Co. Mayo • 6 stories • Since 01 May 2026 • Latest 22 May 2026
Anne Stephens — Cuing More Td., Foxford, Co. Mayo.. For the retention planning permission for an existing domestic storage shed and an existing boat sto...
Kevin Devaney — Belgarrow Foxford Co. Mayo. The development will consist of the construction of a new single-storey family dwelling, detached ga...
Caroline & Brian Galvin — Callow Foxford Co. Mayo. construction of a new dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area along with ancillary site wor...
Joy Birmingham is seeking permission 1. Retention of changes and rear extension to the existing dwelling, 2. Retention of the structure on site containing an Independent Living Unit and a remote working unit. together with all ancillary site works at Cuildoo, Callow, Foxford Co. Mayo, F26 DX86. Conditional decision on 20/05/2026.
John and Helen Halligan want to retain some minor changes they've already made to their house at Cuillonaghtan, Callow, and convert part of their existing garage into a gym. The application covers the house alterations and all the associated site works needed for the conversion.
William Noone is seeking permission to retain and complete dwelling house no. 56 & 57 Cnoc an Dara including external site works previously permitted under planinng ref P02/533 and P05/34940 at Cnoc an Dara, Belgarrow , Derreen, Foxford. Conditional decision on 01/05/2026.
Cases and rulings mentioning Foxford from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
A High Court judge has requested information regarding an allegation that a senior garda photographed a whistleblower and three accompanying individuals inside a courtroom. The Practice Directions and Rules of the Superior Courts prohibit audio and visual recordings of court...
Stephen Silver, a motorbike mechanic from Foxford in County Mayo, has appealed his April 2023 conviction for the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on 17 June 2020. Silver, now aged 49, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum...
A High Court judge has stressed the fundamental importance of media access to court proceedings while examining a challenge to press exclusion from a Workplace Relations Commission hearing concerning Garda whistleblower protections. Mr Justice Garrett Simons questioned whether...
A detective superintendent at the Garda National Technical Bureau has secured an expedited High Court hearing to challenge a decision by the Workplace Relations Commission to exclude media from his case. Det Supt Brian O'Reilly is seeking to overturn a WRC ruling that his...
A Knockmore man has been sentenced to four years in prison at Castlebar Circuit Court for offences including the savage mauling of a woman by his unmuzzled dog. David Barrett, aged 41, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm following an attack on November 20th, 2022, at Mount...
Three men have been sentenced to a combined 43 years imprisonment following their guilty pleas to manslaughter in connection with the death of a pensioner in Co Sligo. At the Central Criminal Court, Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed sentences of 16 years on John Irving (31) of...
Three men with a combined 106 previous convictions pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tom Niland at the Central Criminal Court on Monday. John Irving (31) of Foxford, Co Mayo; Francis Harman (58) of Ballina, Co Mayo; and John Clarke (37) of Ballina attacked the 82-year-old...
A Mayo woman seriously injured when struck by a Bus Éireann van in Ballina last May has expressed no ill-feeling towards the driver. At Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court on Friday, the court heard that Ann Bourke was briefly trapped beneath the vehicle on Kevin Barry Street on...
A man has pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Tom Niland at the Central Criminal Court, five days into his trial. John Irving, aged 31, of Shanwar, Foxford, County Mayo, changed his plea on the morning of July 17th. He is the third person to admit to manslaughter in...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage documenting movements in County Sligo and Mayo on January 18, 2022, the date of an alleged assault on 73-year-old Tom Niland at his home near Skreen. A garda detective presented a montage compiled from multiple camera...
A pensioner was so severely beaten during an alleged home invasion that neighbours did not recognise him as he walked along the road covered in blood with swollen eyes, the Central Criminal Court has heard. Witnesses described the victim as "crying blood" with multiple...
A trial has commenced at the Central Criminal Court concerning charges against John Irving of Shanwar, Foxford, County Mayo. The prosecution alleges that Mr Irving, along with Francis Harman of Ballina and John Clarke of Ballina, broke into the home of a pensioner at Doonflynn,...
A jury of eight women and four men has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court to hear the trial of a 31-year-old man accused of the unlawful killing of Tom Niland, a 74-year-old from Doonflynn, Skreen, County Sligo. The accused, John Irving of Shanwar, Foxford, County...
The Court of Appeal has heard that proceedings in Stephen Silver's appeal against his murder conviction have become stalled over disclosure of psychiatric evidence held by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Silver, a 48-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughaward, Foxford,...
Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old mechanic from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 40 years following his conviction for the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on 17 June...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has found Stephen Silver guilty of capital murder following a retrial. Silver, aged 46, a mechanic from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, was convicted of fatally shooting Garda Colm Horkan with the officer's own firearm on 17 June 2020 near...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has convicted Stephen Silver of the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in Castlerea, County Roscommon, on 17 June 2020. Silver, a 46-year-old motorcycle mechanic, was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years imprisonment. The court heard that...
The jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of Stephen Silver continues deliberations in the case concerning the death of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on June 17, 2020. Mr Silver, aged 46 and from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to...
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of Stephen Silver, charged with the murder of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on 17 June 2020. Mr Silver, aged 46 of Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to murder but...
Stephen Silver, aged 46 of Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, stands trial at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of murdering Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on 17 June 2020. Mr Silver has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter. In closing...