Eamon Dillon

He said in his own evidence as well, they pointed out that he doesn't have any bank accounts.

And the fact that the property, he isn't living in it, it's not a family home, therefore it doesn't really qualify for the exceptional circumstances to get free legal aid.

So I think the judge pretty much, Aisling Quinn, agreed with him.

He said that

You know, McCarthy says he has nothing to do with one house, so it couldn't be more straightforward.

And in the case of the second property, it was also very straightforward in that he claims to have got the money from his grandmother.

He wasn't satisfied there were any exceptional circumstances that would allow for free legal aid in that case.

So I suppose that's the first battle in this case.

in this attempt to take some assets off of Red Larry.

And he hasn't won that one so far.

Yeah, I mean, that's often what happens, but also sometimes with the free legal aid case, with the hearing for the free legal aid, you get an insight into, you know, what it's all about.

And we got that with James Maggo Gately and Charlene Lamb.

When the case was brought against them for the House of Glynn Drive, they spent $440,000 on having bought it for $125,000.

And if you remember, it was described as eye-watering luxury holidays.

It was kind of, I think, that was widely reported at the time.

And they got free legal aid as well for their own forensic surveyor to go with, you know, the value of what was done with the house.

And there was a lot of back and forth and this went on for quite some time.

And I think that it just came up, I think that it was almost the same figure that the forensic surveyor.

Didn't you?

Well, it's still ongoing.