'Intolerable' for garda's family to have impasse in Stephen Silver appeal 'drag on', judge says

A Court of Appeal review heard today that proceedings in the appeal of Stephen Silver against his murder conviction have stalled over access to psychiatric disclosure from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Silver, aged 48, a motorbike mechanic from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, is serving a 40-year minimum sentence following his conviction for the capital murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at the Central…