Farmer claims 'controlling' mother has driven him from property willed to him

He alleges his mother "physically attacked" him requiring the intervention of the Gardaí, who he claims have told him that it is unsafe to attempt to enter "his own home"

David Thomas claims that the property at Ballyduff was willed to him and his sister by their late grandmother Barbara Thomas in 1993.

A farmer has claimed before the High Court that he has been subjected to an alleged campaign of psychological abuse by his mother, who it is alleged refuses to vacate a property that was willed to him by his grandmother.

David Thomas has sued his mother Breda Thomas, who he describes as being a "a very controlling individual", over what he claims is her unlawful ongoing occupation and use of an 85-acre farm with a large dwelling house at Ballyduff, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.