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A HIGH COURT judge has refused to order Dromoland Castle in Co Clare to return paintings on loan to it from Conor O’Brien, the 18th Baron Inchiquin.
Lord Inchiquin, who is chief of the 750,000 O’Brien clan, was also refused an injunction preventing the reproduction of paintings, which he said would devalue them. He had asked the High Court to direct the return to him of 37 portraits worth €1.4m that have hung in the five star hotel for several decades. He had argued that they were not being properly looked after and had been damaged through neglect and recklessness.
However, Dromoland Castle Holdings denied the claims. It also said that under a 1993 agreement, the owner of the paintings, Baron Inchiquin, was not entitled to repossess the painting en masse. Doing so would irreparably damage the reputation of the hotel, which is one of the best known in the United States.
It said it would return the paintings once it had made copies that could be hung in place of the originals, for which it is understood Lord Inchiquin had found a buyer.
Mr Justice O’Keefe of the High Court refused the application for a mandatory injunction forcing the immediate return of the paintings and an injunction prohibiting reproduction. He said a full hearing would take place soon, in which the exact nature of the 1993 agreement would be looked at.
The Inchiquins lived in Dromoland Castle until 1962, when they sold it to American billionaire Bernard McDonagh.
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I don’t understand why these anti choice loons aren’t arrested for harassment and/or trespassing? If it was any other group of people they would be reprimanded but because its”pro life”they get away with it?! Why are they being tolerated and getting preferential treatment?!
I fully agree Amanda, it’s not fair to drive a person from their home. Arrests should be made.
Anti-abortion zealots.
Interesting that An Garda Siochana apparently told him that they were unable to guarantee his security. That has yet to be verified but, if it is true,
Then it is shocking.
Of course, you could not risk an escalation by arresting an anti abortion activist. That would cause mayhem.
As we curtail all of the social, practical and economic supports for pregnant women, we concern ourselves with legislation.
What those pro life nuts did is terrorism. Ireland does not negotiate with terrorists.
#7 My water pressure is already ridiculously low. Does that mean I won’t have to pay?!
same here mary, not only is our water pressure low the water is full of limescale, have to de-scale our kettle every week (using lemon juice overnight , it’s much safer than chemical descalers and you only need rinse out the kettle once next morning.) ourshower head has to be done eery couple of weeks and we gave up on electric kettles ,they only lasted a month before the limescale rotted them, out emersionelement is replaced every 12 months too otherwise it blows all the fuses. we used to getgreatpressure here untill about3 yrs ago when the council replacedthe water meteres since then its been inconsistent to say the least, only hopewhen they replace the meteres this time they do the job properly for a change.
meanwhile the youth defence website has been hacked :)
Anti-choice terrorist filthbags up to their old tricks again. Check out what they’re saying now! http://www.youthdefence.ie/index.html
They have to be mentally unstable.
It does not make sense to me why these pro life people are protesting. Isn’t the sole purpose of this legislation to clarify the x case ruling in the courts 20+ years. And the TDs that want to get the suicide clause removed! That’s the whole point of the legislation! Removing that would totally defeat the purpose of passing it at all!
Derek Keating one of the local pillars of the Catholic Church in Lucan, considering he is a Eucharistic Minister there I’m surprised the pro-aborts are so defenisive of him & concerned for his wellbeing.
We’re concerned for his well-being because he’s a living human being, and not a cluster of cells that are a potential threat to a woman’s life.
What he does in his spare time is his own business.
What’s not surprising is that you and your youth defense ilk don’t really seem to care about actual living people.
Yeah, your Facebook page isn’t too private.
What irony, a practising Catholic being harrassed and threatened by anti-abortion people. This legislation is for the whole of Ireland. TD’s have a duty to legislate according to the will of the people. Micheal Martin in allowing a free vote allowed TD’s in his party to evade their parliamentary duty.
#3 the domestic violence link is not working
Hmm, it seems to be working ok at this end. I’ll push a few buttons and see if something needs to be fixed.
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