A widow who alleged breach of contract and negligence against a firm of solicitors who acted for both herself and a purchasing developer in the sale of her family farm has settled her High Court action.
Kathleen O’Brien (72), who has five grown-up children, had alleged she was facing losses of up to €2.5 million after an alleged “Celtic Tiger time” agreement of 2005 to sell the last remaining 19 acres of her family farm did not proceed. She had sued David J O’Meara and Sons, Mallow, Co Cork. The firm denied her claims.