Cases and rulings mentioning Castlerea from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
High Court
2026-05-06
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...
Central Criminal Court
2026-03-19
Courts News Ireland
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...
High Court
2026-03-05
Courts News Ireland
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...
High Court
2026-03-04
Courts News Ireland
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...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2026-02-24
Courts News Ireland
A 40-year-old man from Castlerea, County Roscommon, has withdrawn an appeal against his 15-month custodial sentence imposed for a series of thefts from retail outlets. Owen Maughan was convicted in the District Court of twelve theft charges committed between July 2024 and April...
Courts Reporting Scheme
2025-10-10
Courts News Ireland
A man from Castlerea in County Roscommon has received a fully suspended sentence at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court following what the judge described as a remarkable turnaround in his life. Ernest Ashman, aged 39, pleaded guilty to possession of almost one kilogramme of...
Court of Appeal
2025-05-12
Courts News Ireland
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,...
Central Criminal Court
2023-04-19
Courts News Ireland
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...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-15
Courts News Ireland
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...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-14
Courts News Ireland
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...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-13
Courts News Ireland
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...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-10
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, defence counsel Dominic McGinn SC argued during closing submissions that Stephen Silver's shooting of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on 17 June 2020 was not a rational act and should prompt questions about his mental capacity at...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-09
Courts News Ireland
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...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-08
Courts News Ireland
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 Castlerea, County Roscommon on June 17, 2020. Professor Harry Kennedy told the jury that Mr Silver, aged 46, of...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-07
Courts News Ireland
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 firearm, displayed behaviour consistent with his personality rather than mental illness during garda interviews. Professor...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-06
Courts News Ireland
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 Garda Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on 17 June 2020. Silver's sister, Marian Bruen, testified that she recognised...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-03
Courts News Ireland
At the Central Criminal Court, a psychiatrist gave evidence that Stephen Silver displayed behaviour indicative of mental illness during garda interviews following the fatal shooting of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, Co Roscommon on 17 June 2020. Dr Brenda Wright, interim...
Central Criminal Court
2023-03-01
Courts News Ireland
A psychiatrist has given evidence at the Central Criminal Court regarding the mental health history of Stephen Silver, aged 46, of Aughavard, Foxford, County Mayo, who is charged with the murder of Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on June 17, 2020. Dr Brenda...
Central Criminal Court
2023-02-28
Courts News Ireland
Evidence presented at the Central Criminal Court has detailed an extensive psychiatric history for Stephen Silver, the 46-year-old motorbike mechanic from Foxford, County Mayo, who stands accused of the June 2020 murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County...
Central Criminal Court
2023-02-27
Courts News Ireland
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 shot dead at Castlerea, County Roscommon on June 17, 2020. Dr Brenda Wright, interim clinical director at the Central...
