Farmer facing eviction hopeful of settlement

A Limerick farmer who has blockaded the entrance to his home with tonnes of baled silage has said there are fresh hopes a settlement can be secured with Bank of Scotland, which got a court eviction order against him over an unpaid debt.

Seamus Sherlock, who farms at Feohanagh, near Newcastle West, received a letter last week from the county registrar’s office advising him he faced eviction.