Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Offences

Wildlife protection offence

Where

Co. Laois

Reporting

2 reports, 18 Jul 2026 to 21 Jul 2026

Outlets

kildarenow.com, leinsterexpress.ie

• Pair ordered to donate €10,000 over bird nest destruction in Laois Wildlife protection offence · Co. Laois

  Hazel Lindsay and Gerard Bracken (63) pleaded guilty at Portlaoise District Court to causing injury to protected birds and wilful destruction of wild bird nests after 57 House Martin nests were blasted from a house due for sale at Cullenagh, Laois, in July 2025. The NPWS received a complaint on 25 July and estimated that 205 birds were killed. Lindsay, who works for an estate agent, directed the works to prepare the house for sale, and Bracken, who was paid €400 to power-wash the property, returned the day after a tenant's complaint email and destroyed more nests. The pair were ordered to donate €10,000 to charity under the Probation Act, with the matter adjourned to 18 September.

  Convicted, 21 Jul 2026Convicted, accused · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 21 Jul2026
   Convictedkildarenow.com, in Pair ordered to donate €10,000 over bird nest destruction in Laois

   Man and woman in court after 57 nests ‘blasted’ off Midlands house

   convicted, Hazel Lindsay, female, named, irish (judged from name)Hazel Lindsay♀IE
2. 18 Jul2026
   In courtleinsterexpress.ie, in Pair ordered to donate €10,000 over bird nest destruction in Laois

   Man and woman in court after 57 nests ‘blasted’ off Laois house

   accused, Hazel Lindsay, female, named, irish (judged from name)Hazel Lindsay♀IE

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