Home defence legislation gets broadly positive feedback

THE new home defence legislation introduced by the Government has received broadly positive feedback so far.

The Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010, once passed, will clarify the law on the use of reasonable force by a homeowner protecting his or her property against an intruder.

Such clarification had been sought since the high-profile case in 2004 when Mayo farmer Pádraig Nally shot dead an intruder on his property.