A dispute over a €17 million development land sale which allegedly fell through in 2009 has been entered into the Commercial Court.
Earlier this year, a company called SSC Sustainable Communities Ltd brought High Court proceedings against farmer John Geoghegan seeking specific performance of an agreement in March 2004 when it is alleged Mr Geoghegan agreed to sell some 78 acres of land in Crewhill and Maynooth, Co Kildare, by March 2008 to the company’s predecessor in title, developer Gerry Deane.
The land, mostly zoned for housing with about two acres for commercial use, is about a kilometre from Maynooth University.
The company also sought declarations that Mr Geoghegan was bound to complete the 2004 sale agreement and that…