A humid Friday in June ten years ago proved to be high noon for Tony O’Reilly.  That was the day Allied Irish Banks (AIB) secured a judgment for €22.6 million against him. O’Reilly, determined to honour the debt, had asked to be given until the following Tuesday to organise the sale of his assets. He had even provided the bank with the sales brochure of his pride and joy – his Castlemartin estate.The High Court judge was clear: “No.”  Tony O’Reilly’s role in Irish life was over.  The ironies were, and remain, glaring. O’Reilly had founded companies that paid huge sums…

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