Recalled to give evidence, Gerard Lane accepted in a moment of anger he threatened Tinakilly House co-owner Denis Connolly that he would become the "partner from hell". However he denied this was motivating his case against his business partner.
On Monday, the US lifestyle and pharmaceutical firm spent £33m buying up assets tied to troubled craft brewer BrewDog. Its Dublin outpost, which employs over 50 people, is among them.
The Mercantile Entertainment Group, which owns popular venues like Café en Seine, The George, and Whelan’s, was founded in 2015. Regan has bought out his long-term co-shareholder in the business, an investment company founded by Michael Breslin.
Simultaneous insolvencies and new openings across the leading publican’s portfolio can be head-spinning. They reflect the fortunes of venues financed independently and carrying different baggage from pandemic times.
Describing himself as a "budding, young sprightly 64 years of age”, Denis Connolly took the stand to give his side of the bitter hotel ownership row while independent expert Kieran Wallace elaborated on his concerns over the business's accounts.
All Christmas bookings will be honoured at the bar and restaurant complexes, and the receivership will not affect the wider Nola Clan group.
The US luxury short-term letting firm collapsed suddenly this month after a deal with the Marriott hotel chain went sour, pulling its Irish business down with it.
The Foxhunter is the latest tenant of a property placed in receivership by Paddy McKillen Jr’s property lenders to face its own insolvency proceedings.
Marshalling an army of relatives and staff, the Dublin publican is never finished re-inventing a generations-old business.
Back in 2022, Paddy McKillen Jr controlled interests across property, hospitality and serviced offices. As loans are called in, cross-guarantees given at the time are now biting.
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