Strokestown
Co. Roscommon • 80 stories • Since 27 Jul 2018 • Latest 31 Aug 2026
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Strokestown eviction vigilante fails in appeal against 15-year sentence
'You are denying me my human rights': Strokestown vigilante walks out of appeal
'The most barbaric violations of human rights': Strokestown eviction vigilantes to remain in jail
Strokestown eviction vigilantes appeal convictions
Planning
Planning pre-validation: 2666
Lisheenanierin, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing premises, planning permis...
Planning application received: Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing premises, planning permis
Planning pre_validation: 2663
Rooaun , Kilglass , Strokestown Permission to erect a domestic garage and all associated works at
Planning application received: Permission to erect a domestic garage and all associated works at
Planning decision made: 2645
Carrownagullagh (Boarfield), Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Permission to demolish front porch and extension to rear of dwelling house and to erect new front po...
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31 Aug 2026 latest- planningPlanning application received: Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing...
- planningPlanning application received: Permission to erect a domestic garage and all associated works at
- planningPlanning application received: The development will consist of: Installation of a ground mounted...
- planningPlanning application received: Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing...
- planningPermission for 1. to refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations. 2. to
- planningNew domestic dwelling house and garage with wastewater treatment system
- planningPlanning application received: Permission to construct a two storey detached dwelling house and garage with...
- planningPlanning conditional: Permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage and...
- courtsStrokestown assault conviction overturned by High Court
- planningPlanning application received: Permission for the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house,...
- planningPlanning application received: Retention permission for retention and completion of works to existing...
- planningPlanning application received: Permission to demolish front porch and extension to rear of dwelling house...
Crime & Courts
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Strokestown assault conviction overturned by High Court
by Paul Neilan A former Garda who was found guilty of assaulting a security man during the Strokestown repossession case in in 2018 has had his conviction quashed by the High Court. Kevin Taylor of Ardnacassa Lawns, Dublin Road, Longford, was convicted of assaulting the security staff member during
Courts News Ireland report
30 Jun 2026 · Courts News Ireland
Strokestown eviction vigilante fails in appeal against 15-year sentence
(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 the severity of his 15-year sentence. Delive
Courts News Ireland report
10 Apr 2025 · Courts News Ireland
'You are denying me my human rights': Strokestown vigilante walks out of appeal
(Pictured L-R: PJ Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne. Photo: Collins) One of three men jailed for taking part in a “barbarous” vigilante attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon shouted “you are denying me my human rights” and walked out of the Court of Appeal tod
Courts News Ireland report
04 Feb 2025 · Courts News Ireland
'The most barbaric violations of human rights': Strokestown eviction vigilantes to remain in jail
(Pictured L-R: PJ Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne. Photo: Collins) Three men jailed for their part in a vigilante "mob" attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon committed “the most barbaric violations of human rights”, the Court of Appeal has ruled in upholding
Courts News Ireland report
31 Jul 2024 · Courts News Ireland
Strokestown eviction vigilantes appeal convictions
(Pictured L-R: PJ Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne. Photo: Collins) Three men have launched an appeal against their convictions for their part in a vigilante "mob" attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon, which a judge found was carried out with “calculated cru
Courts News Ireland report
18 Jul 2024 · Courts News Ireland
11.5 years for father who 'poisoned' daughter's youth with years of rape and abuse
(Pictured: Abuse survivor Chloe Mullane. Photo: Collins) A man who “poisoned” his daughter's youth with years of rape and sexual abuse after they reconnected when she was a child has been jailed for 11 and a half years. Cyril Mullane (51) was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury of 26 count
Courts News Ireland report
15 Apr 2024 · Courts News Ireland
11.5 years for father who 'poisoned' daughter's youth with years of rape and abuse
A man from Strokestown, County Roscommon, has been sentenced to eleven and a half years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction on twenty-six counts of sexually abusing his daughter between 2011 and 2016. Cyril Mullane, aged 51, was found guilty of eleven counts of oral rape, fourteen counts of sexual assault, and one count of attempted rape committed at properties in County Sligo and…
Courts News Ireland report
15 Apr 2024 · Courts News Ireland
Court rejects inquiry into detention of jailed Strokestown eviction vigilante
(File Picture: Martin O'Toole. Photo: Collins) The High Court has dismissed a bid for an inquiry into the detention of a farmer who took part in a vigilante mob attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed farmhouse in 2018 and was jailed for 15 years. In a judgement on Thursday, Mr Justice M
Courts News Ireland report
12 Oct 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Also covered in: Claremorris Irishtown
'No excuse for lawlessness': 15 years for Strokestown eviction vigilantes
