Celtic Tiger celeb Marcus Sweeney warned he will be thrown out of court for ‘begin a nuisance’
A High Court judge has told Celtic Tiger restaurateur and socialite Marcus Sweeney that he had “not hint nor hair of what you are on about” and threatened to have the 47-year-old removed from the court for “being a nuisance” when seeking to re-enter a Criminal Assets Bureau matter.
In March 2023, Mr Sweeney’s firm EWM Property Holdings Ltd agreed to hand over Co Meath lands as part of a case brought by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab).
The Cab had identified the land portfolio located in Co Meath saying it was obtained through the proceeds of crime.
The judge said the bureau made out a “very compelling case” for him to rule that there was a “high degree of probability” that the site at Waynestown was acquired by EWM with crime proceeds.
The Cab alleged Mr Sweeney’s wealth management fund purchased the land for €102,000 using, in part, cash from unknown sources, another investment company and from an innocent investor.
Previously, Mr Justice Alexander Owens described Mr…
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