Developer’s dream pad stands idly by

APPARENTLY cleared out and largely empty, the Kinsale family home of Howard Holdings’ developer Greg Coughlan was built with the same driven sense of vision and purpose as his company’s €100 million City Quarter scheme in Cork city centre.

The one-off hillside house in Ardbrack, Kinsale, with its understated architectural swagger cost well over €5 million to build; total budget might even have been over €7m.

Coughlan’s private family home, called Fastnet House after his west Cork roots, hit the headlines this week when a High Court judge — seeking to enforce a judgment for €28m against him — said Gardaí could break down its doors to gain entry and seek to arrest Coughlan, whose whereabouts are unknown. Portugal is considered the most likely spot.