In pics: D-Day for bankrupt developer Tom McFeely

Photographs show belongings being removed from developer’s family home on Ailesbury Road ahead of today’s court deadline.

10/08/12 7,503 Views 35 Comments

Personal items belonging to the McFeely family being removed from their house yesterday.

Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

TODAY MARKS THE deadline for bankrupt developer Tom McFeely to vacate his Ailesbury Road house.

Mr Justice Michael Peart last month rejected postponing the possession order which called for today’s move. The house, in Ballsbridge in Dublin 4, had a mortgage of €9.5 million taken on it in 2005.

Photographs which were taken at McFeely’s residence yesterday show the clearance of personal items from the premises.

09/08/2012. Pictured is the home of bankrupt devel

09/08/2012. Personal belonging being moved by a cl

09/08/2012. Personal belonging being moved by a cl
(All images by Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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Michael Hegarty 10/08/12 #

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I bet he has a fancy retreat to crawl off to, unlike his victims in Priory Hall!

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Mairead Hynes 10/08/12 #

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Don let the door hit ya on the way out…

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- HARRY MARKOPOLOS 10/08/12 #
  
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  Typical NAMA eviction.
  
  Family drives of in a €120,000 Toyota Amazon SUV to their new ”humble” abode.
  
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- HARRY MARKOPOLOS 10/08/12 #
  
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  Was the Bentley getting serviced today?
  
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- Sean Herbert 10/08/12 #
  
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  Harry – it’s 6 years old – calm down, FFS.
  
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- HARRY MARKOPOLOS 11/08/12 #
  
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  Oh so it was bought back in the heady days of the ”Celtic Tiger”
  
  In that case it probably cost €140,000.
  
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Con 10/08/12 #

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An absolute pig of a man.Actually that’s an insult to pigs.Hope he gets what he truly deserves.

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mcbab 10/08/12 #

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Enjoyed those photos I am not ashamed to say!

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Stephen Maher 10/08/12 #

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My f***in heart bleeds!!

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- Stephen Maher 10/08/12 #
  
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  Red thumbs?? Wtf?
  
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Dave Hammond 10/08/12 #

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So are we going to see a group of ahem concerned citizens establish and have a rally to show support for the poor treatment of the family , ya know , the way they do in Cavan….any takers no….anyone , phew , I was getting worried the country had lost its way altogether…..

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- Pierce2020 10/08/12 #
  
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  Dave, I think you have your answer, see Eilish’s comment below
  
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kingstown 10/08/12 #

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I’m sure he’ll get off

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- Sinmac 10/08/12 #
  
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  @kingstown, he has already got off with Prioryhall convictions 2 weeks ago. According to recent media reports the Mcfeelys have another property in Terenure that they can move to. The only people being punished are the residents of Prioryhall who are now 10 months out of their homes
  
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Michael Hegarty 10/08/12 #

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I bet he has a fancy retreat to crawl off to, unlike his victims in Priory Hall!

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Jonny California 10/08/12 #

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I wonder Will he put away the dishes and put out the trash before he leaves .
Just curious

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Rebecca De Stanleigh 10/08/12 #

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Ah. The price of greed.

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Adrian Martyn 10/08/12 #

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Can anyone tell me what is the situation with the people of Priory Hall? Have heard way too much about McFeely.

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Pierce2020 10/08/12 #

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Glad to see this guy finally getting some of his own medicine, don’t think they should have the picture of his daughter, doesn’t seem too fair on her.

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- Sharon Cunningham 10/08/12 #
  
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  who cares about his daughter she had the high life for long enough what about the sons and daughters who lived in Prioryhall think about it we are worse off.
  
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C.P. Horan 10/08/12 #

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NAMA must really have it in for him. They gave the rest of the gangster developers a 200k a year job and a bailout didn’t see any of them lose their houses. Are they going to bring to book any if the planning regulators who signed off on this? Not a hope in hell.

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- Patrick Lyons 10/08/12 #
  
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  Perhaps you could organise a march supporting the poor man. I believe Cavan could be considered a suitable venue. The residents there know how to show support for the ill-treated underdog.
  
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- Donal McCarthy 10/08/12 #
  
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  C.P. Horan – what is your actual point?
  
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Patrick Lyons 10/08/12 #

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Ah yes, the good old ‘republican’ mé féin’ ethos.

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- Adrian Martyn 10/08/12 #
  
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  I fear you’re right. SF are just FF warmed up.
  
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Tom Newell 10/08/12 #

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paybacks a b*tch aint it!

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Derry horan 10/08/12 #

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The “poor” man :)

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Eilish Deegan 10/08/12 #

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Good point John but this wouldn’t work I think as the banks rely upon the correct paperwork when convenceing.so it’s still Dublin city council ??

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Eilish Deegan 10/08/12 #

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Well Dublin city council did sign off on the properties and deem them fit for purpose . Sorry

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- john g mcgrath 10/08/12 #
  
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  In addition some body signed off on them as good security go after their professional indemnity insurance as well !!
  
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- Shane Hogan 10/08/12 #
  
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  Not true, Eilish. Our building control system is based on self-certification. Local authorities never had the resources to inspect every property.
  
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bren 10/08/12 #

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Who is the woman and girl in the photos? I presume his wife and daugher? He might have f-ed things up, but their humiliation is hardly a fitting punishment?

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Eilish Deegan 10/08/12 #

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Shane they take money for planning and certification therefore their responsibility would think in upholding regulations.whether they inspect or not their prob.they get paid for it .its similar to what happened in tenements turn of century so council learned nothing in 120 years

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- Shane Hogan 10/08/12 #
  
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  Again, not true Eilish. Planning has nothing to do with fire safety. The fees paid for a fire certificate are modest, and would come nowhere near supporting the kind of external inspection that would be required to guarantee fire safety. You can’t guarantee fire safety with one inspection. You need to be onsite at regular intervals while the build is in progress. If you want building control authorities to guarantee fire safety of every build, be prepared to increase fees x 20 or maybe x 50. On the other hand, if you want to look at who is really responsible, you might like to find the architect who did sign off on Priory Hall, and you might like to find the solicitors who were acting for the buyers who accepted that solicitor’s sign-off, even though they knew well that it wasn’t based on regular inspections during the build project, and finally, you might like to ask the Law Society why their standard conveyancing contract gives almost no real security to buyers.
  
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Eilish Deegan 10/08/12 #

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Shane tell me u disagree but don’t tell me I’m wrong,planning involves signing off on both the buildings design and materials used .A solicitor is not an architect nor a convenceing clarke a quantity surveyor.if monies have been exchanged in order to comply ,and if they dont measure up to that task then liability rests with them.for too long those in authority have dodged responsibility and kept the money

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