Clare equine farmer attacked brother-in-law with ash plant in row over 'mare covering'

Row between 'horse experts' ensued over whether mare should be covered in Roscommon or Limerick

Flan McNamara avoided jail for the assault causing harm after Judge Francis Comerford imposed a four-month suspended prison term on the man.

A Clare equine farmer repeatedly struck his brother-in-law across his body with an ash-plant in a row over where the farmer’s mare should be "covered".

At Ennis Circuit Court, Flan McNamara, 72, avoided jail for the assault causing harm on Thomas Casey, 71, at Carrowreagh West, Cranny, Kilrush after Judge Francis Comerford imposed a four-month suspended prison term on the man.