The Supreme Court found for the bank last year, upholding rulings from the lower courts, before details of the sale emerged. Photograph: Bryan O'BrienBank of Ireland was “reckless” when it failed to tell the Supreme Court that it had sold a debt due from a Co Donegal fisherman that was the subject of controversial litigation, lawyers argued on Thursday. Bank of Ireland “acted recklessly” and engaged in an “abuse of process” by not informing the Supreme Court of the loan sale, Murray’s lawyers argued. The bank completed the sale to Pepper Finance in April 2025, two months before the court ruled in June. The company maintains that a separate unit to that which took the case against the Murrays was responsible for the loan sale.

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2026 21:30 UTC