Person: Donal Connaughton

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Farmer given three months to get rid of piggery

A pig farmer, who built a “monster” piggery without planning permission, has been given three months to work out a plan to prevent the development from becoming an environmental disaster.

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Pig farmer jailed over leaks in slurry pits

Slurry sentence is a sad joke - The Land Of No Consequences

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Taskforce formed to avert slurry disaster

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Four million gallons of slurry at piggery is a disaster waiting to happen

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Farmer who ordered repo men to strip and enter pig pen bailed pending appeal

Jail for farmer who put men in boar pen

A pig farmer who ordered two repossession men to strip naked and get into a pen with an “agitated” boar has been jailed.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2013

Money pressures led to assault

A Longford pig farmer who assaulted two men from a repossession company and threatened that they would be raped by an agitated boar was under serious financial pressure at the time, a court has been told.

Fri, 25 Oct, 2013

Cool head, calm heart required to cope with threat of repossession

Patrick Donohoe talks to industry experts about the threats and protections in farm repossession cases

Thu, 28 Feb, 2013

Men made farmer feel ‘revengeful’

A Longford pig farmer who denies falsely imprisoning two men said he was “revengeful” after being knocked to the ground and directed the men to recite the Our Father to “reflect” on what they had done.

Wed, 19 Dec, 2012

Repo men were forced to strip and get into pig pen

Two men working for a repossession company were told to strip and get into a pen with a wild boar after a confrontation with a farmer, a court was told yesterday.

Fri, 14 Dec, 2012