Corr hits out at bank as he agrees to repay €1.4m loan

Independent.ie Sunday 20th February, 2011

Jim Corr yesterday accused ACC Bank of targeting him because he was "a headline-grabbing figure", in ongoing proceedings over a land deal that went wrong.The guitarist with the band the Corrs agreed to the bank's application for a judgment order against him over the loan to buy 97 acres of land in Co Kilkenny. The Commercial Court on Friday was told he had consented to the €1.4m summary judgment in favour of ACC Bank over an unpaid loan advanced to him and others in 2004 to buy the non-residential land at Goresbridge.Mr Corr, who was not in court, had earlier thanked people on his

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