Killarney residents' association to oppose 'horse right of way' injunction

Killarney Racecourse Company has an order restraining local residents from obstructing the horses on foot on their way to and from the stable yard during the July race meeting

This right of way had been blocked by one of the defendants the day before the May race meeting when they placed a white van at an entrance for horses and pedestrians, according to the civil bill entered by the Killarney Racecourse Company. Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

A Kerry residents' association is to mount a defence against an injunction imposed on it by Killarney Racecourse preventing it from blocking "a horse right of way", the Circuit Court in Killarney heard on Wednesday.

Ex parte orders had been granted to Killarney Racecourse Company at the Circuit Civil Court in Tralee on July 16, restraining the residents of Castle Falls, Killarney, from obstructing the horses on foot on their way to and from the stable yard during the July race meeting.