Sheehan’s Blackrock exit plan hits a snag

Blackrock Clinic founder Jimmy Sheehan’s bid to bow out of the private hospital has opened up yet another front in the protracted legal battle engulfing the shareholders.

Last September, Sheehan decided to sell his stake in the exclusive hospital for €16 million to the beef baron Larry Goodman. The meat magnate has owned a part of the clinic since 2005, when he bought a 28 per cent stake from the British health insurer ...