The saga, more or less, drew to a close in the Commercial Court at lunchtime on Tuesday with the entertainer back in control over his Co Cork mansion Castlehyde. Blackbird Film Productions, the UK-registered vehicle used for Flatley’s 2018 spy-thriller Blackbird, moved to redeem from lender Novellus its €5.7 million loan facility, guaranteed by the dancer and secured on the listed property formerly owned by Ireland’s first president Douglas Hyde. Senior counsel for Novellus, Kelley Smith, confirmed to the court via remote link that the money, including costs and interest, had arrived this morning with Arthur Cox Solicitors, the firm…

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