Application to jail three company directors rejected by High Court

A HIGH Court judge has refused an application to jail three directors of a company which operated the Brook Lodge Hotel in Aughrim, Co Wicklow.

A businessman sought their attachment and committal to prison alleging they were in contempt of court because their company failed to obey an order to pay him a €1.2 million debt.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly yesterday ruled the hotel operating company, Durgman Entertainment Ltd, to which provisional liquidators have been appointed, had not been properly notified of the application by the creditor to seek their imprisonment.