Eugene Costello jailed for contempt over livestock order

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Eugene Costello was jailed for three weeks for contempt of a High Court order, in a report dated 8 October 2018. The order required him to remove livestock from 90 acres of farmland at Coolfree, Taughmaconnell, Ballinasloe, County Roscommon.

The court declined to continue a stay on the committal order after evidence that livestock remained on the land. Costello accepted he had not complied with undertakings given the previous August, while his solicitor said the cattle had been removed and disputed ownership of animals shown in photographs. The committal order was forwarded to An Garda Síochána.