Cork publican has debts of more than €58m written off
John Gaffney, former co-owner of Flannery's Bar on the Glasheen Rd in Cork. File Picture: Denis Minihane
A Cork publican has had debts of more than €58m written off as part of a High Court-approved personal insolvency arrangement.
John Gaffney, of Mountain Lodge, Ballyleigh, Waterfall, Co Cork, was a major property investor in the Celtic Tiger boom years before the global financial crash began in 2008, the High Court was told.
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