Strokestown eviction vigilante fails in appeal against 15-year sentence

PJ Sweeney of Ramelton, County Donegal has lost an appeal against his 15-year prison sentence imposed for his role in a vigilante attack on security workers at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown, County Roscommon in December 2018. The Court of Appeal found no error in principle in the original sentence. Sweeney, aged 59, was convicted in June 2023 of 15 charges including aggravated burglary, violent disorder…