Poet’s will void due to uncertainty over terms

THE will of the late poet and author John O’Donohue has been declared void by the High Court due to uncertainty over its terms and meaning.

The decision means the entire €2 million estate left by Mr O’Donohue passes to his mother Josie.

Mr O’Donohue, aged 53, author of Anam Cara, died while on holiday in France in January 2008 and his mother, as administrator of his estate, brought proceedings last month to clarify the terms of her son’s one-page will made in 2001.