Secret Kilkenny Group plan to sell off assets

Son claims mother breached family agreement

Marion O’Gorman of the Kilkenny Group: her son Greg O’Gorman is suing her over the family business Picture: Enda Casey
Greg O’Gorman

“Very confidential” plans to double profits and allegedly sell off the iconic Kilkenny Group have been revealed in a bitter family row over ownership of the business.

Greg O’Gorman is suing his mother Marian, the founder and chief executive of the retail brand, over claims she unlawfully walked away from a deal holding the group in trust for him and his three siblings.

The dispute arose when his mother terminated his employment as ...