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Melfort is a bright and handsome detached five-bed on Shrewsbury Road in Ballsbridge

A fund linked to billionaire Dermot Desmond and his family has suffered a minor setback as it seeks to change an office development in Ballsbridge into a house.

  An appeal by a company owned by developer Seán Dunne’s son John Dunne over a €1.4 million stamp duty bill on the 2013 sale of the house “Walford” on Shrewsbury Road in Dublin 4, should not be reconsidered, a High Court judge has ruled. Last month, the court found Yesreb Holdings was liable for €1.4 million on the sale of Walford, once the country’s most expensive house when sold for €57 million. Yesreb had argued the duty should only be €270,000. S...

  A company owned by bankrupt developer Seán Dunne’s son John Dunne is liable for €1.4 million in stamp duty on the 2013 sale of what was once the country’s most expensive house, the High Court has ruled. The company had argued it was liable for only €270,000 on the sale of Walford on Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, which was bought in 2005 for €57 million in trust by Seán Dunne for his now ex-wife Gayle Killilea. In 2013, while it was still held in that t...