Detective Garda Colm Horkan killed in Castlerea, Roscommon - [MOD WARNING POST #1]

Duncoise wrote: »

RTÉ top story tonight was about Leo's speech and the easing of the restrictions that should've been done last month when transmission ended in the community. What does that tell you?

that you're in the wrong thread

On his way into the court house he asked one of the guards where he is from. I wonder does he actually have any memory of what he did.

walshb wrote: »

Please, people..

Give this mental health nonsense a rest.

The act was an act of cold blooded wickedness...

Pure pure bad....whatever state of mind he was in, just make sure he never ever sets foot out of jail again..,

He will be committed. Putting a guy with history of mental health issues in prison is not the answer to anything. This isn't the US thankfully.

Failure of our mental health services?

An insult to the many many many people doing so much great work to help people in trouble.

And then some nasty wicked person goes and kills, and it’s straight to the blaming others...pathetic.

People kill and hurt and maim. No matter what other people do to try and stop it.

As someone whose father had serious mental health issues the 40 years I knew him the mental health system needs massive overhaul in the country especially the west of Ireland.

Like I mentioned earlier take a trip down to Castlerea on the train and walk up main street. You will meet numerous mentally ill individuals walking around..that shows the failure of the system.

There has been massive cuts in services in the town and throughout the county in recent years. If nothing changes there will be more people injured or killed. If nothing is done this town will continue having one of the highest suicide rates in the country.

When did you make this diagnosis?

I think I'll go with the unanimous verdict of 12 people who sat though the entire trial, listened to all the evidence, and then collectively deliberated the matter for 9 hours, rather than the hot-take of some random person on the internet who read a news article.

F*ck him.

The crazies should never get a free pass. In fact, there's an argument that they should get even longer sentences than "normal" murderers.

if he had shot and killed a non garda it would not have been found to be capital murder,quare auld country is paddyland law.......

Think this wins the dumbest post award

Well he looked mental so that’s good enough for me

To disregard the evidence of the interim clinical Director of the Central Mental Hospital must be unprecedented. I was shocked he was found guilty to be honest but I've only been reading newspaper reports.

Don't jump down my throat now anyone who is looking to be offended but are armed Gardai allowed to patrol alone?

I found it hard to believe the psychiatrist for the prosecution. He was saying he's lying and didn't have a mental illness at the time of the killing. I think that's bullshit.

Also, guilty by reason of insanity is not a handy one. You'd get out sooner if sent to the joy (capital cases aside).

Because he had a history of medically certified mental illness, including aspects of obsessional animus towards the Gardaí generally.

The jury obviously decided that it was not a factor in the incident that resulted in Gda. Horkan's murder.