Firm to repay €11k over O’Leary blinds

THE company that installed two electric blinds to the stained glass skylights in the kitchen of Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary’s Mullingar mansion has been told to repay €11,200 relating to the contract.

Judge Jacqueline Linnane heard in the Circuit Civil Court yesterday that the horizontal blinds on the decorative cupolas in the kitchen/dining area of Gigginstown House had been part of a multimillion euro renovation of the property by Mr O’Leary.

Barrister Ross Gorman said top-end blinds-fitting experts Paddy Rogers Blinds Ltd had been paid a €6,111 deposit for the installation and — after it failed to live up to the O’Leary family expectations — another company had been paid €5,089 to remove the 16ft by 7ft fitting.

Mr O’Leary had sued through Stormwell Ltd, with registered offices at Ballynaskeagh House, Raharney, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, and which was stated in court documents to own Gigginstown House.

Judge Linnane, in directing that Paddy Rogers Blinds pay Stormwell Ltd €11,200, said that she was satisfied that a dip in the blinds had been excessive.

She awarded Stormwell Ltd its legal costs.