O’Brien welcomes new plan to sell Mullen Park homes to individual buyers

A plan to sell 115 houses to a global investment fund has been called off

The planned sale of 115 homes in the Mullen Park estate to Round Hill Capital, a global investment firm, caused a political furore when it was reported by the Business Post last May. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

Darragh O’Brien has welcomed a decision to sell the homes in the Mullen Park estate in Maynooth to individual buyers.

The planned sale of 115 three and four-bedroom houses in the estate to Round Hill Capital, a global investment firm, caused a political furore when it was reported by the Business Post last May.

It led to the government bringing in new legislation to impose a higher stamp duty charge of 10 per cent on ...