The jury in the manslaughter trial of Mayo farmer Padraig Nally (62) has been sent to a hotel for the night.
The jury of eight men and four women failed to reach a verdict at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today and will resume their deliberations at 10.30am tomorrow morning.
Earlier Mr Justice Kevin O'Higgins said the case should not be decided on sympathy for Mr Nally or their [the jurors] views on Travellers or out of sympathy with the Ward family who had lost a father.
Mr Nally from Funshinaugh near Claremorris in Co Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Traveller John 'Frog' Ward on October 14, 2004.