'This is not a highway in Los Angeles...This is a boreen in West Cork': Neighbours' water run-off row lands in court

A row between neighbours over water run-off from a boreen on the Beara peninsula has resulted in both men being found guilty of assault and bound to the peace on sums reaching €30,000.

Timothy Harrington of Derrivore, Eyeries and Johannes Kleinen of Kilcatherine, Eyeries, faced a charge of assaulting each other on May 5 last at Tracalee in Kilcatherine, which they both denied.