Judge rejects O’Donnell family bid to stop home repossession

A solicitor turned billion euro property investor is facing eviction from a mansion on one of Ireland’s most exclusive addresses after a judge refused a last minute plea from his family to halt a repossession.

Brian O’Donnell has been holed up in the palatial spread in Killiney, overlooking Dublin bay, since yesterday afternoon when receivers were due to take the property from the family.