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# strokestown

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2023
# strokestown
Four men go on trial over 'sustained and brutal' attack on security personnel in Roscommon
Security personnel were guarding a repossessed house near Strokestown on 16 December, 2018 when the attack happened.
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Feb 22nd 2023, 7:40 PM
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# Courts
Men jailed over failure to stay away from Roscommon farm seek release from prison
The case has been heard before the High Court.
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Apr 15th 2021, 10:00 PM
# strokestown
Man (30s) dies after car collides with lorry in Roscommon
The crash occurred this morning.
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Mar 8th 2021, 3:54 PM
# strokestown
Woman (50s) dies after being struck by vehicle on N5 in Co Roscommon
Gardaí said that the driver of the vehicle, a woman aged in her 60s, was uninjured.
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Dec 11th 2020, 10:07 PM
# strokestown
Two men remain in prison over refusal to comply with orders to stay away from controversial Roscommon farm
Michael Anthony McGann, who owns the property, and retired garda Kevin Taylor were remanded in custody yesterday.
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Nov 26th 2020, 5:43 PM
# strokestown
Judge orders arrest of persons occupying controversial repossessed farm
The judge said it was clear that individuals were engaged in “a consorted effort to undermine an order of the High Court”.
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Nov 6th 2020, 5:13 PM
# strokestown
Controversial Roscommon farm still occupied by several persons, bank claims
The occupation of the property is in direct defiance of orders previously granted by the High Court in favour of KBC.
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Nov 3rd 2020, 4:41 PM
# strokestown
Male pedestrian (30s) killed in Roscommon road crash
It occurred on a stretch of the N5 near Strokestown on the Longford side.
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Oct 22nd 2020, 11:04 AM
# strokestown
Court orders arrest of siblings over alleged failure to leave controversial Roscommon farm
Private security operatives were forced from the property by a group of masked men in 2018.
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Mar 10th 2020, 2:02 PM
# strokestown
KBC claims siblings are in contempt of court after failing to leave property at centre of controversial eviction
The High Court today heard the McGann family has not complied with a court order.
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Feb 14th 2020, 2:30 PM
# strokestown
Protesters gather inside Roscommon house at centre of eviction row
A court ruled in October that KBC Bank was entitled to an injunction forcing the occupants to vacate the property.
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Nov 12th 2019, 4:35 PM
# strokestown
Roscommon family in controversial eviction case given one month to leave home
The eviction gained national media attention last December.
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Oct 11th 2019, 12:50 PM
# Falsk
KBC seeks fresh injunction to force family at centre of controversial Strokestown eviction to leave property
The eviction gained national media attention last December.
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Oct 10th 2019, 6:49 PM
# Eviction
Eighth man arrested in connection with Strokestown eviction
The events in December followed the repossession of a property by private security personnel days earlier.
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Apr 17th 2019, 10:47 PM
# Roscommon
Seventh man arrested over Strokestown eviction incident released without charge
The events in December followed the repossession of a property by private security personnel days earlier.
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Mar 25th 2019, 10:27 PM
# Roscommon
Paschal Donohoe met KBC to 'reassure' the bank of support after the Strokestown eviction
The bank was criticised for using private security agents to forcibly remove three siblings from their Roscommon home.
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Mar 12th 2019, 12:05 AM
# Roscommon
Man arrested over Strokestown eviction incident released without charge
He is the sixth person arrested as part of the investigation.
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Mar 8th 2019, 8:01 AM
# strokestown
Sixth person arrested in relation to Strokestown eviction incident
The events followed the repossession of a property in December.
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Mar 7th 2019, 12:03 PM
# Co Roscommon
Farmer lodges proceedings against KBC Bank over Strokestown Eviction
The bank is one of a number of parties whom farmer David McGann has lodged proceedings against.
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Feb 27th 2019, 11:44 AM
# Investigation
Man arrested over Strokestown eviction incident released without charge
The man was arrested earlier today following a search of a house in the Killoe area of Longford.
