Business at Tinakilly House is going “off a cliff” as a result of a well-publicised and allegedly “vexatious” dispute between the co-owners of the Co Wicklow Hotel, it has been claimed in the Commercial Court. Lay litigant Denis Connolly, defending an action brought by co-investor Gerard Lane, told a court hearing that the hotel has 120 weddings booked for next year but that the whole business is “suffering greatly” because of the legal proceedings and surrounding publicity. He said Lane was seeking to appoint receivers over a business with no debt and that Lane’s law firm Arthur Cox had refused…