Coughlan’s Kinsale home selling price shows how far he fell

Once upon a time, Greg Coughlan was on top of the world with successful businesses and millions to his name. Then the recession hit, writes Dan Buckley

A little more than a decade ago, Greg Coughlan had it all: a hugely successful business built on the back of audacious property development, a vision to turn Cork’s docklands area into a thriving hub to rival Dublin’s Financial Services Centre or Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, a beautiful, minimalist modern mansion in Kinsale and big plans for the future.