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.

A farmer was jailed yesterday after a judge labelled him “an absolute disgrace” for failing to prevent an environmental timebomb from threatening lakes in the Midlands.

Private solicitors working for the Director of Public Prosecutions were paid almost €6.5m last year.

A district court judge said that he had been threatened with judicial review in an attempt to influence a case’s outcome.

JOHN CARTHY was put off a building site for drinking on the job the day before the siege at his home.