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A number of men attacked security guards and set cars on fire at a repossessed house in western Ireland, as anger at repossessions since the financial crisis bubbled over.
As many as 20 men armed with baseball bats attacked the rural property in Co. Roscommon, state broadcaster RTE reported. A number of people were injured, with three requiring hospital treatment, Irish police said in an e-mail statement. A dog had to be put down, they added.
The level of repossessions in Ireland is still relatively low — in the second quarter, 245 homes were seized. Still, they remain a particularly emotive issue. The attack in Roscommon has parallels to the so-called Land War in the late 1800s. Then, a backlash against repossessions helped fuel the movement for independence from Britain.