Fiosrú to investigate Colm Horkan’s firearm holster

Fiosrú will investigate the safety and suitability of the firearm holster used by Detective Garda Colm Horkan, following a request from Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan. The independent investigation concerns the holster Horkan was wearing when he was killed in 2020. Fiosrú said it had received the minister’s request and would commence an investigation. The request was made by letter to Police Ombudsman Emily Logan on November 2, 2026. The watchdog said it had been in contact with Horkan’s family and would make no further comment at that time. The investigation’s terms of reference and completion date have not been reported. Horkan’s family has called for a public inquiry into the circumstances of his death and said it has no faith in the Fiosrú process. The family said it did not know who would be interviewed or whether the investigation would address the questions it had raised. It also alleged that concerns about holsters had been known to the Garda ombudsman, formerly GSOC, since 2019, and said no action had been taken. The reports do not independently establish what the watchdog knew or did. The family met O’Callaghan on November 3. In its account of the meeting, it said...