Ice cream van driver convicted of illegal hunting in North Cork

Judge says calling the activity hunting gave it 'a kind of grandeur' that it did not deserve, as it was a 'massacre', not a sport

The judge said 'it wouldn't take a genius to join the dots' and work out what the men were doing that night. File picture

An ice cream van driver from Cork City has been convicted of unlawful hunting or entry on land contrary to Section 44 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 in relation to an incident in North Cork in 2023.

Inspector Jason Wallace told Fermoy District Court that a landowner near Rathcormac reported suspicious activity on his land just before midnight on August 29, 2023.