The High Court in Ireland is being asked to order unknown individuals living in caravans to vacate the listed and disused Knocklofty House, Co. Tipperary. The caravan occupants, who have no permission to be on the property, are also keeping up to 20 ponies and other animals, which has caused welfare concerns, and refuse to leave. The property is owned by financial fund Promontoria and its receiver wishes to develop or sell it. The issue will return to court next week.

A chartered accountant, Ken Fennell, has asked Ireland’s High Court for orders to remove unknown individuals who have been illegally occupying the protected, rundown Knocklofty House in Co Tipperary. The individuals, who reportedly own up to 20 ponies and keep chickens and dogs on the neglected site, are refusing to leave. Fennell claims his court-appointed role as receiver of assets belonging to businessman Denis English makes him responsible for preparing the site for sale or development. The historic building, formerly owned by the Anglo-Irish Donoughmore earls, was targeted by the IRA in 1974.