Farmer is the goat to guy for providing herd solution
Herd of goats A FARMER has come to the rescue of a herd of wild goats who were roaming free and upsetting locals.
Clare County Council has transported the herd to lands owned by Sean Finnegan after residents in Ennis became upset.
The move came 10 days after Cllr Mary Howard raised the prospect of the males having to be castrated “because they are procreating like there is no tomorrow”.
But Mr Finnegan, from the Cooley Peninsula, Co Louth, said the goats are the first on his land since the Army shot dead a herd during the foot and mouth crisis.
The 61-year-old added: “After watching them, you would think they knew where they were going. It is great to have goats back on the mountain now.”
The herd arrived after the farmer phoned Clare ISPCA officer Frankie Coote offering to help.
Cllr Howard said: “It is a fantastic result and a happy ending. We couldn’t have asked for better.”
Mr Coote added: “It took nine of us to round up the 13 goats in the grounds of Mangan’s Cash and Carry in Ennis on Tuesday evening. That is where they were staying at night-time.”
He said he was besieged with calls from people wanting to take them.
I won’t leave the hospital after the birth until there is a house for us MARGARET O’REILLY
CORK YESTERDAY