Gda Fallon News Today

A man who went over to a neighbour’s house with a knife in his pocket was annoyed and “het up” as he believed the neighbour had taken his sister’s bike, a court has heard.

A grandfather who took off when gardaí stopped his vehicle, drove dangerously through a red light and then completed a handbrake turn, narrowly avoiding other road users, was serving a 20-year driving ban at the time, a court has heard.

A young man found with more than €1,400 of cannabis was literally caught holding the bag when gardaí raided his home, a court has heard,

Stephen Silver had a “seething resentment” toward gardaí and when opportunity presented itself he grabbed it, literally, with both hands, shooting Garda Colm Horkan 11 times with his own gun as the officer lay helpless on the ground.

Stephen Silver (40) was found guilty of the capital murder of Garda Horkan this afternoon.

Garda Colm Horkan was shot 11 times with his own gun in Castlerea, Co Roscommon in June 2020…

Garda Colm Horkan was shot 11 times with his own gun in Castlerea, Co Roscommon in June 2020…

A garda has described the moment he rolled over a gunshot victim to discover it was his colleague Garda Colm Horkan, telling a jury: “His eyes were still ...

Garda Colm Horkan was shot 11 times with his own gun in Castlerea, Co Roscommon in June 2020…

Garda Colm Horkan was shot 11 times with his own gun in Castlerea, Co Roscommon in June 2020…