Shooting victim had contacted gardaí

A 30-YEAR-OLD man shot dead by his new neighbour had contacted gardaí in the days before his death, fearing trouble last Saturday when he went to erect a fence on land he’d bought from his killer’s family.

As the remains of Jim Healy were brought from his family home in Paulstown, Co Kilkenny, to the local church, it emerged he had recently been granted an injunction against 38-year-old farmer Mick Kehoe.

Mr Healy’s family insisted there was no row between the two men on Saturday morning. The computer expert and his brother, Brian, a teacher, were putting up a fence on land bought from the Kehoe family about a year ago when they were approached by Mr Kehoe.