A British Labour Party member of the House of Lords, Wilf Stevenson, is set to sell his West Cork Ilen River-side period home, Glebe House, for close to €4m – some €1.5m more than he had paid former AIB senior executive David Duffy for it back in 2016. Made a lifelong peer in 2010, Mr Stevenson was a senior advisor to Mr Brown, the opposition leader in Britain's House of Lords, and was a member of Labour’s think-tank, the Smith Institute. Also resident and a familiar face around Skibbereen and boating at Baltimore is actor Jeremy Irons, who owns several West Cork properties, including Kilcoe Castle. Wilf Stevenson, who is selling his Skibbereen home. Previously, Glebe House had been home to leading Irish and UK banker David Duffy, who variously served as CEO of AIB, Clydesdale Bank and Virgin Money UK.

Source: Irish Examiner April 02, 2026 18:44 UTC