Clare farmer left with 'large piece' of his ear missing after altercation with brother

Brothers 'in disagreement due to tensions over land and how an area of forested land should be used and owned', court heard

Ennis District Court heard the DPP has directed that the case against Conor O’Halloran, 39, of Rosebank, Old Bawn, Tallaght, Dublin 24, is to proceed on indictment to the circuit court.

A medical professional is to be sent forward for trial to the circuit court concerning the alleged farmyard assault on his younger brother.

That is according to Sergeant Aiden Lonergan, who told Judge Mary Larkin at Ennis District Court that the DPP has directed that the case against Conor O’Halloran, 39, is to proceed on indictment to the circuit court.