A Co Mayo farmer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a Traveller during a violent incident at his farm in October of last year.
Padraic Nally, of Funshinaugh, Cross, Co Mayo, was found not guilty of the murder of John Ward, a father of 11, from Carrowbrowne Halting Site, on the outskirts of Galway city.
At the Central Criminal Court in Castlebar, a jury of seven women and five men brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter but not guilty of murder after two hours of deliberation on the sixth day of his trial.
Mr Justice Paul Carney remanded Nally on continuing bail to be sentenced in the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on 11 November.
Nally had pleaded not guilty to the murder charge.
Mr Justice Paul Carney addressed the jury briefly this morning before they began their deliberations at 11.15am. Yesterday the trial heard closing submissions from prosecution and defence counsel. Judge Paul Carney also concluded his summary of the evidence and his direction to the jury.
