Man fails to have ruling that homes were bought with proceeds of crime struck down

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by John McCormack, 49, with previous addresses in Shannon, Co Clare; Roxboro, Co Limerick and the Canary Islands, and said no good reason had been advanced as to why the High Court judge had erred in the orders made.

The owner of three properties in the west of Ireland has failed in his bid to have a High Court ruling that the houses in Co Clare and Limerick were bought with the proceeds of crime struck down.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by John McCormack, 49, with previous addresses in Shannon, Co Clare; Roxboro, Co Limerick and the Canary Islands, and said no good reason had been advanced as to why the High Court judge had erred in the orders made.