The owner of a well-known Dublin guesthouse has barricaded himself inside the premises and has refused to let anyone in, the High Court heard yesterday.

GERRY RYAN is likely to be laid to rest on Thursday and possibly in a private ceremony, a spokesman for his family said yesterday.

THE family of Gerry Ryan have had to endure further heartache as a delay in conducting a postmortem has meant they have not been able to receive his body.