Sherlock gives hope to indebted farmers

The unlikely Irish farming hero who staved off eviction by barricading himself on his land for more than a year has said he is giving hope to farmers who can see no way out of their crippling debts.

Séamus Sherlock opens about his David and Goliath-like battle in RTÉ flagship rural show Ear to the Ground to reveal how he is back farming his land after finally reaching an agreement with his bank to stay at his home.

Suicide crisis centre Pieta House told the new series of Ear to the Ground how financial pressures have been a factor among the rise in suicides in the agricultural community in recent years.