Detectives are selling off an Olympic-sized equestrian centre after an epic 16-year battle to seize the assets of convicted drug trafficker John Gilligan.

Detectives are selling off an Olympic-sized equestrian centre after an epic 16-year battle to seize the assets of one of Ireland’s most notorious criminals.

Convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has lost his latest legal challenge against orders that his assets and those of his family were the proceeds of crime.

PROPERTIES owned by convicted drug dealer John Gilligan and his family are uninsured and at risk of destruction, by accident or otherwise, it was claimed in the High Court yesterday.