article_snippet: A bankrupt solicitor who owes more than £52million to a bank was ‘barricaded in’ at A bankrupt solicitor who owes more than £52million to a bank , a court heard.
article_snippet: Brian O’Donnell and Brian O’Donnell doctor wife Mary Pat – who once controlled a vast global property empire – have fought attempts by Bank of Ireland to recover the millions for the past four years.
article_snippet: Property tycoon Brian O'Donnell and Brian O'Donnell wife Mary Pat, who have fought attempts by Bank of Ireland to recover the £52million they owe .
article_snippet: But in a fresh case by Brian O'Donnell's children, O'Donnell's children claim the bank
article_snippet: Cian Ferriter SC, for the bank, said the O’Donnells’ claims were ‘utterly wild’.
article_snippet: Cian Ferriter SC described the notion of any conspiracy by the bank and the bank advisers against the family as ‘deluded’.
article_snippet: the Supreme Court heard that in a written statement, Brian O’Donnell had threatened to call gardaí (police) if the bank’s receiver
article_snippet: Blake O’Donnell, 31, told the Supreme Court Bank of Ireland was ‘attempting to remove us from the property and seize Bank of Ireland’.
article_snippet: Mr Ferriter said Bank of Ireland had ‘run the family into the courts to try and get judgments and seize us assets from us.
article_snippet: But when the recession hit and the flow of bank credit stopped, O’Donnell and O’Donnell wife Mary Pat found Mr O’Donnell and his wife Mary Pat being pursued for millions that Mr O’Donnell and his wife Mary Pat simply didn’t have.
article_snippet: Bank of Ireland sues solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his doctor wife Mary Patricia – who invested in high-end property worldwide during the boom – for the return of loans of almost €70million in the High Court’s commercial wing.
article_snippet: Bank of Ireland Ireland wins an ‘enforcement’ order giving Bank of Ireland the power to take control of any of the couple’s assets anywhere in Europe.
article_snippet: Mr and Mrs O’Donnell board a ferry to the UK and set up home in London, before applying to High Court there for bankruptcy protection.
article_snippet: May 2012: Bank of Ireland launches a court action against the O’Donnell children, Alexandra, Blaise, Blake and Bruce, as part of Bank of Ireland efforts to secure return of the money.
article_snippet: The four offspring launch a rearguard action against Bank of Ireland in an effort to hang onto the home
article_snippet: Mrs O’Donnell declared bankrupt by High Court Dublin, despite Mr and Mrs O’Donnell claim to have moved Mr and Mrs O’Donnell
article_snippet: Mrs O’Donnell are confirmed as bankrupts in the Republic after the Supreme Court rejects Mr and Mrs O’Donnell appeal.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, the four children launch a new lawsuit against Bank of Ireland seeking to hang on to the house and cancel the four children parents’ debt.
highlights_snippet: But Irish tycoon has been declared bankrupt and owes Bank of Ireland £52million .
  