High Court reportersThe High Court has approved the Irish will of a late US-based priest after a subsequent American will raised an issue about whether his Irish property had been left to his two cousins. The cousins brought a High Court application, with the American lawyer who drew up the US will as respondent, seeking to have the Irish will declared valid. The court heard the priest made the Irish will in August 2001 and appointed three members of the cousins' family as executors. The cousins, in their court application, said they had a very close relationship with the priest and often discussed farming matters with him. His US attorney had also expressed surprise that there was any Irish land, the judge said.

Source: The Herald June 28, 2024 16:05 UTC