The four adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell were required to provide statutory declarations they had no interest in their luxury home in Killiney, Co Dublin, in an effort to get their parents “off the hook” for €71m, the Commercial Court heard yesterday.

A challenge by the adult children of solicitor Brian O’Donnell to the appointment of a receiver over their luxury home has opened at the Commercial Court.

A daughter of a solicitor Brian O’Donnell has appealed orders made by the High Court last Friday directing her to give the bank access to her home or face imprisonment.