No jail for farmer who 'put the entire beef industry at risk'

A Co Limerick farmer, who a judge said "put the entire beef industry at risk", will avoid a jail sentence if he pays a €14,500 fine.

Timothy Gleeson, aged 31, of Burranoka, Capamore, was jailed for seven months and fined €14,500 at the District Court in August.

He appealed the jail sentence at Limerick Circuit Court last Tuesday, and when the appeal resumed yesterday, Judge Carroll Moran said the jail sentence would be suspended if the €14,500 fine was paid by December 18.