Kerry Coursing Club loses bid to prevent lockout and deny their 'sporting rights'

The Ballybeggan Park owners claimed County Kerry Coursing Club's application for an injunction was to frustrate the sale of the property

The club is the largest shareholder of Ballybeggan Park and its legal team had claimed the defendant company had no right to deny the members their “sporting rights”. File picture: David Maher / SPORTSFILE

The County Kerry Coursing Club has been refused a High Court injunction restraining the owner of the former Tralee Racecourse from locking it out of grounds that have been used for hare coursing for more than a century.

Dismissing the Club’s application on Thursday, Mr Justice Garrett Simons said he would deliver a detailed judgment next week.