Court bid to remove Lavin from mansion

The receivers for Glencullen Properties Ltd, the company formerly owned by Bill Cullen, have begun court proceedings to remove Mr Cullen’s partner, the celebrity businesswoman Jackie Lavin, from Killegy House, a magnificent Italianate-style house with landscaped gardens and tennis court overlooking the lakes of Killarney, built by Mr Cullen.

Ms Lavin, who had been a tenant of the house in Muckross in Killarney National Park in recent years, is taking parallel proceedings in the High Court and is claiming she is the beneficial owner of the property, according to yesterday’s proceedings, by way of motion, in the Circuit Civil Court in Tralee.

Ms Lavin has now been ordered to file her statement of claim, outlining her assertion of ownership, within 14 days.