(Pictured: PJ Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne. Photo: Collins) Three men who took part in a vigilante "mob" attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon, which was carried out with “calculated cruelty” designed to create “fear and terror”, have each been sentenced
Courts News Ireland report
28 Jul 2023 · Courts News Ireland
'You can do what you like, traitor': Strokestown eviction attacker to judge
(Pictured: Defendant Martin O'Toole. Photo: Collins) One of three men convicted of a notorious attack at a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon five years ago has described his sentencing hearing as a “farce” in a “kangaroo court”, while telling the presiding judge: “you can do what you like, traitor”
Courts News Ireland report
30 Jun 2023 · Courts News Ireland
'Without a free press there is no democracy': Supreme Court rejects garda bid to access journalist's phone
(Pictured: Mr Justice Gerard Hogan. Photo: Collins) The general protection of journalistic sources is integral to a free press, without which there is no democracy in the manner required as part of the State's constitutional identity, a Supreme Court judge has found as the court dismissed an appeal
Courts News Ireland report
22 Jun 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Jury convicts three of carrying out attack on Strokestown farm
(Pictured L-R: PJ Sweeney, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne. Photos: Collins) By Declan Brennan and Eimear Dodd Shortly after 5am on December 16, 2018, a convoy of vehicles carrying around 30 to 40 men arrived at a recently repossessed farm property at Falsk, just outside Strokestown, Co Roscommon. The m
Courts News Ireland report
02 Jun 2023 · Courts News Ireland
Planning
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Planning application received: Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing premises, planning permis
Damien McDonnell, — Lisheenanierin, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.. Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing premises, planning permis...
Damien McDonnell,
File ref: 2666 · Roscommon County Council
31 Aug 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Permission to erect a domestic garage and all associated works at
Terry Sheridan, — Rooaun, Kilglass, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.. Permission to erect a domestic garage and all associated works at ...
Terry Sheridan,
File ref: 2663 · Roscommon County Council
18 Aug 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: The development will consist of: Installation of a ground mounted Photovoltaic (PV) array of approxi
Irish Heritage Trust — Strokestown House, Farnbeg and Cloonrodoon townlands, Stokestown, Co. Roscommon.. The development will consist of: Installation of a ground mounted Photovoltaic (PV) array of approxi...
Irish Heritage Trust
File ref: 2660407 · Roscommon County Council
07 Aug 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing premises, planning permis
Damien McDonnell, — Lisheenanierin, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.. Retention Permission to retain and complete refurbishing works to existing premises, planning permis...
Damien McDonnell,
File ref: 2659 · Roscommon County Council
29 Jul 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Permission for 1. to refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations. 2. to
Sheila Gibb is seeking permission Permission for 1. to refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations. 2. to install upgraded treatment system and percolation area, and carry out all ancillary site development works at at Clooncunny House, , Clooncunny,, Strokestown,, Co. Roscommon,. New Application.
Sheila Gibb
File ref: 2660189 · Roscommon County Council
28 Jul 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
New domestic dwelling house and garage with wastewater treatment system
Thomas Hughes and Rachel Foley want to build a new house and garage at Lismeehy near Strokestown. The development will also include a treatment system and percolation area for wastewater, along with associated site works.
Thomas Hughes & Rachel Foley
File ref: 2660160 · Roscommon County Council
27 Jul 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Permission to construct a two storey detached dwelling house and garage with wastewater treatment sy
Cathal Compton — Clooncah Td, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.. Permission to construct a two storey detached dwelling house and garage with wastewater treatment sy...
Cathal Compton
File ref: 2660328 · Roscommon County Council
05 Jul 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: Permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage and carport, new treatmen
Jason Bracken & Lisa Ward — Mountpleasant, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.. Permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage and carport, new treatmen...
Jason Bracken & Lisa Ward
File ref: 2660046 · Roscommon County Council
03 Jul 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Permission for the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entranc
John Brady — Carrowclogher Td. Strokestown Roscommon. Permission for the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entranc...
John Brady
File ref: 2660315 · Roscommon County Council
26 Jun 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Retention permission for retention and completion of works to existing dwelling house including: A
Hugh Cunniffe — Cloonfinlough, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, F42 HX71. Retention permission for retention and completion of works to existing dwelling house including: A...
Hugh Cunniffe
File ref: 2660313 · Roscommon County Council
25 Jun 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning application received: Permission to demolish front porch and extension to rear of dwelling house and to erect new front po
Paul & Alice Kelly — Carrownagullagh, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.. Permission to demolish front porch and extension to rear of dwelling house and to erect new front po...
