The jury in the manslaughter trial of a Co Mayo farmer has been sent to a hotel for a second night.
After almost 10 hours of deliberations, the foreman told Mr Justice Kevin O'Higgins that they had failed to reach a majority verdict.
Padraig Nally , 62, denies unlawfully killing father of 11 John 'Frog' Ward at his farm in Funshinaugh, Cross, on October 14, 2004.
The Dublin Central Criminal Court has heard that the accused beat Mr Ward 20 times with a stick and shot him twice with a single-barrel shotgun.
The jury of eight men and four women will return to the Four Courts at 10.30am tomorrow to resume deliberations.
