DDDA asked for statements on sale of Glass Bottle site

The Dublin Docklands Development Authority has been asked by the commercial court to provide witness statements in the action by bankrupt developer Bernard McNamara concerning the controversial €412m sale of the Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend.

A UK official administering Mr McNamara’s bankruptcy had asked for — and is entitled to see — the witness statements before deciding whether or not to continue the action against the DDDA in the interests of Mr McNamara’s creditors, Mr Justice Peter Kelly said.

He was responding to an application by Brian Kennedy SC, for the DDDA, as to how the litigation by Mr McNamara and his company Donatex Ltd should continue, given the bankruptcy.