Row over exclusive Ballinacurra House estate goes to mediation

Businessman Desmond McGahan claims that without warning or any prior notice to him or his advisors, security staff wearing stab vests and body cams entered the property and changed the locks in early February.

Ballinacurra House was selected as Ireland's Wedding Venue of the Year in 2017.

A row over a financial fund's appointment of a receiver over an exclusive estate that has hosted celebrities including Michael Jackson is to go to a mediation, the High Court has heard.

Businessman Desmond McGahan, 70, has brought proceedings against Mars Capital Finance (Ireland) Designated Activity Company and receiver Rory Cotter of Crowe Ireland over the plaintiff's property known as Ballinacurra House, in Kinsale, Co Cork.