{"id":436447,"date":"2026-05-07T06:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436447\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:58:08","slug":"council-takes-galway-developer-to-court-over-barna-housing-scheme-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/436447\/","title":{"rendered":"Council takes Galway developer to court over Barna housing scheme \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Galway County Council<\/a> is bringing legal action against a former Nama<\/a> developer over his company\u2019s alleged failure to comply with planning enforcement notices at a 48-home scheme in Connemara<\/a> and an obligation to lodge a \u20ac1 million bond with the local authority last year.<\/p>\n

Gerry Barrett<\/a> \u2013 the Edward Holdings developer and one-time owner of the five-star G Hotel and Spa in Galway<\/a> city \u2013 and his company, Denalibrook Ltd, are named in a recently issued District Court summons. <\/p>\n

A separate company, Drumque Ltd, originally received permission to develop the 48-unit scheme called An Maol\u00e1n at Forramoyle East, Barna, in 2018. <\/p>\n

Dublin-based management consultant Pat O\u2019Sullivan, who is listed as a director of Denalibrook alongside Barrett, is also named in company documents as a director of Drumque. That entity was struck off the Companies Register and dissolved in 2024 for failing to file annual returns.<\/p>\n

In March 2025, Denalibrook, which has not filed accounts since 2022, applied to the council to extend the delivery time frame on the Barna development by two years. <\/p>\n

The local authority agreed to extend the permission for one year on condition the developer lodge a cash deposit or other security of almost \u20ac1.05 million with the council within three months. The council said this was to \u201csecure the provision and satisfactory completion\u201d of the development and a section of road to its east.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Denalibrook, Barrett and O\u2019Sullivan had been served with a planning enforcement notice related to the same scheme.<\/p>\n

The Connacht Tribune reported at the time that planners told the developers they were not complying with conditions attached to the original approval linked to roadworks, landscaping and other issues.<\/p>\n

The council is now taking Barrett, O\u2019Sullivan and Denalibrook to court over their alleged failure to comply with the 2024 enforcement notice and a September 2025 enforcement notice related to the financial conditions attached to the extension of the planning permission.<\/p>\n

The case is due to be heard by Galway District Court next month. <\/p>\n

Approached for comment, Galway County Council planning director Liam Hanrahan said: \u201cAs the case is ongoing and with our legal team, we are not in a position to comment at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barrett did not respond to questions put to him through Edward Holdings.<\/p>\n

The first An Maol\u00e1n units were advertised for sale in 2019. Many sold quickly. However, delivery of the scheme was beset by delays, with some purchasers waiting several years to receive the keys to their new home.<\/p>\n

The scheme is now largely occupied, but aspects of it are yet to be completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Galway County Council is bringing legal action against a former Nama developer over his company\u2019s alleged failure to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,34919,5721,4500,75157,190445,61,60,27141],"class_list":["post-436447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-connemara","tag-district-court","tag-galway","tag-galway-county-council","tag-gerry-barrett","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}