Sisters contest ‘influenced’ will

Two sisters of a woman who died from cancer and left her estate to a friend have claimed in the High Court that the will is invalid.

Majella Rippington and Edel Banahan, sisters of the late Celine Murphy, aged 50, of Genazzano, Old Naas Rd, Dublin, claim undue influence was used to get Ms Murphy to sign the will so Mary Butler, Straffan, Kildare, would get the proceeds, which include an apartment.

The case is also against the executor of the will, Tridentine Bishop Michael Cox, who set up the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church.