Man’s wall blocked neighbour’s drive

A man adopted a “high handed approach” in dealing with his neighbour in a dispute over a boundary in a seaside village, the president of the High Court has said.

Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns ordered quantity surveyor and project manager Dermot Forkan to remove a wall which he built as part of what the judge said was his “enormous” family home with views over Loughshinny Harbour in north Co Dublin.

The wall, built in 2007, had blocked off access for the car of Maureen O’Byrne and her late husband Terence into their holiday home.