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Feb 6th 2019, 10:06 PM
# Courts
Second man to appear in court over Strokestown eviction incident
The incident in question concerns a property in Falsk was repossessed by private security personnel on 16 December.
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Jan 12th 2019, 6:16 PM
# Roscommon
Man appears in court and a second man arrested in connection with Strokestown incident
The incident in question concerns a property in Falsk was repossessed by private security personnel on 16 December.
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Jan 11th 2019, 1:54 PM
# December
Man arrested in connection with Roscommon eviction
The property was repossessed by private security personnel last month.
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Jan 10th 2019, 12:25 PM
# tomas martinkus
Have you seen Tomas? He's been missing from Strokestown since Wednesday
He’s been missing since Wednesday.
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Dec 24th 2018, 12:05 PM
# strokestown
'Give families a chance to stay in their homes': Hundreds attend anti-eviction protest in Roscommon
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice said politicians need to bring in legislation to make sure recent incidents are not repeated.
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Dec 23rd 2018, 2:15 PM
# strokestown
Two men arrested in relation to Strokestown incident released without charge
A file is being prepared for the DPP.
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Dec 21st 2018, 11:51 AM
# strokestown
Roscommon eviction: Gardaí conduct search operation after Sunday's violent scenes
Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage and assault that occurred on Sunday morning.
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Dec 19th 2018, 12:52 PM
# strokestown
Roscommon eviction family say they're 'disappointed' in Varadkar's Dáil comments
The McGann family say that they have been left “shocked” by the ordeal that had been “thrust upon them”.
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Dec 18th 2018, 10:29 PM
# Roscommon
Garda Commissioner: My officers would not stand by and watch violence at an eviction
Drew Harris said gardaí are in attendance at these types of incidents specifically to prevent violence.
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Dec 18th 2018, 4:48 PM
# strokestown
Siblings at centre of Roscommon eviction case move back into home
A family friend said they had been traumatised by the incident.
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Dec 18th 2018, 10:49 AM
# highly organised
Taoiseach condemns 'vigilante' attack on repossessed farm house in Roscommon
Sinn Féin has condemned the tactics used by KBC in repossessing the property.
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Dec 17th 2018, 6:00 PM
# strokestown
Local TDs condemn attack on repossessed Roscommon farmhouse, but call for negotiations to keep family in home
The incident took place in a farmhouse outside of Strokestown in the county early yesterday morning.
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Dec 17th 2018, 7:44 AM
# Falsk
Eight injured, vehicles torched and dog killed after raid on repossessed farmhouse in Roscommon
A number of vehicles were set on fire and a dog was also seriously injured.
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Dec 16th 2018, 5:50 PM
# strokestown
Pedestrian (70s) dies following road collision in Co Roscommon
The female driver of the car was not injured.
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Oct 11th 2018, 9:52 PM
# heritage hotspots
Your summer in Ireland: 5 must-see sites in Roscommon
Take our challenge and tick off as many glorious sites this summer as recommended by heritage officers around Ireland.
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Aug 14th 2018, 10:30 AM
# strokestown
Appeal for witnesses after Roscommon bank robbery
Four men wearing balaclavas and gloves entered the bank, one man was believed to be armed with a handgun.
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Apr 21st 2018, 6:11 PM
# strokestown
Search underway after armed robbery at bank in Roscommon
Four men entered the bank with what’s believed to be a handgun and iron bars.
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Apr 20th 2018, 7:25 PM
# the missing 1490
PHOTOS: Tracing the footsteps of one of the Great Famine's darkest chapters
In May 1847, 1,490 people from Strokestown, Co Roscommon set out for Canada. Less than half of them made it there.
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Apr 23rd 2015, 12:18 AM
# An Egg a Day
Ireland's oldest man has died, aged 108
Luke Dolan passed away in his native Roscommon yesterday.
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Nov 10th 2014, 10:03 PM
# Roscommon SFC
Pearse's advance but Gaels and Castlerea must do it all again in Roscommon SFC
There was drama aplenty in Dr. Hyde Park today.
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Sep 14th 2014, 7:33 PM
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