"Yesterday evening Mr. ---, J.P., auctioneer and farmer, was fired at when driving home... Mr. --- , who is an ex-Chairman of the --- Rural District Council, is a most popular man in the district. For some time past he has been subject to a series of annoyances, the most recent of which was the spiking of his lands, and his cattle and horses mutilated." -- Irish Paper. Popularity in Ireland would appear to have its drawbacks.