Armed unit called to expel man from Council house
May 16, 2021
Court heard homeless man had lived at house with late mother and sister and was trying to ‘get accommodation’
ARMED gardai and a specialist negotiator were deployed after a man barricaded himself into a house in Ennis last week, a court has heard.
Ennis District Court last Friday heard the man had been living rough and illegally entered the property in an attempt to secure accommodation.
No one was harmed during the incident and the man was subsequently arrested and charged with trespass.
Directing the involvement of the probation services, Judge Sandra Murphy said “there is a particular tragic set of circumstances” in the case.
A garda, who was headbutted as he attempted to restrain a man, has been awarded more than â¬40,000 damages in the High Court for personal injuries.
Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty was told in a Garda Compensation hearing that Cork-based Garda John Twomey and Garda Karen Ring were directed to a bar in Mahon in Cork in August 2014 because a fight had broken out.
Barrister Ellen Gleeson, counsel for Garda Twomey, told the court the fight had ended when gardaà arrived but the participants were still engaged in hostilities outside.
Ms Gleeson, who appeared with Ernest Cantillon Solicitors, Cork, said there five or six people were involved in the dispute and a number of arrests were made for offences under the Criminal Justice Public Order Act.