Former Riverdance star Michael Flatley is in dispute with lender Novellus about the sum required to redeem a multi-million euro loan issued to his company Blackbird Film Productions, the Commercial Court has heard. Following a meeting in Monaco last week, the dancer proposed paying circa €5.7 million to clear the loan, used for Flatley’s 2018 spy-thriller flop Blackbird and charged against his Co Cork mansion, Castlehyde. However, Flatley’s barrister Ronnie Hudson told the Commercial Court on Monday that Novellus has pegged the loan redemption figure at close to €6.7 million, a sum that includes legal costs and receivership costs, along…

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