# Michael Scott’s return revives fears of a Galway farmland dispute

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-killer-has-returned-to-his-farm-and-fear-stalks-the-countryside-the-inside-story-of-how-locals-are-dealing-with-farmer-michael-scotts-return-and-the-court-deal-they-can-only-hope-has-settled/
- Published: 2026-10-27T16:47:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T17:08:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16235653/A-killer-returned-farm-fear-stalks-countryside-inside-story-locals-dealing-farmer-Michael-Scotts-return-court-deal-hope-settled-bloody-land-dispute.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Michael Scott has returned to his County Galway farm after prison.
- Locals fear tensions over the disputed land could return.
- Regina Donohue now farms the land beside Scott.

## Summary

Farmer Michael Scott returned to his farm in Gortanumera, County Galway, after serving just over three years in prison for the 2018 death of his aunt, Chrissie Treacy. His return has unsettled some locals, who fear that a longstanding dispute over farmland could flare up again; his neighbour Regina Donohue now farms land inherited from Treacy alongside Scott, who owns the other half.

Treacy’s 140-acre farm was divided equally between her and Scott in her brother’s will, and the dispute over ownership preceded her death. Scott was initially sentenced to six years after a murder charge was reduced to manslaughter by gross negligence; his sentence was cut on appeal last December. The article reports that locals hope a court arrangement has resolved the land dispute, but gives no details of its terms in the supplied text.

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