Co. Roscommon • 76 court reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Castlerea from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
by Paul Neilan A High Court judge has asked for people to come forward with information about an allegation that a senior garda shared a photograph taken inside a courtroom of a whistleblower and three people who were accompanying him. Any audio or visual recording of court proce
(File Picture: Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Stephen Silver, who shot and murdered Garda Colm Horkan after taking the garda's own service gun from its holster, has appealed his conviction claiming that the State's psychiatric evidence contradicted the legal test for insanity. S
by Paul Neilan A High Court judge has emphasised the important' role the media plays, after the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) opted to exclude reporters from a hearing relating to a senior garda's disclosure that gun holsters used by armed units are defective and could lea
by Paul Neilan The acting head of the Garda National Technical Bureau, who has raised concerns that defective' gun-holsters used by armed gardaí could lead to accidental deaths, is challenging a decision by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that excludes the media from his
A repeat offender who stole over a thousand euro worth of alcohol and groceries from the same Dublin shop has withdrawn an appeal against the severity of his 15-month jail term, after a judge called his offending “prolific”. Owen Maughan (40) stole from several shops, returning t
A convicted drug-dealer has been given a fully-suspended sentence after a court heard he had made a remarkable turnaround' in his life and had trained towards being an addiction counselor. Ernest Ashman (39) pleaded guilty to possessing almost a kilo of cannabis valued at just un
(File Picture: Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Lawyers representing Stephen Silver, who is serving a 40-year sentence for the capital murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan, have said they are unable to advance an appeal against his conviction as they have “hit a brick wall” in ob
The sister of Garda Colm Horkan, who was shot 11 times with his own service gun, has told her brother's murderer that there is "no forgiveness" for what he did and she wants him to remember that every evening "as the cell door locks behind you". Stephen Silver (46), was today jai
(Pictured: Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) After two trials at the Central Criminal Court a jury has found Stephen Silver, who shot Garda Colm Horkan 11 times with his own gun, guilty of capital murder. The jury of seven men and five women deliberated for a total of eight hours a
The jury in the trial of Stephen Silver, who is accused of murdering Garda Colm Horkan with his own gun, will continue their deliberations for a third day tomorrow. The jury has spent a total of five hours and three minutes deliberating so far. Mr Silver (46), Aughaward, Foxford,
A jury at the Central Criminal Court have begun their deliberations in the trial of Stephen Silver, who is charged with murdering Garda Colm Horkan by shooting him 11 times with the garda's own gun. Ms Justice Tara Burns today told the jury of of seven men and five women that the
(File Picture: Defence Counsel Mr Dominic McGinn SC. Photo: Collins) The very act of shooting Garda Colm Horkan should “raise questions” about Stephen Silver’s mental capacity, a defence barrister has told the Central Criminal Court. In his closing address to the jury this mornin
(Pictured: Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Murder accused Stephen Silver had a "seething resentment" toward gardaí and the shooting of Garda Colm Horkan was “a deliberate action done with the intent of murder”, a prosecution barrister has told the Central Criminal Court. In th
Stephen Silver, who is charged with murdering Garda Colm Horkan with his own gun, is “an unreliable historian” concerning his mental health difficulties, a consultant psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court. “One can’t be confident of what he says,” Professor Harry Kenne
(Pictured: Accused Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Stephen Silver, who is on trial accused of murdering a garda with his own gun, expressed “no regret or sympathy for the deceased” and was "angry" and "self-pitying" during garda interviews, a psychiatrist has told the Central
(Pictured: Witness Ms Marian Bruen. Photo: Collins) A sister of murder accused Stephen Silver has told a jury that she knew her brother was "very unwell" the day before the shooting and that her family planned to have him admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Marian Bruen told the
(Pictured: Accused Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Garda murder accused Stephen Silver was at times facetious, contemptuous and hostile toward detectives during interview, with the level of incongruence in his "grossly inappropriate behaviour" indicative of mental illness at t
(Pictured: Witness Dr Brenda Wright. Photo: Collins) Stephen Silver thought that shooting dead Garda Colm Horkan was “all a hoax or a test to be in the special forces”, an expert medical witness told the Central Criminal Court today as she gave evidence of his multiple admissions
(Pictured: Accused Mr Stephen Silver. Photo: Collins) Garda murder accused Stephen Silver in the past experienced psychotic symptoms that were on the “extreme end” of his bipolar affective disorder, while he is also alleged to have also previously threatened and assaulted hospita
(Pictured: Witness Dr Brenda Wright. Photo: Collins) Stephen Silver’s mental capacity was “significantly impaired” at the time he shot dead Garda Colm Horkan with the garda’s own gun, a forensic psychiatrist has told the Central Criminal Court. Dr Brenda Wright also told the jury