Last-ditch O’Donnells bid to save home fails

A last-ditch bid by retired solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his wife to prevent a bank-appointed receiver taking possession of their former family home in Killiney, Co Dublin, at noon today has failed at the Supreme Court.

A three-judge Supreme Court yesterday refused an application by the O’Donnells for a stay on the High Court injunction granted in March requiring them to leave the property at Gorse Hill, Vico Rd, Killiney.

They sought the stay pending their application to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal against a decision by the Court of Appeal, made earlier this month, refusing to overturn the injunction.