Had to laugh at this. Bertie's defence that he won that unaccounted sterling 'on a horse' has now been used by none other than John Gilligan at the High Court yesterday.
CAB are in the process of finally seizing his properties, from here
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/gilligans-in-final-battle-to-win-back-seized-properties-2253367.html
On the Gilligan family:
Their son, Darren, a former drug addict, gave evidence that he had received a payout of €15,200 when he reached 18 as a result of a personal injuries claim.
He gave the entire sum to his father, asking him to "invest it". Some time later, his father said he had a good tip for a horse and asked did he want him to put €3,000 of his personal injuries money on it.
"I told him to keep gambling and maybe out of the winnings I could buy a house," said Mr Gilligan.
"At the end of the week he'd built up €56,000 from the original €3,000."
He went on to buy a house in Lucan which was in his and Gilligan's name. He said this was because Gilligan feared his son's drug addiction would lead him to sell the house.
"I've worked since I was 15," he said. "I used to chop logs, I was always doing something.
"Anything I had, the CAB lady has it," he said, referring to one of the CAB officers in court.
He claimed he could not remember many of the large financial transactions on his account -- or the names of the horses that won him the €56,000 -- because he was on drugs.
