Guesthouse landlord ordered to bring barricade to end

The owner of a well-known Dublin guesthouse has barricaded himself inside the premises and has refused to let anyone in, the High Court heard yesterday.

Desmond Killoran, who owns the Leeson Bridge Guest House at Upper Leeson St, Dublin last week took up occupation of the guesthouse and nailed shut the front and rear doors and the emergency fire exit.

Mr Killoran claims the terms of a lease agreement he entered into with the guesthouse’s operator, Derek Byrne, have been breached.