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Court: Galway farmer jailed for abusing nephew on farm
By Fiona Ferguson A Galway farmer who sexually abused his young nephew has been jailed for eight years. He abused...
Central Criminal Court
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Farmer Michael Scott jailed for 6 years
By Eoin Reynolds Galway farmer, Michael Scott, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of his aunt, has been jailed...
Rural Life
Farmer Michael Scott to spend first night in prison
By Eoin Reynolds Galway farmer, Michael Scott, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of his aunt has been remanded...
Rural Life
Galway farmer to be sentenced for sexually abusing nephew
By Fiona Ferguson A Galway farmer sexually abused his young nephew as the child helped him out with tasks round...
Rural Life
Galway farmer not guilty of murder but convicted of manslaughter
Galway farmer, Michael Scott has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter for the killing of his...
Rural Life
Murder trial: Defence asks jury not to engage in speculation
By Eoin Reynolds The barrister for a farmer accused of murdering his aunt has asked a jury at the Central...
Rural Life
Closing speeches begin at trial of farmer accused of murder
Michael Scott reversed over his 76-year-old aunt Chrissie Treacy in a “deliberate act of murder out of a sense of...
News
Murder trial: 'Reconstruction' photographs shown to jury
An accident investigator has told the trial of Co. Galway farmer, Michael Scott that before she died, the accused’s 76-year-old aunt...
Rural Life
Murder trial: Farmer did not think aunt was going to die
Co. Galway farmer, Michael Scott, told Gardaí that when he found his 76-year-old aunt lying on the ground after he had run...
Rural Life
Court: Farmer accused of murder told gardaí he was in 'fair debt'
Michael Scott, who denies murdering his 76-year-old aunt Chrissie Treacy in Co. Galway in 2018, was “enraged” and said words...
Rural Life
Court: Dairy farmer accused of murder received €244k for milk
A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard that a Co. Galway dairy farmer received €244,000 from his...
Rural Life
Court: Farmer 'hysterical' after running over aunt with teleporter
A farmer who is accused of murdering his aunt following a long-running dispute over land, took a shotgun from his...
Rural Life
Photos shown in trial of farmer accused of murdering aunt over land
The jury in the trial of a farmer accused of murdering his aunt in a land dispute has been shown “distressing”...
Rural Life
Meat factory worker stabs poker opponent with 'kill-floor' knife
By Natasha Reid A meat factory worker told Gardaí that he “probably” got the knife that he used on the...
Rural Life
Kerry farmer sent to face trial for murder in criminal court
A 62-year-old Kerry farmer charged with the murder of a neighbouring tillage farmer in April has been sent forward for trial...