A man suspected of being a central figure in a vigilante attack on security guards at a repossessed house in Co Roscommon has been arrested. Gardaí are conducting a criminal damage and assault inquiry into the vigilante attack by a large group of people on security men guarding the house at Falsk, Strokestown, Co Roscommon, last December. “A 50-year-old man has been arrested as part of ongoing investigations into incidents that took place at Falsk, Strokestown, Co Roscommon on December 16th,” a Garda statement said. “The man was arrested in Co Roscommon today and is currently detained at Castlerea Garda station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939. During the eviction days earlier, eight security workers, who were from Northern Ireland, used force to remove the McGanns and their supporters.

Source: The Irish Times March 07, 2019 10:07 UTC