High Court approves Sean Dunne U.S. bankruptcy proceedings

Former top Irish business man now living in U.S.

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Published Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 7:35 AM

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Former property tycoon Sean Dunne

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The Irish High Court has reportedly approved the serving of bankruptcy proceedings on developer Sean Dunne at his next court appearance in the US.

According to the Irish Examiner, the Irish businessman, who is nicknamed the 'Baron of Ballsbridge' after a tiny Dublin suburb, is living in America on a temporary visa.

Ulster Bank, which is owed $174 million, applied to serve bankruptcy proceedings on the Irish developer during his appearance in court in Connecticut on Friday.

The American judge was told that Dunne still has property in Ireland and that he returns there on a regular basis, but to date the bank has had difficulty in locating him to serve him with legal papers.

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saraindc | Feb 13, 2013, 12:42 PM EST

Geez how hard did they look. His expensive US properties and address have been all over the web in the USA. Give us the papers and we'll walk up to his front door and happily slap them in his face. The sooner this rat is held responsible the better - and raid all his bank accounts too - that's stolen money!

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RobinForester | Feb 13, 2013, 11:20 AM EST

Quote: "The American judge was told that Dunne still has property in Ireland and that he returns there on a regular basis, but to date the bank has had difficulty in locating him to serve him with legal papers." ''That's strange? Could it be that the world wide collapse in property prices which was to be expected had anything to do with his plans and developments, let's be frank here, Irish house and land prices were a Irish version of the South Sea Island Bubble, and the exercise of 2 ounces of common sense would have stopped thousands of overpriced property deals proceeding.

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johnbyrne | Feb 13, 2013, 10:09 AM EST

in regard to dunne or any other toe rag that cant be found my e. mail is on this so Ill willingly serve the papers on these rats. the same rats who exploited the citizens & who destroyed our country with the aid of the ff government

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johnbyrne | Feb 13, 2013, 09:52 AM EST

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