Garda faces application for contempt at High Court over refusal to leave house

The couple have claimed they had a lease agreement with the previous landlord that saw them pay the landlord €20,000 as a purchase-option and had been paying €100 a year in rent since 2016 as part of the agreement

Garda Martin Reilly, based at Kells Garda Station in Co Meath, and his partner are occupying the house which was bought by businesswoman Sylvia Fox from a receiver appointed over properties in the unfinished housing estate that it was part of. File picture

The High Court is to be asked to consider an application against a couple, one of whom is a serving garda, for contempt of court after they allegedly defied an order to vacate a house they were living in.

Garda Martin Reilly, based at Kells Garda Station in Co Meath, and his partner Donna Heslin are occupying the house at Lock Eala, Loch Gowna, Co Cavan, which was bought by businesswoman Sylvia Fox from a receiver appointed over properties in the unfinished housing estate that it was part of.