Gilligan’s ex-wife tells court she lives on €80 per week
Ms Gilligan, who said she legally separated from John in 1995, said the €5,000 per annum she receives from a man called Troy Jordan, a Kildare stud farm owner “for grass”, is her only source of income, which, she agreed, works out at around €80 per week.
On the fourth day of an application by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) to have its legal officer appointed as a receiver to Jessbrook in Enfield, Co Meath, and to other properties owned by the Gilligan family, Ms Gilligan was being cross-examined about a sworn statement she had made for the latest proceedings.
She told Michael McDowell SC, for CAB, that since an order was obtained freezing the Gilligan assets in 1996, she had continued to live at Jessbrook.
Apart from the rent for grazing, she had, until last year, also received an income of €800 per month from rent on the former family home at 13 Corduff Avenue, Blanchardstown. She had also previously received rent from an apartment at Jessbrook and would shortly have a new tenant in it.
She paid for utility bills for Jessbrook from the rent she received for it and agreed with Mr McDowell that after these expenses were deducted, herincome worked out at around €80 per week.
Asked about how she paid for maintenance of Jessbrook, she said it was looked after by a friend of hers. “I have a lot of friends, Mr McDowell, to help out when I need them, manually,” she said. She agreed Jessbrook was uninsured and she would not be able to afford the €10,000 to €20,000 per annum premium Mr McDowell estimated it would cost.
Along with Jessbrook, CAB claims that two houses in Lucan and the former family home in Blanchardstown, owned between John and his children Tracey and Darren, are not well maintained and are also uninsured.
Legal submissions began yesterday and will continue on Tuesday.
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