Men wanted to solve row using ‘rules of boxing’

TWO men charged with damaging the door of a house in Ennis had gone there to sort out a matter under boxing rules laid down in 1869, a court was told yesterday.

Cousins Patrick and Thomas Molloy were not armed and the only items they carried were boxing gloves.

Their plan was to deal with an issue ‘man-to-man’ under Marquess of Queensberry Rules, Limerick District Court heard.