Receiver appointed to deal with assets of criminal who extorted money from Dublin City Council builders

The High Court gave permission for a mobile home belonging to Derek 'Dee Dee' O'Driscoll to be sold off and for four bank accounts containing more than €250,000 to be taken over by the liquidator.

Mon, 21 Oct, 2019 - 16:45

Eoin Reynolds

A receiver has been appointed to sell off a mobile home that previously belonged to a known criminal who extorted thousands of euro from builders working for Dublin City Council in return for protection.

Justice Carmel Stewart at the High Court gave permission for a mobile home belonging to Derek 'Dee Dee' O'Driscoll to be sold off and for four bank accounts containing more than €250,000 to be taken over by the liquidator. The High Court has previously heard that O'Driscoll of Croftwood Grove, Ballyfermot and his "enforcer" David Reilly of nearby Croftwood Park charged firms building houses for the city council between €1,200 and €1,500 per week to protect their sites from vandalism and anti-social behaviour.