Public order charge against former Fianna Fáil politician dismissed

Judge O’Shea said that the words alleged to have been used by Kieran Hartley were “unsavoury”, but not a criminal offence.

Kieran Hartley.

A former Fianna Fáil substitute MEP has had a public order charge against him dismissed.

Kieran Hartley of Ballyboy, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, appeared before Judge Brian O’Shea at a special sitting of Dungarvan District Court, charged with a Section 6 offence on land adjacent to his property on August 15, 2020.