Man threatened to kill neighbour with a hurley in row over barking dog

A man exasperated by the constant barking of a neighbour’s dog sprayed the Labrador with his hose to get him to stop but the dog’s owner reacted by threatening to kill his neighbour with a hurley.

Mattie Power, of Primrose Hill, Tower, Blarney, Co Cork, accepted that he called to the front door of his neighbour, Thomas Burke, and told him not to harass his wife by complaining to her when he (Power) was not at home and not to intimidate his dog by spraying him with his garden hose.

However, Power pleaded not guilty to a charge of engaging in threatening words or behaviour outside Mr Burke’s house on September 16 last year.