Judge dons wellies for special court sitting in field to see how farmers' wall row has 'divided village'

A district court judge relocated his court sitting to a mucky field in south Galway in a bid to resolve an ongoing dispute between two neighbouring farmers over the construction of a wall.

Judge Patrick Durcan left his judicial garb behind and put on a pair of borrowed Garda-issue ‘wellies’ after Gardaí told him that he wouldn’t be able to access the field without wellingtons.