Garda murder accused describes moment he shot detective 11 times
Stephen Silver, aged 46, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the death of...
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Garda murder accused takes to stand in own trial
A 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Foxford, County Mayo, has testified at the Central Criminal Court that he was living in a shed without running water and...
State tells Regency trial that CCTV footage shows Hutch and Dowdall travelling North together
The Special Criminal Court viewed CCTV footage on 25 October as part of the trial of Gerard Hutch, charged with the murder of Kinahan Cartel member David...
Slain garda helped admit man accused of his murder to psych unit, trial hears
Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who was fatally shot two years prior, had assisted in admitting the man accused of his murder to a psychiatric unit in 2003, the...
High Court judge criticises SF TD's 'ill-informed' comments
A High Court judge has publicly refuted remarks made by a Sinn Féin TD regarding judicial willingness to travel outside Dublin to hear cases. Speaking at the...
Bullet cases from Regency murder scene were fired by recovered AKs, trial hears
The Special Criminal Court heard that bullet cases recovered from the Regency Hotel murder scene were fired from three AK-47 variant assault rifles seized...
Psychiatrist found no evidence of 'acute mental illness' in garda murder accused
A psychiatrist assessed Stephen Silver, the accused in Detective Garda Colm Horkan's murder, hours after the shooting at Castlerea Garda Station in County...
AK-47s found just a month after Regency shooting, Hutch murder trial hears
A Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard evidence on 20 October 2022 regarding three AK-47 assault rifles recovered in County Meath approximately one month...
Garda murder accused claimed detective was 'fumbling' with gun 'like an eejit'
Stephen Silver, aged 46, a motorbike mechanic from Aughavim, Foxford, County Mayo, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of Detective Garda...
WRC rejects mask exemption letter from suspended GP
The Workplace Relations Commission has rejected a discrimination complaint brought by a Longford man against a supermarket in the Axis Centre. John Ryan...
Gda Colm Horkan "was trying to shoot me", murder accused told gardai
Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavain, Foxford, County Mayo, appeared before the Central Criminal Court where a video recording of...
Man jailed for having 117 stolen bicycles
A man from Cavan has been sentenced to two years in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possessing 117 stolen bicycles valued at approximately...
Garda murder accused 'out of touch with reality' after shooting, trial hears
At the Central Criminal Court, a general practitioner testified that Stephen Silver appeared disconnected from reality in the hours following the fatal...
Man jailed for rape and abuse of niece when he was teen
A 30-year-old man from Donegal has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, with the final 18 months suspended, for the rape and sexual abuse of his niece...
Key witness tells trial he wanted to keep murder accused 'away from the guards'
A key witness in the Central Criminal Court trial of Stephen Silver, who is accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, has testified that he...
McGinley fails in second bid to overturn conviction for murder of Eugene Gillespie
Simon McGinley has failed in his second attempt to overturn his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal. McGinley, aged 38, was convicted in April 2014 of...
€72k retirement fund transferred to money mule
A 21-year-old student from Dublin has received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to handling criminal proceeds and money laundering offences. Michael...
Care home hit by deadly Covid outbreak must pay nursing director €63k for unfair dismissal
A Monaghan care home has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission to pay its former nursing director over €63,000 for unfair dismissal. The operator...
'If I didn't kill him, he'd have killed me': eyewitness tells garda murder trial he heard 'shooter'
A witness told the Central Criminal Court murder trial that he heard the accused man say "If I didn't kill him, he would have killed me" at the scene in...
Notorious tiger kidnapper appeals conviction for abducting three women
A man with a last address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has appealed his conviction and 18-year sentence imposed by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role...
Garda murder accused said deceased 'wasn't a very good' detective, trial hears
Stephen Silver, a forty-six-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughavale near Foxford in County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Detective Garda Colm...
Garda breaks down as she describes gunman firing into colleague
A member of An Garda Síochána gave emotional testimony at the Central Criminal Court today describing the moment she witnessed a gunman fire multiple shots at...
Garda murder accused had 'smirk' on face, witness tells trial
A garda witness testified at the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver, aged 46, a mechanic from Aughavard in Foxford, County Mayo, displayed a "smirk"...
Arsonist fails in appeal over late night attack
A man from Longford has failed in his appeal against a six-year jail sentence for arson at the Court of Appeal. Lee Goodchild was convicted of setting fire to...
'Odd behaviour' in lead-up to garda's shooting, witness tells trial
A witness living near Castlerea, County Roscommon heard "roaring and shouting" and observed erratic behaviour in the minutes before Detective Garda Colm...
'With all that's going on with the police in this world, I shot him': man goes on trial accused of garda murder
Stephen Silver, aged 46, a motorcycle mechanic from Foxford, County Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea,...
Burglar smashed into garda patrol car
A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for a series of offences including dangerous...
Det Gda Colm Horkan accused to go on trial, admits to manslaughter
A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old mechanic from Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo. Mr Silver...
Supreme Court agrees to hear journalistic privilege case
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal concerning journalistic privilege and police search powers, marking the first time the court will address the...
Victim speaks after coercive control rapist who targeted women through dating sites gets 17 years
A man convicted of rape, assault and coercive control has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court. Dean Ward targeted the woman...
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