KBC bank has opened proceedings against members of a Co Roscommon family over their alleged failure to comply with a High Court order to vacate a farm that was the centre of a controversial eviction.

Up to 50 people have gathered at a property in Strokestown, Roscommon to oppose any attempt by a bank to repossess a farmhouse.

The appeal of vacations linked to sites connected to death, destruction and atrocities is a fast growing global sector known as 'dark tourism'.

An application by KBC bank for a High Court injunction requiring the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy to leave their home will be heard in October.

An application by KBC Bank for a High Court injunction requiring the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy to leave their home is unlikely to be heard before the end of the current legal term.

KBC bank wants its application for a High Court injunction requiring the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy to leave their home, heard as soon as possible.

A man is due to appear in court in Roscommon today charged with assault during a house repossession in Strokestown.

A man in his 30s has been arrested as part of ongoing investigations into incidents at Strokestown last December.

The Garda Commissioner will today face calls from mid-ranking gardaí to clarify their role in home evictions.

The President of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors' (AGSI) has defended its handling of an allegation made against one of its members.

Gardaí would "not peek" if an editor claiming journalistic privilege over his seized phone unlocked it so that his personal and business data on it could be downloaded, the High Court heard.

The Garda Commissioner has undertaken not to examine or otherwise attempt to access information on the phone of a newspaper editor as part of an investigation into incidents at a repossessed house in Strokestown, Roscommon, the High Court has heard.

A provincial newspaper editor has been granted a High Court injunction restraining the gardaí from going through information on his mobile phone as part of an investigation into last December’s incidents at a repossessed house in Strokestown, Co Roscommon.

He was the seventh person to be arrested by gardaí investigating an attack at a repossessed home at Falsk in mid-December.

Another person has been arrested by gardaí investigating an attack at a repossessed home in Strokestown, Co Roscommon.

It pays to keep old coins and cash as they could pocket you thousands of euro.

Calls on social media for violent attacks on the bailiffs in the Roscommon eviction incident are akin to “incitement of hatred” and “unacceptable”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Illustrated by Richard Mills, this compendium by Jo Kerrigan takes us on journeys some may never have known existed. It’s a historical travelogue that will inspire explorers, writes Majella Flynn

A judge has said the State agency responsible for wildlife is not doing enough to kill sufficient numbers of deer resulting in motorists facing the danger of the animals landing on their car bonnets.

Dr Ciaran Reilly and Padraig Reidy go head to head and argue whether the Irish famine is a suitable subject for comedy.

FBD Connacht League: Roscommon 0-14 IT Sligo 0-5

Three of today’s four FBD League games brought wins for new men at the helm as Mayo, Leitrim and Galway emerged winners along with Roscommon.

Women were abandoned by husbands, landlords and family during the Great Hunger, says Paul D’Alton

A woman in her 70s has died following a traffic accident in Co Roscommon in which four cars and a truck were involved.

A member of a ‘honey trap’ gang who robbed two men after luring them to a remote location, has narrowly escaped a lengthy term in prison.

As most households look towards cutting down on water usage with a new tax next year, Limerick pensioner Paddy Mullins has splashed out on a large pond for his growing family of goldfish.

Extraordinary acts of generosity were made during a time of great tragedy, says Jimmy Deenihan.

Two members of a so-called ‘honey trap’ gang have narrowly avoided jail.

A gang of three young men and a 17-year-old girl are to be sentenced for luring men using a dating website to a remote area, putting them in fear of their lives, and then robbing them.

Three men arrested by gardaí investigating a post office robbery in county Roscommon earlier this week have been released without charge.

Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with a post office robbery in county Roscommon.

Gardaí in Co Roscommon have arrested two men in connection with a post office robbery in Strokestown this morning.

A man has died after the car in which he was travelling went into a lake in Roscommon in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A man has died after a car crashed into a lake this morning.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a serious crash in Co Roscommon this morning.

Property tycoon, Kevin McGeever, charged with falsely alleging he was kidnapped and held hostage after he vanished for eight months cannot afford to post bail, a court has been told.

The chief executive of Irish Water Safety (IWS), John Leech, says drowning tragedies are avoidable.

Safety organisations have warned the public to be extremely careful of water after the sixth drowning in a week.

A Roscommon community is in shock after a 19 year old man drowned in a popular local swimming spot, in the fourth such incident this week.