Businessman hoped to give rival Barne bidder 'a heart attack' with article, court hears
Maurice Regan said legal letters sent to the joint estate agents handling the sale were not meant to 'frighten' or 'threaten', but his concern was that his bids were not getting to the trustees of the estate. Picture: Collins Courts/CC
Construction magnate Maurice Regan, who is involved in the bitter dispute over the failed sale of Barne Estate in Co Tipperary, wrote in a text to a third party that he hoped a newspaper article would give rival bidder and bloodstock billionaire John Magnier a "heart attack".
US-based Mr Regan appeared in the Four Courts on Wednesday morning before Mr Justice Max Barrett, giving evidence of his involvement in bids for the estate, when it was put to him by Paul Gallagher, the counsel for the Magnier side, that he sent the WhatsApp message. Mr Regan replied: "All is fair in love and war."
