A High Court judge has reserved judgment on an application by Lord Inchiquin for the recovery of 36 ancestral portraits, including one of Brian Boru.
Conor O’Brien, the 18th Baron Inchiquin, is also seeking an order restraining Dromoland Castle Hotel, Co Clare, where they have hung for decades, from making reproductions of the portraits.
Dromoland Castle Holdings Ltd claims it has been prepared to return the paintings if allowed time to make the reproductions to cover wall space laid bare by the return of the portraits.