Court rules builder not entitled to €2m for lobbying councillors

The High Court has ruled that a builder is not entitled to the €2m he claimed a landowner owed him for the work he did to secure planning permission for a €44m housing development, including long hours lobbying Dublin councillors.

In a judgment, Mr Justice Roderick Murphy said he was not satisfied that there was a "concluded agreement concerning the development" between builder Patrick Cassidy and the landowner in question Mrs Margret Heneghan.