Noel Hayes went on trial for forging a will

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Noel Hayes went on trial for forging a will before Judge Patricia Ryan, reported on 21 January 2015. The alleged forgery concerned the will of Matthew Hayes, a bachelor farmer from Co Wexford, and assets including farmland.

Charles O’Leary, who had admitted taking part in the alleged forgery, gave evidence against Noel Hayes and William O'Leary. He told the court that the will was forged using Matthew Hayes’s signature from a 1985 cheque, and that Noel Hayes was named in the document.

The trial was continuing, with both accused having pleaded not guilty to forging the will between December 1998 and January 1999.