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...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Landmark case sees jail sentences increased for forced prostitution after 'voodoo ceremony'
The Court of Appeal has increased jail sentences for two women convicted in Ireland's first human trafficking case involving alleged voodoo ceremonies. Alicia...
'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,...
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....
'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,...
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...
International gang member seeks return of €50k Mercedes
Thomas Rooney, described as a mid-to-high level member of an international crime group, appeared before the Court of Appeal on 16 February seeking return of a...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
Drogheda criminal Crosby gets 10 years for role in 'inhuman' Mulready-Woods murder
At the Special Criminal Court on 10 February 2023, Paul Crosby of Rathmullan Park, Drogheda, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment with the final six months...
'If I hadn’t killed him, he would've killed me,' garda murder accused said to have told officers
Stephen Silver, aged 46, of Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan....
Court hears of 'terrifying' robbery during which detective was shot dead
The Special Criminal Court has heard testimony concerning a credit union robbery in County Louth in January 2013 during which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe...
'His eyes were still open but the life had gone out of them': Colm Horkan's garda colleague gives evidence at trial
At the Central Criminal Court, a garda has given evidence describing the fatal shooting of his colleague Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on...
Lordship trial hears further evidence of 'creeper' burglaries
The Special Criminal Court heard evidence from victims of "creeper" burglaries in the ongoing trial of two men accused of conspiring to commit such break-ins...
Human trafficking trial collapses, expected to start with new jury
A human trafficking trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been discharged after ten days due to unforeseen circumstances. The case against Natalia...
Garda tells murder trial of performing CPR on colleague shot with own gun
At the Central Criminal Court, a garda recounted attending to her colleague Garda Colm Horkan after he was fatally shot at Castlerea, Co Roscommon on 17 June...
Lordship robbery trial to run in tandem with burglary charges, court rules
The Special Criminal Court has ruled that burglary and robbery charges against two men will be heard together, rejecting an application to separate the...
Garda murder accused dared 'the armed squad to come down', witness tells trial
The Central Criminal Court heard evidence on Thursday that Stephen Silver, a forty-six-year-old mechanic from Foxford in County Mayo, was shouting in a...
Woman tells trafficking trial she had to have sexual relations with accused and her husband
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a Brazilian woman gave evidence that she was required to engage in sexual relations with one of the accused and her husband...
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