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Man arrested in connection with Roscommon eviction

The property was repossessed by private security personnel last month.

A MAN HAS been arrested in connection with events surrounding an eviction in Strokestown in Co Roscommon last month.

The property in Falsk was repossessed by private security personnel on 16 December.

There were scuffles with the family who lived in the house and with people who had turned up to support them.

Eight people were injured during the incident, three of whom required hospital treatment. A number of vehicles were set on fire, and a dog was also seriously injured and had to be put down as a result.
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As part of ongoing investigations into the incident, a 54-year-old man was arrested by gardaí this morning.

The man was arrested in Co Mayo and is currently being detained at Castlerea Garda Station under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

The incident led to a number of protests and the issue was raised in the Dáil. 

Video footage from the incident shows two local gardaí in attendance, outside the gates of the property. There has been criticism of the gardaí because they did not intervene in altercations between security staff and the family’s supporters.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has rejected any suggestion that his members are supervising evictions or that they would stand by and allow violence to occur at one.

Gardaí said investigations are continuing.

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    Feb 9th 2023, 6:23 AM

    The country doesn’t need more TD’s. Get the local councilors doing more work for the local communities. It would be the cheaper solution.

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    Feb 9th 2023, 6:46 AM

    @David Corrigan: the number of TD’s to ratio of the population is mandated in the Constitution.

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    Feb 9th 2023, 8:26 AM

    @David Corrigan: We have 949 county councillors. What do they do ?

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    Feb 9th 2023, 8:38 AM

    @Pat Duggan: That’s an excellent question Pat. Kieran’s point above is rock solid in fairness but we need to look at what it costs to increase headcount verses what we get in return.
    I think the answer is we get a very very poor return.

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    Feb 9th 2023, 6:34 AM

    We need more house not TDs. You could build an affordable house for every extra TD in the dail. More TDs will mean more objections to housing . O’brien is the biggest sham I have encountered in my life

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    Feb 9th 2023, 7:35 AM

    @Gert McNulty: it has nothing to do with the minister. The constitution gives parameters for the number of Dáil seats required.

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    Feb 9th 2023, 11:20 AM

    Time to change the constitution? When the article on the population range per td was written, the population was around three million. Now it’s heading towards twice that

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    Feb 9th 2023, 1:46 PM

    @Lesidees: “When the article on the population range per td was written, the population was around three million. Now it’s heading towards twice that”

    Hence the requirement for more representatives.

    To prevent people moaning we don’t have enough for adequate democracy in an expanding population. You know?

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