Paul Neilan

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Paul Neilan

A High Court judge has said he will decide this week whether or not to lift a suspension on boating permits needed to ferry people to and from Skellig Michael, saying “people’s livelihoods are at stake”. The permits have not been issued while legal proceedings are before the courts in the form of a judicial review of the tendering process.

4 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Paul Neilan

Susan Magnier, the wife of billionaire John Magnier, has backed her husband’s claim at the High Court, saying that an alleged deal was agreed for a large tract of farmland in Co Tipperary, which later collapsed when a higher bidder was preferred over their offer of €15 million. At the High Court on Friday, Mrs Magnier told Caren Geoghegan SC, for the Magniers, that she was present at kitchen table negotiations over the property when the vendors received their €15 million offer.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Paul Neilan

BLOODSTOCK BILLIONAIRE JOHN Magnier has told the High Court that a barrister was “trying to portray me as a bad guy” in a case where he says he had an exclusive agreement to buy land in Co Tipperary for €15 million, but missed out when the owners preferred a higher bidder. Magnier told the High Court that he employed experts in legal and financial fields because some advisory decisions were “out of my pay grade”.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Paul Neilan

BLOODSTOCK BILLIONAIRE AND farmer John Magnier has told the High Court that he was outbid on land he claims he had already agreed to buy in Co Tipperary, and when he inquired about the deal’s failure, the estate agent involved told him: “One word, John: greed.”Magnier took the stand today at a packed High Court hearing to give evidence in his and his family’s action against the owners of a tract of land in Tipperary.

1 month ago | courtsnewsireland.ie | Paul Neilan

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