Further ruling over cattle sale protest

Injunctions against businessman Jerry Beades and his New Land League group, which has been protesting over the sale of cattle belonging to a Cork farmer have been enlarged by the High Court.

Mr Beades and members of his group had engaged in protest at the Kingston family farm in Nohoval, Co Cork, which “could not be described as peaceful”, Mr Justice Paul Gilligan said.

Some 1,000 cattle owned by Peter and Tracey Kingston were to be sold on April 12 at an auction on the farm by Cork County Sheriff Sinead McNamara as part of moves by an ACC-appointed receiver to recover part of a €2.4m debt. Mr Beades, who is spokesman for the New Land League, put up a Facebook posting about a protest planned for the auction.