Four men have gone on trial for their alleged roles in a “sustained and brutal” attack on security personnel guarding a repossessed house near Strokestown, Co Roscommon five years ago.

It's the State's case that at around 5am on December 16, 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.