A 35-year-old Cork farmer who sued after suffering horrific injuries when his hand was sucked in to a combine harvester as he tried to free grain clogging up the machine has settled his High Court action.

A 34-year old Cork farmer who has sued after he suffered horrific injuries to his hand when it was sucked in to a combine harvester has claimed for €1.65m in losses, the High Court has heard.

A 35-year-old Cork farmer whose hand was sucked into a combine harvester as he tried to free grain clogging up the machine has sued in the High Court.

On looking out his front bedroom window, the father of a young Limerick family saw a gunman open fire at him from the garden, resulting in a bullet hitting a wardrobe near to where his partner and their eight-month-old baby were in the room, a court heard.