Once described as a 'walking scarecrow' Ian Bailey leaves many circling for answers
Ian Bailey. According to his long-time advocate, Frank Buttimer, Bailey was more relaxed privately. "He was much more at ease, much better in his humour and demeanour. But he always knew he had to go out and face the public because some form of life had to go on publicly." File picture: Dan Linehan
There are so many stories about Ian Bailey that some of them are bound to be true — maybe even the one about him having a brief job scaring away the birds, shotgun in hand, on a farm in Co Waterford.
Bailey's long-time solicitor, Frank Buttimer, believes that one. But as ever with the English-born writer and poet, who has died following a heart attack, we are never absolutely sure.Â
