Farmer to face trial for aiming rifle at gardaí during siege

A sheep farmer has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Criminal Court, on two charges relating to having a Winchester rifle with a telescopic sight and aiming it at two gardaí during a siege at his Kerry farm.

Trained Garda negotiators had been called to the scene on the Ring of Kerry, on the night of the incident last January.

The armed regional response unit had also been tasked to the farm close to Moll’s Gap. The incident lasted a number of hours and initially involved two Kenmare-based gardaí who had reportedly responded to what had been described as a domestic incident.