A man who went on an “unprovoked rampage” - following a dispute about a will - in taking possession of an excavator and causing thousands of euro in damage to fencing, a tipper truck and the side of the family home has avoided jail. Judge James McCourt said that Declan Walsh (54) had already paid a “heavy price” in losing his business after he caused an “extraordinary amount of damage” in the incident, which took place in October 2022 at Kilnatoora in Youghal, Co Cork. Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that Mr Walsh previously pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal damage arising out of the incident. Mr Walsh caused over €32,000 worth of damage to a tipper truck, close to €6,000 in damage to fencing and nominal damage to the family home at Kilnatoora. The court heard that the house was to be divided among siblings following the reading of a family will. The plan was that Mr Walsh would buy his siblings out. However, when that didn’t occur a solicitor’s letter wa
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“No-one else’s artwork is allowed on the walls here,” says Jennifer Rock, aka the Skin Nerd, with a fond laugh as she shows off the beautiful black-and-white pencil drawings of landmark Irish buildings by her fiancée Jill Deering hanging on the walls of their newly renovated home in Rush, Co Dublin. There also colourful artworks created by Jill and her business partner Gillian Henderson of Jill & Gill.