Ewe-turn in case against sheep farmer, 85

Some might call it a ewe-turn — an 85-year-old sheep farmer who was found guilty of allowing her sheep to wander from commonage in West Cork has had the case dismissed under the Probation Act.

Mary O’Sullivan, of Hilltop House in Dreenapappara near Ardgroom, Co Cork, was asked in February to consider putting up four large warning signs after her sheep were found wandering on a public road in contravention of a law dating back to 1851.