Dunne timeline: A journey from boom to bust to bankruptcy

Sean Dunne with a model for the proposed development on the site of Jurys and the Berkeley Court in Ballsbridge. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Sean Dunne with a model for the proposed development on the site of Jurys and the Berkeley Court in Ballsbridge. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

2004
Apri
l –Dunne and Killilea marry; ceremony held on the luxury yacht Christina O in July


2005
March – On holiday in Thailand Dunne agrees to transfer €100 million, a fifth of his fortune, to Killilea
Jul y – Dunne's companies buy Jurys and Berkeley Court hotels in Ballsbridge and adjoining site for €379 million, representing a record €54 million an acre, using loans from a group of lenders led by Ulster Bank


2006
July – Ulster Bank and Irish Nationwide lend Dunne's companies €165 million to buy part of AIB Bankcentre in Dublin

2007
January – Dunne and Killilea move to Paris
September – Dunne and Killilea move to London


2008
February – Dunne reaches a follow-up agreement with Killilea to transfer more assets
July – Dunne and Killilea buy two apartments in Geneva, Switzerland
August – Ulster Bank demands repayment of €165 million Bankcentre loan
August – Dunne and Killilea move to Geneva

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2009
Janua r y – Dunne quoted in a New York Times interview, saying he "could be considered insolvent"

2010
Augu st – Dunne and Killilea move to the United States


2011
Ju ly – Dunne's companies put into receivership
December – Dunne's companies removed from the D4 hotels in Ballsbridge


2012
January – Ulster Bank demands repayment of €259 million Ballsbridge loans
Ma rch – National Asset Management Agency obtains a judgment of €185 million against Dunne
May – Ulster Bank obtains a judgment of €164 million against Dunne
Ju ly – Nama sues Dunne and Killilea in the Superior Court of Connecticut, claiming that he fraudulently transferred properties in Geneva, Switzerland and Greenwich, Connecticut, as well as money to his wife


2013
February 12th – Ulster Bank applies to the Irish High Court to make Dunne bankrupt
March 29th – Dunne circumvents Ulster Bank's action by voluntarily filing for bankruptcy in Connecticut in the United States. He lists debts of $942 million (€690 million) and assets of $55 million (€40 million)
June 19t h – Dunne attends first meeting of creditors since filing
for bankruptcy
July 8 th – Nama files adversary proceeding against Dunne objecting to his discharge from bankruptcy on the basisthat he fraudulently concealed and transferred assets to his
wife
July 1 0th – Dunne attends second creditors' meeting but declines to answer questions due to Nama's action
July 2 9th – Dunne declared bankrupt in Ireland on a petition taken by Ulster Bank in the High Court
October 1 4th – Dunne applies to court seeking to overturn his Irish
bankruptcy
Dece mber 6th – Dunneloses challenge to overturn the bankruptcy in Ireland
December 12 -13th – Dunne attends third scheduled meeting of creditors in Connecticut


2014
February 17th – Irish High
Court sets March 19th for
hearing of Dunne's legal
proceedings aimed at
recovering documents, artwork and golf memorabilia in
November 2013 by the Irish bankruptcy assignee
February 28th – Resumed creditors' meeting scheduled to take place in Connecticut

Simon Carswell

Simon Carswell

Simon Carswell is News Editor of The Irish Times