Roscommon TD calls for calm after eight injured during attack on repossessed house

Gardaí in Co Roscommon are to interview up to eight security guards today who were attacked after an incident at a repossessed home near the town of Strokestown in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Update: Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has said he is contacting the bank involved to see if anything can be done to ease tensions in the area near Strokestown, Co Roscommon.

Gardaí say three people were treated in hospital, a number of vehicles were set on fire, and a vet had to put down a dog who was injured in the disturbance at a house there at the weekend.