the sixth JP McManus Pro-Am golf tournament was held at Adare Manor, the first since 2010. Health McManus was diagnosed with cancer in late 2008 and after receiving treatment in the United States, he was said to have recovered well. Glackin Report In 1991, an Irish company law inspector, solicitor John Glackin, was appointed by the Irish Government to investigate complicated dealings involving Dermot Desmond and the purchase and sale of the former Johnston Mooney and O'Brien site in Ballsbridge, Dublin, to Telecom Éireann. While Desmond represented himself as an intermediary in the sale, Glackin's report said Desmond, businessman JP McManus and John Magnier were beneficiaries of the sale. Desmond strenuously disputed Glackin's findings. According to the Glackin Report, Hoddle Investments (the vehicle through which the deal was handled) executed two contracts with Telecom Éireann for the sale of the Johnston Mooney & O'Brien site for an aggregate price of £9.4 million, on 7 May 1990. Glackin concluded that McManus had lent £1.5 million to Chestvale to purchase the site from the liquidator in August 1989. McManus made the investment through an AIB account in Jersey in the name of J&N McMahon. Whether this account was to the benefit of John and Noreen McManus was not confirmed as AIB refused to break client confidentiality. The report concluded that McManus was a beneficiary of the sale of the site to Telecom Éireann, and received £500,000 in cash from the transaction, which Dermot Desmond had stored in a tennis holdall in his safe. At paragraph 5.4.4 of the report, Glackin concludes that: No criminal charges were made against McManus or the other principals involved resulting from the findings of the Glackin Report. References External links Not So ‘Sporting’ Limerick? Irish racehorse owners and breeders Irish gamblers 20th-century Irish philanthropists Irish expatriates in Switzerland Manchester United F.C. directors and chairmen 1951 births 20th-century Irish businesspeople 21st-century Irish businesspeople Living people People from Limerick (city) 21st-century Irish philanthropists