Row over heifer turns brothers against brothers - Courts, National News - Independent.ie

Row over heifer turns brothers against brothers - Courts, National News - Independent.ie: "Sunday October 25 2009
THE boy standing in the way of the gate was only 12 or 13, but what he said, and the way he smiled when he said it, was enough to put the fear into John Dempsey.
'How'ya John? Who gave you permission to be in there?'
It was a reasonable inquiry for young Conor Byrne to make given the fact that Mr Dempsey was on his father, DJ's, land.
Standing 6ft 3in in height and many years the boy's senior, John Dempsey really shouldn't have been afraid, but the fear was in him, he said, as he thought of who might be waiting for him beyond the high wall out in Hammer Lane.
He had gone on to Daniel Joseph and Jason Byrne's land to retrieve his heifer after it strayed from his herd. But the heifer wasn't of a mind to follow him despite his best efforts."