‘I should have cashed up in 2007’, says former Baron of Ballsbridge

Seán Dunne expressed regret yesterday that he did not cash in his huge fortune in 2007 after his wife suggested that he sell all his holdings.

Mr Dunne also revealed he was urged more recently by the son of former Irish Nationwide boss Michael Fingleton to get back to making the “big deals” that dominated his high profile rise as a property developer.

The so-called Baron of Ballsbridge — who has re-launched his career in the US as an employee of his spouse of nine years Gayle Killilea — was back for the second day in a row at the latest instalment of his meeting with US creditors in the federal offices of a US bankruptcy trustee.