Junior minister weeps in court as she recounts details of cow dung being thrown towards her

Anne Rabbitte wept in the witness box as she recounted the incident at a packed public meeting over a planned biogas plant for Gort

Anne Rabbitte at Gort District Court, sitting in Ennis.

The south Galway farmer accused of assaulting Junior Government Minister, Anne Rabbitte (FF) by throwing a bag of cow dung at her at a public meeting told Gardaí he went to the meeting “with no intention to harm anyone”.

In a prepared statement to Gardai on the public meeting at O’Sullivan’s hotel in Gort on January 4 2023 about a planned biogas plant for the town, Joseph Baldwin recalled saying before throwing the first bag of cow dung in the direction of Ciaran Cannon TD (FG) “if they are going to bring shit into the town here is some for ye".