Paul & Alice Kelly
File ref: 2645 · Roscommon County Council
15 Jun 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Planning conditional: Retention Permission for as constructed farm tracks on farm lands, widening of existing agricultural
David Gunn, — Cloonmurray, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon.. Retention Permission for as constructed farm tracks on farm lands, widening of existing agricultural...
David Gunn,
File ref: 2560422 · Roscommon County Council
05 Jun 2026 · Roscommon County Council (Planning)
Court Reports
Cases and rulings mentioning Strokestown from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
Strokestown assault conviction overturned by High Court
by Paul Neilan A former Garda who was found guilty of assaulting a security man during the Strokestown repossession case in in 2018 has had his conviction quashed by the High Court. Kevin Taylor of Ardnacassa Lawns, Dublin Road, Longford, was convicted of assaulting the...
Strokestown eviction vigilante fails in appeal against 15-year sentence
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 found no error in...
'You are denying me my human rights': Strokestown vigilante walks out of appeal
Three men who were convicted of a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon appeared before the Court of Appeal on 4 February to challenge the severity of their sentences. Martin O'Toole, aged 60, from Claremorris, County Mayo, discharged...
'The most barbaric violations of human rights': Strokestown eviction vigilantes to remain in jail
Three men have had their convictions upheld by the Court of Appeal following a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Martin O'Toole, aged 60, of Claremorris, County Mayo; PJ Sweeney, aged 59, of...
Strokestown eviction vigilantes appeal convictions
Three men have appealed their convictions for involvement in a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, in December 2018. Martin O'Toole, PJ Sweeney, and Paul Beirne were convicted in June 2023 of fifteen charges...
11.5 years for father who 'poisoned' daughter's youth with years of rape and abuse
A man from Strokestown, County Roscommon, has been sentenced to eleven and a half years imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court following his conviction on twenty-six counts of sexually abusing his daughter between 2011 and 2016. Cyril Mullane, aged 51, was found guilty of...
Court rejects inquiry into detention of jailed Strokestown eviction vigilante
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 Sanfey ruled that the application amounted...
'No excuse for lawlessness': 15 years for Strokestown eviction vigilantes
Three men have been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment following their conviction on fifteen charges relating to an armed attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon on 16 December 2018. Martin O'Toole, PJ Sweeney and Paul...
'You can do what you like, traitor': Strokestown eviction attacker to judge
Three men have been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of offences arising from an armed attack on a repossessed farmhouse at Falsk, Strokestown, County Roscommon on 16 December 2018. Martin O'Toole, a 58-year-old farmer of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, County Mayo;...
'Without a free press there is no democracy': Supreme Court rejects garda bid to access journalist's phone
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 decision that the warrant, obtained in...
Jury convicts three of carrying out attack on Strokestown farm
A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has convicted three men of participating in a violent attack on a farm property near Strokestown, County Roscommon, on 16 December 2018. Following a 50-day trial, PJ Sweeney, aged 44, from Ramelton, County Donegal; Martin O'Toole, aged...
Jury in Strokestown attack case ask for directions on common design
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 Strokestown, Co Roscommon...
Jury begins deliberating in Strokestown farm attack case
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, Martin O'Toole, Paul...
Jury set to begin deliberations in Stroketown farm attack trial
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, Martin O'Toole, Paul...
Voice identification of Strokestown eviction accused unreliable, defence say
A man accused of participating in a violent attack on security guards at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon, has had his defence outlined at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. David Lawlor, aged 43 of Bailis Downs, County Meath, is one of four men facing...
Case against Roscommon eviction accused 'fundamentally flawed', defence tells jury
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 one of four men on...
Accused wanted to ensure repossessed farm guards would not return through violence and 'humiliation', State tells jury
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 Beirne and David...
Strokestown farm attackers 'bent on violence and domination', State tell jury
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 Beirne and David...
Strokestown accused told gardai he organised people to 'take back the house peacefully'
A 56-year-old man from Boyle, Co Roscommon has told gardaí that he organised approximately 30 men to travel to a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown on 16 December 2018 to "take back the house peacefully". Paul Beirne admitted driving a cattle lorry to the property at Falsk...
Strokestown accused told gardai he was asleep at home on night of attack
A man accused of participating in an attack on security personnel at a repossessed farm in County Roscommon has told gardaí he was asleep at his home on the night in question. Paul Beirne, aged 56, of Croghan, Boyle, faces charges including false imprisonment, assault causing...