The Four Courts in Dublin. Photo: Getty

The Four Courts in Dublin. Photo: Getty

The High Court has stepped in to protect the interests of a farmer who has already given €350,000 cash to homeless and poor people on the basis God has promised him a seat in Heaven.

Today Mr Justice Michael Twomey appointed a guardian ad litem to represent the best interests of the farmer, aged in his 40s, who, the court heard, only last week gave €1,000 cash to a homeless woman he met.