The SVDP (Ireland) is set to reap a 10 million euro (more than 12 million dollars) windfall after a publican in Ireland left her bar to the St Vincent de Paul Society, it emerged today.
Maureen O’Connell, the late owner of O’Connell’s pub on Galway city’s Eyre Square, bequeathed the bar and guest house to the charity in her will.
Ms O’Connell, who had no children, died seven years ago but a legal wrangle over the will held up the sale of the blue-chip property.
Property experts have suggested the four-storey premises in the heart of the City of the Tribes could fetch about 10 million euro (£6.7 million) when put on the market later this year.
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“How to comment on 10 million euro (£6.7 million), I just don’t know. It’s just hard to get your head around it. But it is a golden opportunity,” Mr Noonan said.
“Maureen really was truly a great gift to the people of Galway city. We are trying to get our heads around the tremendous opportunity she has given us.”
