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Questions in Glenveagh’s €8m alleged shakedown case require ‘deeper investigation’

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys said that the developer’s case - which the defendants failed to have struck out - is ‘not manifestly unfounded’

In its case, Glenveagh alleges that two meath residents conspired to damage its business interests through an abuse of the planning process and to force a higher sale price in a land sale. Picture: Getty

Glenveagh's €8 million case against two Meath residents it has accused of coercing a higher price in a land sale is “not manifestly unfounded", but the legal theories exercised by both sides will be tested at trial.

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys of the High Court said Glenveagh’s basic point was “not that complicated” and its legal theory could not be rejected at this time. He said the case raised complex issues which were more appropriately ...