Criminal Assets Bureau sells last Kildare property owned by mobster John Gilligan

The Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) has sold the last piece of property on the Jessbrook estate in Co Kildare that was owned by drugs gang leader John Gilligan.

Head of the bureau, Det Chief Supt Pat Clavin, has said the house on the land near Enfield had been sold in the past week through an estate agent in Co Dublin. The property had been on sale for about 16 months, The Irish Times reports.

Cab had previously auctioned the adjoining lands and equestrian centre. However, the house and a small piece of land it was on were separate from the rest of the property.

Gilligan’s wife Geraldine had been living there until June 2017, even after the lands and equestrian centre were sold. John Gilligan was filmed and photographed at the property after he was released from prison five years ago after serving a sentence for drug dealing.

The house was taken possession of by Cab in the summer of last year.

The total estate in Mucklon, Co Kildare, includes 32 hectares (80 acres) of land and a 3,500-seater showjumping arena, stables and related buildings.