A farm worker who subjected an elderly man, his daughter and her fiance to a terrifying hostage ordeal involving a double barrelled shotgun is at significant risk of relapse in his mental health.

A 50-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the false imprisonment of a father, his daughter, and her boyfriend, at a house in Sixmilebridge, Co Clare, last month.

A Kerry farm labourer charged in connection with alleged false imprisonment of a father, daughter, and her boyfriend at a Co Clare house is to appear in court again on Wednesday.