An expert in document examination who served as a handwriting forensic investigator at Garda HQ for over 25 years, told Limerick Circuit Court yesterday the signature on the will of a bachelor farmer was a forgery. His evidence backed that of two other experts.

A garda handwriting expert told Limerick Circuit Court yesterday she found strong evidence indicating that the signature on the will of a bachelor farmer was not his.

A MEMBER of the Irish Farmers Association told the High Court yesterday it would be like a “Cromwellian implantation” if an elderly farmer’s land was sold to discharge a debt of almost €700,000 owed to a man injured on his farm.