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Thursday 1 October 2020
Private security operatives were forced from the property by a group of masked men in 2018.
The High Court today heard the McGann family has not complied with a court order.
A court ruled in October that KBC Bank was entitled to an injunction forcing the occupants to vacate the property.
The eviction gained national media attention last December.
The eviction gained national media attention last December.
The events in December followed the repossession of a property by private security personnel days earlier.
The events in December followed the repossession of a property by private security personnel days earlier.
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The bank was criticised for using private security agents to forcibly remove three siblings from their Roscommon home.
He is the sixth person arrested as part of the investigation.
The events followed the repossession of a property in December.
The bank is one of a number of parties whom farmer David McGann has lodged proceedings against.
The man was arrested earlier today following a search of a house in the Killoe area of Longford.
The incident in question concerns a property in Falsk was repossessed by private security personnel on 16 December.
The incident in question concerns a property in Falsk was repossessed by private security personnel on 16 December.
The property was repossessed by private security personnel last month.
He’s been missing since Wednesday.
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice said politicians need to bring in legislation to make sure recent incidents are not repeated.
A file is being prepared for the DPP.
Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage and assault that occurred on Sunday morning.
The McGann family say that they have been left “shocked” by the ordeal that had been “thrust upon them”.
Drew Harris said gardaí are in attendance at these types of incidents specifically to prevent violence.
A family friend said they had been traumatised by the incident.
Sinn Féin has condemned the tactics used by KBC in repossessing the property.
The incident took place in a farmhouse outside of Strokestown in the county early yesterday morning.
A number of vehicles were set on fire and a dog was also seriously injured.
The female driver of the car was not injured.
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Four men wearing balaclavas and gloves entered the bank, one man was believed to be armed with a handgun.
Four men entered the bank with what’s believed to be a handgun and iron bars.
In May 1847, 1,490 people from Strokestown, Co Roscommon set out for Canada. Less than half of them made it there.
Luke Dolan passed away in his native Roscommon yesterday.
There was drama aplenty in Dr. Hyde Park today.
A new project looks at the lives of the 1490 people who left Roscommon for Canada in 1847. What happened to them?
An armed raid took place in Strokestown, Roscommon on Tuesday. The car used to escape from the scene was later crashed on the roadside.
Two men were arrested after they stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the Roscommon post office this morning.
The incident happened at Grange Lake in Co Roscommon in the early hours of this morning.
Gardaí investigating the alleged abduction of businessman Kevin McGeever arrested a man in Clontarf last night.
The 19-year-old drowned at a lake in county Roscommon last night.
Four people were initially arrested over the incident, which happened in Strokestown on Tuesday.
A MAJOR REPORT into the post office network, set to be published later today, will reveal that it’s close to collapse unless state support is provided.
The report, commissioned by the Irish Postmasters’ Union and carried out by business advisers Grant Thornton, paints a picture of a service that is at a “critical” juncture.
Postal workers were hailed at the start of the pandemic for keeping us connected with letters and delivering much-needed online orders to our homes.
But it’s also true that sending a letter to friends or family has become much less popular, following the rise of social media and email.
So today we want to know: When was the last time you sent a letter or card to friends or family?
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