Racehorse trainer claims 'intimidation' by stable owner in row over rent arrears

New owners have claimed plaintiff owes about €90,000 in rent arrears and no right to be on the property

Judge granted injunction restraining the defendants, their agents or any party acting in concert with them from encroaching or interfering with the property.

A well-known racehorse trainer has claimed before the High Court that his yard has been damaged, the water and electricity at his stables cut off, one of his horses let loose and injured following a row with the landlords over disputed rent arrears.

Trainer Brendan Duke claims he has been told to vacate Fenway House, Pollardstown, The Curragh, Co Kildare, where he and his young family reside and where he trains horses for the joint owners Peter Keatley and Teresa Kearney.