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The High Court has dismissed an application for an inquiry into the detention of a Mayo farmer convicted in connection with a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown in 2018. Mr Justice Mark...
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The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by the Garda Commissioner challenging the quashing of a search warrant that would have allowed access to a journalist's mobile phone. The seven-judge court upheld the Court of Appeal's...
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A 58-year-old man from County Mayo has told gardaí he was not present at a December 2018 incident at a repossessed farm near Strokestown, County Roscommon, and denied seeing a firearm at the scene. Martin O'Toole of Claremorris faces...
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Martin O'Toole, aged 58, of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, County Mayo, stands trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on charges including false imprisonment, assault causing harm, aggravated burglary, arson, violent disorder and robbery...
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Fire brigade officers gave evidence on day 13 of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court concerning an incident at a property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. Peter Carney, station officer at Elfin fire station,...
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A security guard gave evidence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court regarding an attack on a repossessed farm at Falsk, near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. The witness told the court he was struck repeatedly, cut on the...
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Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard testimony on 13 March 2023 in the trial of four men charged in connection with an attack on a repossessed farm near Strokestown, County Roscommon. The managing director of Trinity Asset Management...
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A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has viewed bodycam footage from an eviction at a property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, recorded five days before an alleged violent assault. The footage was shown during the trial of four men...
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A security guard testifying at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in a trial arising from the December 2018 Strokestown eviction told the court this week that he had previously served with the Ulster Defence Regiment and Royal Irish Regiment....
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Four men are standing trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 53 charges arising from an alleged attack on security personnel during a property repossession at Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Patrick Sweeney of...
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Four men have gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of involvement in a sustained and brutal attack on security personnel at a repossessed property near Strokestown, County Roscommon in December 2018. Patrick Sweeney,...
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal concerning journalistic privilege and police search powers, marking the first time the court will address the interaction between criminal investigations and protection of journalistic...
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Two men imprisoned by the High Court for interfering with KBC Bank's repossession of a farm at Falsk, Strokestown, County Roscommon will remain in custody after declining to purge their contempt of court. Michael Anthony McGann, the...
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Three men remain in custody at Mountjoy Prison following a High Court ruling that they must stay detained indefinitely until they comply with orders to vacate a farm in Falsk, Strokestown, County Roscommon. Michael Anthony McGann, Kevin...
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A High Court judge has warned that any person occupying a farm at Falsk, Strokestown, Co Roscommon after 6pm on Sunday is likely to face imprisonment for contempt of court. Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds made the remarks after being informed...
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Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds has directed gardai to arrest three siblings at the centre of a protracted property dispute in Co Roscommon and bring them before the High Court. Michael Anthony, David and Geraldine McGann face allegations of...