{"id":306136,"date":"2026-02-19T12:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/306136\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:57:08","slug":"judge-warns-young-man-for-illegal-hunting-on-limerick-farmers-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/306136\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge warns young man for illegal hunting on Limerick farmer&#8217;s land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cANOTHER ONE of these gentlemen out hunting,\u201d said Judge Patricia Harney when a lurching case came before her at Kilmallock District Court.<\/p>\n<p>Lurching &#8211; the practice of hunting for hares with dogs without permission of landowners &#8211; has become a regular fixture in County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> court cases, and is contrary to the 1976 Wildlife Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 19-year-old with a home address at a halting site in Limerick went on a farmer\u2019s land without permission accompanied by four males and ten dogs at Boolanisheen, Galbally on October 17, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting Inspector Gear\u00f3id Thompson, giving evidence, said that Garda David Hennessy was called to the scene by the farmer who was aware of males on his land.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2017558\/shocking-man-brazenly-buys-gun-in-middle-of-limerick-town-on-valentines-day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8216;Shocking&#8217;: Man brazenly buys gun in middle of Limerick town on Valentine\u2019s Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Insp Thompson said that the males dispersed in different directions when Garda Hennessy arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The offending took place when the accused was 17, and thus he cannot be named due to reporting restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Harney asked defence barrister Nicholas Hall: \u201cHad he any idea how threatened the landowner may have felt?\u201d, to which<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hall replied \u201cat the time he [the young man] didn\u2019t understand the legality\u201d of his actions.<\/p>\n<p>The judge commented that she \u201cwould have a lot of sympathy with the landowner with a number of males in his property\u201d. <br \/>Judge Harney convicted the man and applied the Probation Act, with the condition that the man \u201ckeep well away from Galbally, County Limerick\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to understand that if you find yourself in Galbally it will find its way back to me,\u201d the judge warned.<\/p>\n<p>-Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cANOTHER ONE of these gentlemen out hunting,\u201d said Judge Patricia Harney when a lurching case came before her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,144164,61,60,4588,66695,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-306136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-galbally","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-kilmallock","13":"tag-kilmallock-courthouse","14":"tag-limerick"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}