The Indo Daily: Ep2: Secret phones, wiped laptops and ‘dirty' money
Mr Magnier, the bloodstock billionaire, and two of his children are seeking to enforce a handshake deal agreed between Mr Magnier and Richard Thomson-Moore to buy Barne Estate, a 751-acre property in Tipperary that has been in the Thomson-Moore family for nearly 400 years.
Mr Magnier contends that the €15m deal agreed in his Coolmore home in Tipperary on August 22, 2023 with Mr Thomson-Moore is binding.
He argues that a later €22.5m deal Mr Thomson-Moore and his family trust agreed with Maurice Regan, the US-based Kerry building tycoon, is 'unlawful'.
Land, riches and reputations are all on the line, with recent evidence hearing details of secret phones, wiped computers, hidden assets and 'dirty' money.
Today on The Indo Daily, in the second of a two-part special, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Mark Tighe, journalist with the Sunday Independent, to hear the blockbuster revelations in the case over the future of Barne estate.
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