A Co Galway farmer was today awarded nearly €16,000 in damages when a court ruled he had been sold an infertile bull. A Co Galway farmer was today awarded nearly €16,000 in damages when a court ruled he had been sold an infertile bull. Judge Karen Fergus said that on the balance of probability the pedigree Limousin, Finboy Gino, was not fit for purpose when Co Offaly bull breeder Tom Harney sold him to Mountbellew suckler farmer Micheal Ryan nearly six years ago. Tullamore Circuit Civil Court heard last week that Mr Ryan bought the bull from Mr Harney, a Moneygall-based farmer, breeder and schoolteacher, on June 6, 2013 after seeing an advertisement on Donedeal. It had been examined by Mr Harney's vet, Eamon O'Connell, at the mart, but its fertility was not tested because a test wasn't mandatory.

Source: Irish Independent May 09, 2019 11:03 UTC