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Irish Examiner
11 hours ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
45-acre South Wexford farm for auction guiding at €16k/acre
Coming under the hammer on Tuesday, July 1, at the Ballinaboola Hotel outside New Ross in County Wexford is a 45-acre quality farm at Ballinruane – 16km to the south of the auction site. The auction will also be accepting bids online but the experience of auctioneers around the country is that when a hybrid auction such as this takes place, the main action is normally concentrated on the floor rather than via the internet. In any case, what's on offer is sure to entice – a substantial quantity of good grassland in a year when land parcels of this size have been scarce, according to selling agent Anne Carton of New Ross-based P N O'Gorman Auctioneers. 'It's all in permanent pasture… four to five units in very good condition with water laid on,' says Anne. 'It's an ideal size and surrounded by a couple of dairy farms. It was an outside farm and it's being sold as an executor sale. There's been good interest, so hopefully it will go well.' The price guide is in the region of €16,000/acre. It's one that should be achievable on the day. Read More Wexford tillage farm fetches almost €27,000/acre at auction
Sunday World
22-04-2025
- Sunday World
Young girl's ‘minder' took advantage of situation to sexually assault her while at house party
The now adult offender pleaded guilty to the offence, committed when he was aged 16, at a hearing of the Circuit Court in Wexford. The offence dated back to one night in 2020 when the pair were both present at a birthday party. A young man, who posed as protector of a young girl, used his self-appointed role as cover for sexual assault. The now adult offender pleaded guilty to the offence, committed when he was aged 16, at a hearing of the Circuit Court in Wexford. The offence dated back to one night in 2020 when the pair were both present at a birthday party. The girl had recently entered her teens at the time, while the defendant was aged 16. New Ross-based Garda Owen Maher, who investigated the case, noted that some small amount of alcohol had been supplied to the party goers. Towards the end of the night, the accused approached the girl in the kitchen. He said he would stay with her and make sure that nothing happened to her. So he followed her as she lay down on a sofa in another room. She later reported drifting in and out of sleep, only to find the older boy's hand inside her underwear. When he did this a second time, she woke her boyfriend who had seen nothing of this activity. The matter was brought to the attention of the gardaí some time later. When the allegations were put to the defendant, he at first said he had been concerned for the girl, three years his junior. He suggested to gardai that she had been highly intoxicated and that he was concerned for her wellbeing. Garda Maher reported that the complainant stated that she had drunk some Bulmers that night, but not a lot. Eventually, the accused recognised his wrongdoing, pleading guilty and coming to court with a letter of apology for his victim. The defending barrister Barry Ward told Judge James McCourt how his client had already suffered consequences. With stories of what went on at the party circulating, he had been made a pariah by his peers. He had since suffered depression and anxiety but was now in employment, counsel stated. 'He understands the gravity of what has happened,' concluded Mr Ward. The judge addressed the injured party: 'You have done nothing wrong and should be able to walk out of here with head held high.' Turning to the defendant, he said the court could not accept that he had been acting as the girl's minder. Instead, he took advantage of the situation. The judge acknowledged that he was a child before the law at the time of the offence. A two-year prison sentence was suspended in full, with the name of the accused put on the sex offenders' register for six months.
