On this evening's Right Hook, Mayo farmer Padraig Nally said that he sees no improvement in safety for those living in rural areas in Ireland. Although initially sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter, Nally successfully appealed his conviction and was acquitted in 2006. The Appalachian School of Law Shooting RTÉ FACTUAL: This week Ear to the Ground has an exclusive interview with farmer Padraig Nally who had his conviction for manslaughter quashed. Leenane’s Martin Gavin is settling in as Chairman of Mayo IFA but expects a busy four-year term. PADRAIG NALLY, THE farmer jailed for the manslaughter of an intruder to his home, says that politicians are not listening to rural people. Padraig was found guilty of manslaughter in 2004 of a Traveller named John “Frog” Ward. Nally still fears safety ten years on Michael Commins and Ciara Galvin. The farmer from Cross made the comments speaking to RTÉ Radio, ten years on from shooting traveller John ‘Frog’ Ward on his farm on October 14, 2004. Got to feel sorry for the poor man. It was introduced in the wake of the fatal shooting of burglar John Ward by farmer Padraig Nally in 2004, allows householders to use reasonable force to protect themselves in their homes. Padraig Nally documentary on RTÉ2. I just read it again there and I still feel the same about it, he lifted his body off the road and threw it over a wall! TEN years on from killing a man who was trespassing on his land, Padraig Nally said he still fears for his safety. It is the only publicised case where this defense has been used in an incident involving a fatal injury. The bit that stuck out in the evidence for me was Padraig Nally saying he beat him with a stick like a badger then shot him in the back as he limped away, that image is so disturbing. Just after watching this. The initial discharge of a weapon at Ward was questionable but most people a(and, by inference, most juries) in the circumstances might regard that as reasonable. As a result, the Irish government enacted a new self-defense law in 2011. I watched a documentary on Irish television last night about a farmer named Padraig Nally from Co. Mayo which is on the west coast of Ireland. Padraig Nally was entitled in law to use force to dislodge John Ward from his property, especially as there were good grounds for believing John Ward was there to no good purpose. Nally anticipated that he would get a prison sentence of up to five to seven years, according to an interview which was broadcast on Galway Bay FM yesterday. It was a sad and disturbing story and … 6. Think most rational people would have done the same in his shoes. Even ended up on a stakeout in his own barn. BEAT THE BURGLAR Crime is an ever-prevalent problem in our society. Encountering this strange man, Nally wound up fatally shooting Ward. I found that so shocking at the time.
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