Farmer challenges parks service to take him to court

A Connemara farmer has challenged the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to take him to court over works he is carrying out on a special area of conservation.

Loch Con Aortha resident Seosamh Ó Suilleabháin claims the Green, Low-carbon, Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) is so unworkable it makes it impossible for farmers like him to maintain land sustainably.