The two defendants have brought “embarrassment” on their family, whose well-known national pub chain was built up by their father Charlie Chawke, their barristers told the court.

Planning consultant for Charjon Investments Ltd, Tom Phillips, has told the council that these features “complement the live animals in the pet farm element”

This afternoon, Garda Ronan Hayes, of Adare Garda Station, gave evidence before Newcastle West Court of arresting and charging both of the accused, who are each being represented by Dublin-based solicitor Michael Finucane

The board ruled the occasional grazing of animals on land adjacent to the Goat Bar & Grill did not exempt it from the new Residential Land Zoned Tax