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Magnier rival branded Coolmore as 'professional bullies', court hears

Date
2025-07-15

Stage
Hearing Or Decision

Primary locality
Tipperary

Summary

In a High Court hearing, Anna Thomson‑Moore testified that John Magnier's Coolmore group had delivered €50,000 in cash in two brown envelopes to her husband's estate agent after a purported hand‑shake agreement for the Barne Estate. She described the envelopes as "incredibly tainted and dirty" and said she returned the money days later. Thomson‑Moore also claimed that Maurice Regan, who later outbid Magnier, had called her "professional bullies" and that Coolmore had been intimidating her. She denied deliberately withholding information that could have delayed the sale and said the estate had taken a commercial loan from a Regan company without any indemnity clause. The case, involving the Barne Estate, Thomson‑Moore, and IQEQ (Jersey) Ltd, remains before Mr Justice Max Barrett.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Magnier rival branded Coolmore as 'professional bullies', court hears. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

September 7, 2023 Hearing Or Sentence
August 22, 2023 Hearing Or Sentence
August 31 Other
September 30, 2023 Other
September 2023 Other
2025-07-15 Publication

Why: At the High Court today, Ms Thomson-Moore, who is in her second day of cross-examination, told Paul Gallagher SC, for the Magniers, that the family were not deliberately "stalling" on a deal with Mr Magnier for the property because Mr Regan had outbid Mr Magnier. CNI source report