom House Capital and three...

Castlerea · February 14, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Accused had 'normal' breakfast conversation on day garda was killed, witness tells trial

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the capital murder of Garda...

Cavan · February 14, 2023

Two charged before Special Criminal Court with assisting the IRA

Two men from County Cavan appeared before the Special Criminal Court on 14 February 2023 following their arrest by members of the Special Detective Unit....

Castlerea · February 13, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused 'looking crazy' after shooting, witness tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court, a witness testified that Stephen Silver (46), of Aughavard, Foxford, Co Mayo, appeared "looking crazy" following the fatal...

Mayo · February 13, 2023

Enoch Burke physically removed from court for second time

Enoch Burke was physically removed from the High Court for the second time in as many court sittings after he interrupted proceedings before Mr Justice Brian...

Castlerea · February 10, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused said mental health declined during Covid restrictions

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, stands trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of capital...

Rathmullan · February 10, 2023

Drogheda criminal Crosby gets 10 years for role in 'inhuman' Mulready-Woods murder

Paul Crosby of Drogheda received a ten-year custodial sentence at the Special Criminal Court on 10 February 2023, with the final six months suspended for two...

Mayo · February 10, 2023

Burke siblings removed from court by gardai

Siblings Enoch and Ammi Burke were physically removed from the High Court by gardai on Friday after interrupting proceedings before Mr Justice Brian O'Moore....

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