Mary Molloy wins ruling to assess Bartragh Island damages

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Mary Molloy’s Bartragh Island damages assessment will proceed after the High Court dismissed Sean Simon’s preliminary application on 7 June 2016. The dispute concerns a 1996 option agreement involving the island in Killala Bay, Co Mayo.

The court accepted there had been delay but ruled that justice and the parties’ interests favoured continuing. The assessment follows a 2003 ruling that Ms Molloy was entitled to damages after her attempt to exercise the agreement was frustrated; her appeal was later withdrawn, and the assessment was re-entered in 2014.