From hunger strikes in the Maze to courting legal battles over properties

THE Priory Hall scandal is not the first time property developer Thomas McFeely has been before the courts in recent years.

Originally from Derry, Mr McFeely spent 53 days on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in the 1980s before settling in Dublin, on his release, to build a property empire.

His house on Ailesbury Road in Dublin, once valued at €15 million, is believed to have been taken over by the banks.