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Castlerea · March 08, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused 'an unreliable historian' of his mental health, psychiatrist tells trial

A consultant psychiatrist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of Stephen Silver, who is charged with murdering Garda Colm Horkan at...

Westport · March 08, 2023 Also covered in Castlebar

Valerie French Kilroy's husband found naked in field after killing her, jury hears

A 49-year-old man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of his wife at their rural home near Westport, County Mayo, the Central Criminal...

Mayo · March 08, 2023

Jail for man who abducted daughter, prompting nationwide alert

A 33-year-old man from County Mayo has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment following his abduction of his two-year-old daughter from a health...

Ballinode · March 08, 2023

Senior Custom House Capital execs get date for sentencing hearing

Four senior executives of Custom House Capital pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to conspiracy to defraud investors during the period between...

Mayo · March 07, 2023

Chaotic scenes as Burkes physically removed from failed appeal hearing

Chaotic scenes erupted at the Court of Appeal on 7 March when members of the Burke family were physically removed from the courtroom during the dismissal of...

Castlebar · March 07, 2023 Also covered in Castlerea, Foxford

Garda murder accused was 'outraged' at being detained because of 'learned impunity', psychiatrist tells trial

A consultant psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver, who stands accused of murdering Garda Colm Horkan with the officer's own...

Westport · March 06, 2023 Also covered in Castlebar

Husband goes on trial accused of Valerie French Kilroy murder

A 49-year-old man from Westport, County Mayo has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his wife by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court. James...

Knock · March 06, 2023

12.5 years for psychiatric nurse who repeatedly raped wife and abused daughter

At the Central Criminal Court, Martin Doyle, aged 53, of Esker, Knock, County Mayo, was convicted following trial of two counts of rape and 25 counts of...

Castlerea · March 06, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused's sister planned to have him admitted to hospital on day before shooting

At the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, a murder trial heard evidence concerning Stephen Silver's mental state in the hours before the fatal shooting of...

Donegal · March 06, 2023

Donegal man who sexually assaulted partner while she slept is given suspended sentence

A Donegal man has received a fully suspended sentence following his conviction for sexually assaulting his partner while she slept at their family home in...

Monaghan · March 03, 2023

Planning Board concedes as permission for agri-food plant is quashed

An Bord Pleanála has conceded a High Court challenge to its decision permitting Abbott Ireland to extend its manufacturing facility near Dromore, Co Monaghan....

Castlerea · March 03, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Garda murder accused's 'grossly inappropriate' behaviour indicative of mental illness, psychiatrist tells trial

At the Central Criminal Court, a psychiatrist gave evidence that Stephen Silver displayed behaviour indicative of mental illness during garda interviews...

Strokestown · March 02, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Jury in trial of four view bodycam footage of Strokestown eviction

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has viewed bodycam footage from an eviction at a property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, recorded five days...

Monaghan · March 02, 2023

State accepts plea to lesser charge for violent criminal with 90 previous convictions

A man with ninety previous convictions has been sentenced to four years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following an assault in the city centre....

Strokestown · March 01, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Security guard tells trial of Strokestown four that he is former UDR member

A security guard testifying at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in a trial arising from the December 2018 Strokestown eviction told the court this week that he...

Castlerea · March 01, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

Psychiatrist gives evidence of garda murder accused's multiple hospital admissions

A psychiatrist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the mental health history of Stephen Silver, aged 46, of Aughavard, Foxford, County...

Bundoran · March 01, 2023

Lifeguard supervisor sacked over alleged failure to oversee 'life-or-death' ring buoy inspections brings unfair dismissal case

A former lifeguard supervisor from Donegal has brought an unfair dismissal claim before the Workplace Relations Commission following her dismissal by Donegal...

Monaghan · March 01, 2023

Custom House Capital executives due in court next week over fraud conspiracy

Four senior executives of Custom House Capital have been directed to appear before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 8 March following guilty pleas to...

Mayo · February 28, 2023

Enoch Burke late for court as judge wants details of every alleged contempt

Enoch Burke arrived late to the High Court this morning where his dispute with Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath was mentioned before Mr Justice...

Virginia · February 28, 2023 Also covered in Castleblayney, Convoy

All-Ireland winner fails in bid to overturn ATM theft gang conviction

A former All-Ireland club medallist has failed in his appeal against conviction for his role in a cross-border ATM theft operation. Daniel O'Callaghan (33)...

Strokestown · February 28, 2023 Also covered in Boyle, Claremorris, Ramelton

Strokestown eviction case: security guard forced to eat dog faeces, trial of four men hears

Four men are standing trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 53 charges arising from an alleged attack on security personnel during a property repossession...

Castlerea · February 28, 2023 Also covered in Foxford

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

A forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver, accused of murdering Garda Horkan in Castlerea, County Roscommon, in June...

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 a conviction for sexually assaulting his daughter at their family home. 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...

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 told the Special Criminal Court how he feared for his life during an armed robbery at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, County...

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