Neighbour’s cow was shot and dumped

A farmer described by a judge as "totally lacking in humanity" has failed in his challenge to a Garda superintendent to have two confiscated rifles returned to him.

The farmer shot a neighbour’s heifer, which had escaped on to his property, and dumped it on the owner’s land, behaviour described at Mullingar District Court as not appropriate for someone holding a firearms licence.

Padraig McManus of Drinmore House, Rathconnell, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, was challenging Supt McMenamin’s decision to revoke three firearms licences.