It was the third session of three meetings held in the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise when 83-year old grandmother Bernadette Goodwin entered its ballroom. She was greeted with a standing ovation by the 50 or so investors gathered there as she proceeded modestly to the front of the room on Sunday, July 4. Other investors would have loved to have cheered her too, but with pandemic restrictions meetings had to be staggered rather than bringing everyone together.  Goodwin had spearheaded a six-year legal battle involving 270 investors who had invested £30 million in a disastrous series of investment property funds…

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