Man killed mother despite custody order

A man who stabbed his mother to death at her Mayo home in 2011 while he was high on drugs had walked out of a Castlebar courtroom three weeks earlier, despite an order to keep him in custody.

Internal garda disciplinary hearings have taken place into the handling of a warrant against Celyn Eadon, 22, and the issue is being examined by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

A report on how the courts service handled the warrant was published by the Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald yesterday and concluded that the court followed proper procedure.