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Former rugby international Clohessy to lose family home
Summary
In a High Court ruling on 25 February 2021, Mr Justice Richard Humphrey authorised the Official Assignee to sell former rugby international Peter Clohessy's family home in Cappamore, Co. Limerick, and ordered the family to vacate the property within six months. Clohessy, declared bankrupt in 2017 with debts exceeding €13 million, had previously owned the house and a 48‑acre farm that was repossessed by AIB and sold to a financial fund. The Official Assignee, represented by Una Nesdale BL, valued the house at €500,000 to €550,000, while the couple valued it lower and opposed the sale. The court accepted the sale as the only means to satisfy creditors, who had been living at the house for four years since the adjudication, and found the six‑month postponement reasonable. The house, built over 15 years ago, adjoined the farm that had been sold to a financial fund.
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What: Report matter: Former rugby international Clohessy to lose family home. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2021-02-25 Publication
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