Rural Life
Man pleads guilty to farmyard assault on brother
By Gordon Deegan A medical professional today (Tuesday, July 18) pleaded guilty to a farmyard assault on his younger brother...
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Rural Life
High Court: Mother and son in dispute over house and land
By Aodhan O’Faolain A dispute between a mother and son over a Co. Kilkenny-based property that includes a guesthouse and...
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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
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...
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
Solicitor asked farmer accused of murder to stop threatening aunt
A solicitor for Chrissie Treacy wrote to her nephew Michael Scott telling him to stop threatening and intimidating her and...
Rural Life
Murder trial: HSE raised concerns for pensioner with gardaí
One month before Chrissie Treacy died, the Health Service Executive (HSE) notified gardaí about concerns for her welfare arising out...
Rural Life
Murder trial hears about issues over land
The difficulties between Chrissie Treacy and her nephew Michael Scott around the issues of land became “more apparent” in the...
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Murder trial: Friend urged pensioner to go to nursing home for 'safety'
The Central Criminal Court has heard that a friend of Chrissie Treacy encouraged her to move into a retirement home...
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
Right of way dispute 'ongoing' while court judgement awaited
By Gordon Deegan A judge has told an 80-year-old Co. Clare farmer to keep the peace and to wait for...
Agri-Business
TD's dream home ensnared in decades-long land dispute
By Gordon Deegan Plans by a Fianna Fáil TD and his wife to build their dream family home have become...
Rural Life
Land dispute: Court hears that farmer lost 'large piece' of his ear
By Gordon Deegan An east Clare farmer was left with a “large piece” of his ear missing after a farm...
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Jury clears man accused of assault in Clare land boundary case
By Gordon Deegan A judge has told two neighbours involved in a land boundary row that “life is too short...
Rural Life
Judge adjourns land boundary dispute case in Gort
By Gordon Deegan A judge has stated that “war may break out again” in a land boundary dispute between two...
Rural Life
Farmer charged over shooting in ‘right of way’ feud
A 72-year-old man has been charged with assault after allegedly shooting a fellow farmer on Friday, June 16, in an ongoing dispute over...