Farmer gets suspended sentence over threats and abuse of Taoiseach at Ploughing Championships
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Vincent Harrington, a 60-year-old farmer, received a suspended sentence. He was convicted of threats and abuse directed at the Taoiseach during the Ploughing Championships. During court proceedings, the farmer expressed a desire to pray for police officers who he claimed told lies. The judge told him to go to a church if he wanted to pray.
‘If you want to say a prayer ... go to a church,’ judge tells Vincent Harrington (60) as farmer says he wants to pray gardaí who ‘told lies’