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Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon
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Roscommon, Donegal, Mayo
Archive span
2023-03-28 to 2025-04-10

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.

Courts News Ireland2025-04-10

Strokestown eviction vigilante fails in appeal against 15-year sentence

2025-04-10 · Strokestown, Roscommon · Court of Appeal

(File Picture: PJ Sweeney. Photo: Collins) One of three men who took part in a “brutal and savage” vigilante attack on security workers guarding a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon which involved forcing a man to eat dog faeces has lost an appeal against...

Courts News Ireland2023-05-26

Jury in Strokestown attack case ask for directions on common design

2023-05-26 · Ramelton, Donegal · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured: Accused Mr Patrick J Sweeney. Photo: Collins) The jury in the trial of four men accused of taking part in a vigilante group attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed farmhouse asked today to see two exhibits in the trial and for a...

Courts News Ireland2023-05-25

Jury begins deliberating in Strokestown farm attack case

2023-05-25 · Strokestown, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured L-R: Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of four men accused of taking part in a vigilante group attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed...

Courts News Ireland2023-05-23

Jury set to begin deliberations in Stroketown farm attack trial

2023-05-23 · Boyle, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured L-R: Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) By Declan Brennan A jury is set to begin their deliberations in the trial of four men accused of taking part in a vigilante group attack on security...

Courts News Ireland2023-05-18

Case against Roscommon eviction accused 'fundamentally flawed', defence tells jury

2023-05-18 · Ramelton, Donegal · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured: Mr Patrick J Sweeney. Photo: Collins) The prosecution case against a Donegal builder accused of being part of a group of men who attacked security guards at a repossessed farm house is fundamentally flawed, contaminated and devoid of fair...

Courts News Ireland2023-05-16

Strokestown farm attackers 'bent on violence and domination', State tell jury

2023-05-16 · Strokestown, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured L-R: Mssrs David Lawlor, Martin O Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) Those who carried out the attack on security men guarding a repossessed farm in Co Roscommon five years ago were “bent on violence and domination" and were...

Courts News Ireland2023-05-02

Detective tells Strokestown eviction case he didn't believe body-cam clip was relevant

2023-05-02 · Strokestown, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

By Eimear Dodd A garda detective has told the trial of four men alleged to have taken part in an attack on security men at a repossessed farm in Co Roscommon that a two-second video clip was not disclosed as he didn't believe it was “relevant”. The trial at...

Courts News Ireland2023-04-28

Journalist refused to give information on source, Strokestown repossession trial hears

2023-04-28 · Strokestown, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured: Accused Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd The jury in the trial of four men alleged to have taken part in an attack at a repossessed farm in Co Roscommon have heard that a...

Courts News Ireland2023-04-27

Senior garda denies failures over Strokestown house repossession

2023-04-27 · Boyle, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Pic: David Lawlor from Navan Co Meath, Martin O Toole, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne, Boyle, Co Roscommon and Patrick Sweeney, Ramelton, Co Donegal who are accused of involvement in an alleged violent incident in Falsk, Strokestown, Roscommon in December...

Courts News Ireland2023-04-26

Security guard alleges he was struck with bat and cut with blade at repossessed house

2023-04-26 · Strokestown, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Pic: David Lawlor from Navan Co Meath, Martin O Toole, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne, Boyle, Co Roscommon and Patrick Sweeney, Ramelton, Co Donegal who are accused of involvement in an alleged violent incident in Falsk, Strokestown, Roscommon in December...

Courts News Ireland2023-04-17

'Remember, you could be next': Roscommon eviction trial hears of WhatsApp messages

2023-04-17 · Strokestown, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured: Accused Mr Paul Beirne. Photo: Collins) The Roscommon eviction assault trial has heard evidence of calls and WhatsApp messages on an iPhone allegedly found in a lorry belonging to one of four men accused of taking part in the early morning attack....

Courts News Ireland2023-03-31

Roscommon eviction trial to resume after Easter break

2023-03-31 · Boyle, Roscommon · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

(Pictured L-R: Accused Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) By Claire Henry The Roscommon eviction assault trial has heard evidence of a search warrant which was executed at the home of one of the defendants....

Courts News Ireland2023-03-28

Strokestown attack accused challenges mobile phone evidence

2023-03-28 · Claremorris, Mayo · Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Lawyers for one of the men accused of taking part in assaults at a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon has challenged the evidence that two mobile phones were taken from the accused's home. At around 5am on December 16, 2018, a group of approximately 30 armed...