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High Court Action Sligo Hotel For Sale

The Sligo hotel which featured at the centre of a Sligo politician's financial woes has closed its doors.

Friday night saw the Coach House Hotel in Ballymote cease trading as it officially went on the market at a price that many have found below want might have been expected.

In a sign of the current property collapse a 'mere' €300k is the sale price on the 12-year-old 12-bedroom premises that features a large bar, restaurant, function room and an 80-car capacity carpark. The sale price includes a full seven-day license.

The hotel has been the subject of a high court action by the owner, Mrs Burke, from Kinvarra, Co Galway against the then lease holder Fine Gael Minister of State, John Perry TD.

The High Court was told that the parties had resolved the long-standing dispute. However parties refused to discuss the terms of the deal.

The hotel was also the subject of a €13,386 judgement over an unpaid electricity bill.

In an ironic twist the auctioneer handling the sale in former Fianna Fáil Sligo TD and Ballymote native, Eamonn Scanlon. Mr Scanlon topped the poll in the 2007 election and along with Dr Jimmy Devins resigned the party whip in 2009 as a protest against the removal of vital cancer services from Sligo General Hospital.

Mr Scanlon lost his seat in the 2011 general election and Dr Devins declined to go forward to retain his seat.

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