A 47-year-old isolated sheep farmer “in the throes of a mental breakdown” who pursued two Kenmare gardaí with a loaded rifle has been given a five-year suspended sentence.

A court yesterday heard of “bad blood” on the traditional jarvey stand in Killarney, Co Kerry, and of how a number of jarveys are being accused of using technology to harass others.

A businessman who dragged a teenager into a spare bedroom of a Killarney B&B in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her has been given a suspended sentence at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee.

A MAN with a gambling addiction who got access to the chequebook of a neighbouring farmer withdrew more than €13,000.