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School "kept in dark" by Christian Brothers over €18m playing fields sale, High Court told

Summary

In a High Court hearing, the board of Clonkeen College claimed it was kept unaware of a €18 million sale of part of the school's playing fields to builder Patrick Durkan. The board, which has run the school since 1998, said the Christian Brothers, the school's patrons, had sold about seven acres of the grounds without informing the board, which only learned of the deal in May 2017. The board argued the sale breached a 2006 agreement that the fields should remain available for the school and that only the monastery site could be developed. It seeks declarations that students retain use of the fields and that the congregation must perform the 2006 agreement. The congregation denies any wrongdoing, claims the board has no interest in the land, and says the 2006 agreement is void. The case is before Justice Carmel Stewart.

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What: Report matter: School "kept in dark" by Christian Brothers over €18m playing fields sale, High Court told. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

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• May 2017 Other
• 2018-03-16 Publication

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