Farmer ‘took to the air’ in bid to stop repossession

A farmer “took to the air” in a microlight aircraft when gardaí and security men arrived at his repossessed property to remove livestock over a debt, the High Court has heard.

Patrick Canty, from Croom, Co Limerick, also drove a tractor around in circles on the land at Tooreen, Limerick, in Jun 2012, Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne said yesterday, when she ruled there was nothing to prevent a mortgage company proceeding with its repossession order over the property.

The judge said a court, in Jun 2008, ordered the lands be repossessed on foot of an application brought by Carlisle Mortgages Ltd in relation to a debt owed by Mr Canty.