Farmer 'with a fine farm of land' told he faces jail over non-payment of maintenance

Father owes €13,593 in maintenance payments for daughter

The judge warned the man: 'If you continue not to pay and I am continued to be satisfied that you are choosing not to pay and you have capacity to pay I will jail you.' Picture: iStock

A judge has told a farmer “with a fine farm of land” that if he doesn’t start to pay the €13,593 he owes in maintenance payments towards his daughter, he will go to jail.

At the Family Law Court, Judge Mary Larkin made the warning to the farmer after stating he “hasn’t paid a penny” in maintenance payments for his daughter since 2016.