Judge rules handwriting experts were wrong

A judge has ruled that handwriting experts were wrong in concluding that the signature on the will of a bachelor farmer from Limerick was a forgery.

Three sisters of Conor O’Donnell, aged 66, of Ballyea, Ballingarry, Rathkeale, failed in an application to block his executors who sought to have the will proved in solemn form.

Mr O’Donnell, a graduate of UCC, was described as a well-educated and much-travelled man.