Garda Colm Horkan murder trial to start next June

'Substantial case' due to be heard over five weeks

Stephen Silver at Castlerea District Court last year. Picture: Michael McCormack/PA Wire

A 44-year-old man accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan in a shooting in Roscommon will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in June next year.

Stephen Silver, of Aughaward, Foxford, Co Mayo, is charged with the murder of Garda Horkan, knowing that or being reckless as to whether he was a member of An Garda Síochána acting in the course of his duty at Main Street, Castlerea, Co Roscommon, on June 17, 2020.