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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...