Eoghan O'Neachtain Ltd ordered to vacate Galway school yard

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The High Court granted the board of management of St. Patrick's School an interlocutory injunction against Eoghan O'Neachtain Ltd on 5 March 2018, directing the company to vacate the school yard. The yard is on Lombard Street, Galway, and had been used for a car-parking business.

The school argued that the licence agreement permitting the car-parking operation had expired on 31 January 2018. The company maintained that the arrangement amounted to a tenancy, while the school characterised it as a licence.

Mr Justice Hunt found that the operation was limited to specified periods and that overall control remained with the school. He concluded that damages would be an adequate remedy for the company if it succeeded at trial.