The 65-year-old star claims that he, his wife Niamh, and their son Michael St James cannot reside at Castlehyde outside Fermoy, where he has invested over €29m since he acquired it in 1999 

A retired schoolteacher who spent a week walking the River Blackwater from its source as a stream in Kerry to its exit at Youghal in Co Cork has written a book on his adventure.