Man loses gun licence over row with neighbour who chased him with axe

A man jailed for chasing his neighbour through fields with an axe complained to gardaí on his release that the victim had pointed a gun at him.

Yesterday, this man lost his gun licence.

Supt Con Cadogan said he had no issue with the character of Jeremiah Murphy, a former publican who traded successfully in Castletownbere and Blarney, Co Cork, but said he refused to renew the licence because of the fraught situation Mr Murphy had with his neighbour, Niall Savage, aged 44, of Killeen, Vicarstown, Tower, Blarney, Co Cork.