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Get out by 5pm or go
to jail, O’Donnells told
ple would be “liable to process
of execution including impris-
onment” unless they obeyed
an order made by Justice Brian
McGovern in the High Court
yesterday.
The judge told Mr O’Donnell
that he was now “an intruder”
on the property, which was once
valued at €30m.
The solicitor returned to
Gorse Hill at 7pm yesterday but
refused to make any comment
when approached by the Irish
Paul Healy
and Mark O’Regan
SOLICITOR Brian O’Donnell
and his wife Mary Patricia have
been warned they must vacate
their luxurious Gorse Hill resi-
dence by 5pm today or face jail.
Receivers for Bank of Ireland
posted an eight-page document
to the gates of the Killiney
mansion last night as the row
appeared to enter the end game.
The notice said that the cou-
organisation would not be re-
turning to Vico Road.
He told the Irish Independent
that all their energies were now
being directed to action in the
courts.
“We’re still on the football
pitch,” he said, referring to yet
another attempt to block Bank
of Ireland from taking posses-
sion of the house.
The O’Donnells will launch
a last ditch attempt to remain
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Lucinda’s big
idea: welfare
cash advances
BANKS which lend to custom-
ers will get paid back directly
from social welfare payments
under a plan from Lucinda
Creighton’s new political party.
At least 15 of the party’s
candidates are expected to
be unveiled today, after Ms
Creighton said she wanted to
“reboot Ireland”.
Under the blueprint, about
360,000 people reliant on mon-
ey lenders, which charge high
levels of interest, would be able
to borrow at normal lending
rates. The “basic banking ser-
vice” would see banks repaid at
source from dole payments and
it is suggested amounts loaned
out would be under €1,000.
Full story: Page 22
Photo: Tom Burke
Independent. Just over an hour
later a man who identified him-
self as representing the receiver
Tom Kavanagh rang the door-
bell at the gated residence but
failed to get a response.
He then nailed a ‘notice to
vacate’ to the gate and posted
a series of documents through
the letter box.
At 9pm a large moving truck
arrived and was allowed entry.
Two vans also arrived.
Jerry Beades of the New Land
League movement, who had
been helping the O’Donnells
barricade themselves inside
the house, confirmed that his
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