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Full coverage: John Magnier

The battle for Barne: “Let’s be honest about this – an agreement was reached”

Joe Fitzpatrick, a solicitor handling the Barne Estate deal for Coolmore, told the High Court he understood a contract to sell to John Magnier was nearly “ready to go” in late August 2023 before the vendors went cold.

Niall Sargent
5th Jun, 2025 - 4 min read

“He was so enraged”: High Court hears details of call with Regan over Magnier’s Barne bid

The court heard that the difficult phone call spurred John Magnier to drive immediately to the Barne Estate to push for an exclusivity agreement to block out other bids.

Niall Sargent
4th Jun, 2025 - 4 min read

“I came up here for protection and not to be slaughtered. You tainted my good name”

Counsel for sellers the Thomson Moores claimed this morning that John Magnier's account of what happened on the night he says a deal was struck for a 750-acre estate “doesn't hold water”.

Niall Sargent
29th May, 2025 - 4 min read

“I don’t think they are greedy. I think they have been misled”

In a full day of cross examination, bloodstock magnate John Magnier denied being the "bad guy" and said he didn't really understand tax matters and trusts. That's why he hired experts.

Francesca Comyn
28th May, 2025 - 5 min read

The tycoon, “the Yank” and the Barne Estate: John Magnier takes the stand

Businessman Maurice Regan did not want bloodstock magnate John Magnier to bid on the Barne Estate as he wanted to suppress the price of land in Co Tipperary, the High Court has heard.

Francesca Comyn
27th May, 2025 - 4 min read

The battle for Barne: A country pile, the bloodstock magnate and the crime journalist

Irish businessman Maurice Regan and crime journalist Paul Williams feature in the opening of bloodstock magnate John Magnier's bitter court battle to buy the 17th-century Barne Estate in Co Tipperary.

Francesca Comyn
27th May, 2025 - 3 min read

Barnestorming: Miscommunications and the “dark force” of Maurice Regan

It was a day marked by tetchy exchanges in court, claims of bullying and ultimately delay as the row over the future ownership of the 750-acre Barne Estate in Co Tipperary stands adjourned.

Francesca Comyn
7th Mar, 2025 - 3 min read

The battle for Barne: Privilege, a missing mailbox, and discovery deadlock

It was meant to be D-Day, the beginning of the Barne Estate trial in which bloodstock tycoon John Magnier claims he bought the historic property with a €15m handshake in August 2023. Instead of drama, there was deadlock.

Francesca Comyn
6th Mar, 2025 - 3 min read

Magnier, Regan and the battle for Barne: a clash of wills and deep pockets 

A bidding war, missing documents and a "sham" trust are among the claims dogging the contested sale of the 750-acre estate in the heart of the Golden Vale. Two business titans circle for the prize.

Francesca Comyn
1st Jan, 2025 - 9 min read

500 acres of potential: The Magnier landbank on the Kildare-Meath border

Two of the billionaire bloodstock magnate’s children have bought up multiple connecting plots of prime farmland between Leixlip and Dunboyne. But what is the family planning for the property?

Niall Sargent
11th Oct, 2024 - 5 min read
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