A six-year row over the ownership of Harry Clarke's stained glass windows in Bewley's has been comprehensively resolved in landlord RGRE's favour. In a statement, the group welcomed the win after a "lengthy" and sometimes "farcical" legal dispute.
The Currency understands the agreement between the Ronan group and the US investor puts an end to all litigation between the parties.
Four years before the disputed landed in court, the Ronan Group and CIE were in a protracted stand-off about the landmark 22-storey Tara Street development, legal correspondence shows.
Landowner CIÉ claims that Tanat Ltd is withholding a license fee payment as a “means of exerting improper pressure” on the transport company in respect of planning issues for the proposed landmark 22-storey AquaVetro Tower on the docklands site.
The tech giant, which recently announced it was laying off 13 per cent of its workforce, is leaving its Grand Canal Square offices in Dublin four years earlier than the lease's break date.
Property developer Johnny Ronan is accused of trying to frustrate the multimillion-euro sale of lands in Cabinteely, south Dublin for commercial advantage. The High Court has been told there is a risk the preferred bidder will imminently pull out of the sale.
Johnny Ronan’s property group is battling Colony Capital from seizing a prime site on the north bank of the Liffey. Affidavits, text messages and legal letters reveal how the relationship between the two long standing business partners disintegrated.
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