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James Lohan has permission to convert a derelict cottage and granary into a two-bedroom holiday home with a games room and sauna at Ogulla, near Tulsk. The site will get a new wastewater treatment system, upgraded entrance, and landscaping to go with it.
Emer Casey has received permission to keep changes she's already made to a house in Cloonfower, Castlerea. The retention covers alterations to the building's exterior, an extension that's been added, a septic tank and drainage system, and new boundary treatments including a stone wall and pillars on the north side of the property.
AMC Developments is seeking permission to build one detached house at Tarmon Manor in Castlerea. The new dwelling will be located within the existing housing development and will connect to all the services already there.
Patrick Filan has been given the green light to build a new slatted shed on his land in Castleplunket, and he's also allowed to keep an existing straw bedded shed that's already there. The decision came through in April 2026 with some conditions attached.
John Larkin wants to do up an old rundown house at Rathbarna, Castlerea and add a new extension of about 54 square metres to the back. The work will also include installing a wastewater treatment system and connecting to services.
Kearney Chemist Ltd is renovating a protected two-storey building on Main Street in Castlerea, including a rear annex, ground-floor shop, and first-floor flat. The work involves new internal structures, updated electrics and plumbing, new windows, and fresh stairs. The council has approved the retention and completion of these renovation works.
Colm Liah Lavin wants to build a new dwelling house and a domestic store unit at Curraghard near Castlerea. The development will also include a sewerage treatment plant and percolation area to handle wastewater, along with other site works to prepare the land.
Néimhe Brogan and Patrick Connelly want to renovate and extend their home in Cloonkeen, near Castlerea. The work includes raising the roof, adding a side extension with two storeys, a storey-and-a-half extension to the rear, building a new garage, demolishing an old shed, and upgrading the wastewater treatment system.
Eamon Hora wants to alter and extend his house at Lecarrow, near Castlerea. The work also includes replacing the old septic tank with a new treatment system and percolation area to handle wastewater more effectively.
Michael Grainne Daire is seeking permission to build a single-storey house at Cloonfinglas near Castlerea. The proposal includes a domestic garage, waste water treatment system, and percolation area, along with associated site works.
Brendan Regan and Marie Elwood have been granted permission to keep alterations they've made to their house, garage and storage buildings at Lecarrow, Castlerea. The permission formalises work that was previously approved under an earlier permission, with the buildings now on revised boundaries.
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