Man jailed for contempt removed from Four Courts by ambulance after collapse

A Roscommon landowner was committed to prison for contempt of court at the High Court in Dublin and subsequently removed by ambulance after collapsing in the courtroom. Mr Justice Brian McGovern jailed Eugene Costello of Coolfree, Taughmaconnell, Ballinasloe after a receiver appointed to the property reported that cattle remained on ninety acres of farmland despite Mr Costello's previous undertakings to remove them…