A tragic family scenario, not unlike King Lear, is how barrister Martin Hayden framed the breakdown in relations between veteran hotelier Noel O’Callaghan and his sons in the business, Paul and Charles. Things were so bad that at a mediation meeting on September 8 last, the High Court heard Paul allegedly threatened his father by saying: “If I had a gun, I would shoot you in the face.” Frozen out of the business and subjected to a two-year “campaign” of “isolation and oppression” that “can only be described as torture”, Noel O’Callaghan claimed relations have reached a nadir in a…

Want to continue reading?

Unlock full access to The Currency and The Wall Street Journal with an Annual membership and receive a free Samsonite suitcase – worth €235 delivered to your door.

Subscribe

Cancel at any time.

Are you already a member? .