15 linked court reports in the localnews.ie archive.
This page groups public court reports by matching name and address evidence in the localnews.ie archive. Court reports can include allegations, charges, appeals, convictions and outcomes; read each linked report for its exact status and source attribution.
PJ Sweeney of Ramelton, County Donegal has lost an appeal against his 15-year prison sentence imposed for his role in a vigilante attack on security workers at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon in December 2018. The Court of Appeal...
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has requested exhibits and legal directions on common design as deliberations continue in the trial of four men accused of participating in a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed property near...
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has begun deliberations in the trial of four men accused of participating in a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Patrick J Sweeney,...
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court is set to begin deliberations in the trial of four men accused of participating in an armed attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Patrick J Sweeney,...
A Donegal builder accused of participating in an armed attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse in County Roscommon has had his prosecution described as fundamentally flawed and contaminated by fair-procedure breaches. Patrick J Sweeney, 44, is...
Four men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an incident at a repossessed farm property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. The prosecution alleges that Patrick J Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul...
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard closing arguments in the trial of four men charged in connection with a violent attack on security personnel at a repossessed farm near Strokestown, Co Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. Patrick Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul...
A garda sergeant has testified at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that reasonable force was employed by security personnel during the removal of occupants from a repossessed farm near Strokestown, Co Roscommon, on 11 December 2018. Sergeant Enda Daly gave...
A garda detective has given evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in the trial of four men charged in connection with an alleged attack on security personnel at a repossessed farm near Strokestown, Co Roscommon. The court heard that a two-second...
At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a jury heard that a journalist who filmed burning vehicles during an alleged attack on a repossessed farm near Strokestown, County Roscommon, declined to disclose his source to gardaí. Emmet Corcoran, former editor of The...
A garda superintendent has firmly rejected suggestions that policing failures contributed to a violent incident at a repossessed house near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Superintendent Seamus Boyle...
A security guard gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of a violent attack at a repossessed property in Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. The witness described being struck with a nail-studded bat and cut with a blade during an...
Four men accused of participating in an armed attack on security personnel at a rural property near Strokestown have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The trial, now in its twentieth day, heard evidence of WhatsApp...
A trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court concerning an alleged assault during an eviction has heard evidence from gardaí regarding search operations conducted in December 2018. Four men from Roscommon, Mayo, Meath and Donegal have each pleaded not guilty to...
Four men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to charges arising from an assault at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon on December 16, 2018. Patrick Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and David Lawlor each face...