Nephew of deceased farmer not entitled to €1m Kerry Group shares

Shares will be divided among the surviving siblings and extended family

Thomas O’Connell was gifted “Kerry Co-Operative shares” in a 1990 will of his uncle, John T Cronin who died some 23 years later in 2013, aged in his 90s.

The nephew of a deceased bachelor farmer is not entitled to more than €1m worth of Kerry Group shares which are part of his uncle's assets, the High Court has ruled. The shares will instead be divided among the surviving siblings and extended family of the deceased.

Thomas O’Connell was gifted “Kerry Co-Operative shares” in a 1990 will of his uncle, John T Cronin who died some 23 years later in 2013, aged in his 90s.