Some might call it a ewe-turn - an 85-year-old sheep farmer who was found guilty of allowing her sheep to wander from commonage in west Cork has had the case dismissed under the Probation Act.

Some might call it a ewe-turn — an 85-year-old sheep farmer who was found guilty of allowing her sheep to wander from commonage in West Cork has had the case dismissed under the Probation Act.

THE notion that the Justice Minister would send a text message to a journalist, requesting direct contact, is seriously disconcerting.