A “feud” between two farmers over “a small dirt track” linking their farms led to one man shooting the other and killing his dog, a court heard on Saturday.

A "feud" between two farmers over “a small dirt track” linking their farms, led to one man shooting the other and killing his dog, a court has heard today, writes David Raleigh.

A man has denied shooting a pregnant woman and a man in front of two children in a violent family feud.

A judge has said an “unacceptable” three-year delay by the Garda computer crime unit in analysing child porn found on a Co Mayo man’s laptop in 2009 was a mitigating factor in his decision to impose a suspended sentence.

LONG-AWAITED laws to clamp down on motorists using mobile phones will not be in place until next year.