Court rejects inquiry into detention of jailed Strokestown eviction vigilante

The High Court has dismissed an application for an inquiry into the detention of a Mayo farmer convicted in connection with a vigilante attack on security personnel at a repossessed farmhouse near Strokestown in 2018. Mr Justice Mark Sanfey ruled that the application amounted to a collateral attack on the conviction and sentence imposed by the Circuit Criminal Court. Martin O'Toole, aged 59, of Claremorris was found…