Paul Beirne (56) said things got out of hand, but he didn't know how.

Mr Beirne is charged with criminal damage to a door of the house, violent disorder, robbery of a wristwatch from security guard John Graham and, finally, causing unnecessary suffering to an animal by causing or permitting an animal to be struck on the head.

Sgt Enda Daly told the trial that Roscommon District Court convicted a person, not one of the accused, of the assault of a man at the Roscommon property on December 11th, 2018

A rucksack and an iPad were found near a church in Sligo the day after an alleged attack on security men at a repossessed farm

Supt Boyle said he didn't know workers from Northern Ireland were going to be deployed during the repossession

The trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard that at around 5am on December 16th, 2018, a group of approximately 30 armed men, some wearing balaclavas, arrived at a repossessed rural property at Falsk, just outside Strokestown and attacked four of the security guards present.

Patrick Sweeney (44) of High Cairn, Ramelton, Co Donegal is charged with false imprisonment of and assault causing harm to four security personnel at Falsk, Co Roscommon on December 16, 2018.

Garda McCann said that Cellbrite software downloaded all WhatsApp messages contained on the handset and stated whether they were read or unread.

Patrick Sweeney (44) of High Cairn, Ramelton, Co Donegal, Martin O'Toole (58) of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne (56) of Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon and David Lawlor (43) of Bailis Downs, Navan, Co. Meath, have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney are accused of involvement in an alleged violent incident in Falsk, Strokestown, Co Roscommon in December 2018

Patrick Sweeney (44) of High Cairn, Ramelton, Co Donegal, Martin O'Toole (58) of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne (56) of Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon and David Lawlor (43) of Bailis Downs, Navan, Co. Meath have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The four accused have all pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Patrick Sweeney (44) of High Cairn, Ramelton, Co Donegal, Martin O'Toole (58) of Stripe, Irishtown, Claremorris, Co Mayo, Paul Beirne (56) of Croghan, Boyle, Co Roscommon and David Lawlor (43) of Bailis Downs, Navan, Co. Meath have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Four men are on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of taking part in an attack on the repossessed farm outside Strokestown, Co Roscommon, over five years ago.

David Lawlor (43), Martin O'Toole (58), Paul Beirne (56) and Patrick Sweeney (44) have pleaded not guilty to a total of 53 charges

It's the State's case that at around 5am on December 16th 2018, around 20 to 30 people wearing balaclavas, hoodies and yellow fluorescent jackets arrived at the rural property, armed with chains, pickaxe handles, a meat cleaver, baseball bats and a hurley.

Enner Valencia got both goals in the first half of this Group A contest, one of which was from the penalty spot.