Senior Gardai are looking for clarity on their role when called to help local sheriffs carry out evictions. Senior Gardai are looking for clarity on their role when called to help local sheriffs carry out evictions. It follows the highly-publicised eviction of a family from their home in Roscommon in December. Speaking to Shannonside FM Sergeant Cormac Moylan said members need to know better where they stand when it comes to going out to oversee evictions in local areas. An eviction in Strokestown Co Roscommon in December gained national media attention, particularly after private security guards were forced from the property by a group of masked men.

Source: Irish Independent April 15, 2019 14:15 UTC