A farmer has been jailed for five years for the "gruesome" and "horrific" killing of another man with a piece of farm machinery last year.
Michael Ferris (63) of Rattoo, Ballyduff in Co Kerry, was found guilty by a jury in October of the manslaughter of 73-year-old Anthony O'Mahony in a row about a device used to scare crows on the morning of April 4 2017.
Ferris claimed he "just snapped", saying Mr O'Mahony had been using the "crow banger" for 30 years and ignored anyone when asked to stop.
He blocked a small, rural road with his teleporter machine before driving its prongs into Mr O'Mahony's car, causing him catastrophic injuries.
The jury found Ferris not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of provocation.
Neighbours of Mr Ferris gave evidence during the trial of the stress and anguish they had been caused by the operation of the crow banger over thirty years.
Ms Justice Carmel Stewart said he inflicted horrific injuries on Mr O'Mahony in an attack which defied belief and imagination and she wanted to reassure Mr O'Mahony's family that she was taking of the obvious grief and trauma they had suffered into account.
The judge said Ferris had no previous convictions and had immediately accepted his responsibility for the killing and accepted the genuine nature of the remorse and apology he had offered.
