A will — as in somebody’s last will and testament — “is a very private and personal thing”, a prominent RTÉ radio presenter pronounced recently. Anybody can pay a fee and find out how much a person’s estate was worth and who benefited from it. Yet when it came to making his will, he ensured at least one extraordinary provision would bring him public attention. Sarah Linton had been dragged into the Michelle Rocca versus Cathal Ryan court case, one of the great causes celebres of the 1990s. Rocca was awarded £7,500 for assault in a case that left the public agog at how the other half lived.

Source: Irish Independent April 17, 2022 12:04 UTC