Solicitor Brian O’Donnell has said Bank of Ireland “set fire” to his business and “bullied” his family over the Gorse Hill property.

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Solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife have been granted an extension until 2pm next Thursday by the Court of Appeal to challenge a High Court direction ordering them to vacate a property on Gorse Hill.

Solicitor Brian O’Donnell has asked the Court of Appeal if he and his wife should “continue to pack up” their belongings pending an early morning appeal of a High Court order to vacate their property at 5pm today.

As solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife Mary continue their legal challenge to their bankruptcy, two of their children have taken to the airwaves to tell how they, too, will continue to battle to save the prestigious Dublin home at the centre of last week’s blockade.