Sister entitled to €30k in row over mum’s will

A woman is entitled to a €30,000 payment from her brother arising out of a dispute over their mother’s will, the High Court has ruled.

Helen Shaughnessy, of Hacketstown, Co Carlow, sued Terence Shaughnessy, Seskinryan, Bagenalstown, also Carlow, alleging he breached his duty as executor of the will of their widowed mother, Helen senior, who died in September 2007.

She claimed his failure to take steps to have the will admitted to probate resulted in financial loss because she was unable to avail of stronger property prices soon after the death of her mother and sell a site which had been left to her.