Farmer battles to save part of land from being sold

A farmer is prepared to go on hunger strike or drive nails through his hands outside the Dáil if his land “is sold out from under him”.

Michael O’Brien, aged 53, of Bulgaden, Kilmallock, Co Limerick, is fighting to keep 123 acres worth over €1m, the majority of which has been in his family for 300 years.

However, AIB, through its defence, is seeking for him to sell a portion of it to repay debts in the region of €171,000 after advancing him a loan to pursue a business in selling horses abroad.