Son settles case seeking to evict mum

Fachtna Boland, the grandson and adopted son of former Defence Minister Kevin Boland, has settled a court case in which he had sought to evict his natural mother, Síle Boland, who is a daughter of the former minister.

The Circuit Civil Court was told Síle Boland had been pregnant with Fachtna when his father died prior to his birth. Judge John Aylmer heard that Kevin Boland and his wife, Cecilia, adopted Fachtna and reared him as their own son and as Sile’s brother.

Fachtna Boland had asked the court for a possession order against his mother of a chalet in which she now resided beside his house at Farmers Vale, Cruise Rath, Rathcoole, Co Dublin. Síle Boland opposed the application.