Angry Travellers tonight hit out at a court decision to acquit a farmer of killing a member of their community.

Co Mayo farmer Padraig Nally has been cleared of the manslaughter of father-of-11 John Ward whom he shot twice and beat with a stick after the deceased entered his land.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction of Co Mayo farmer Padraig Nally, who was jailed for six years for shooting a Traveller dead on his land in 2004.

A farmer appealing his sentence for shooting a Traveller dead on his land will learn his fate later today.