A lending company owned by construction tycoon Maurice Regan provided a loan to Barne Estate Ltd, the company in control of the 751ac estate, earlier this year.

Stolensky Limited, owned by Maurice Regan, provided a loan to Barne Estate Limited in April 2025. The loan is understood to be a seven-figure sum.

In court on Friday 11 July, Anna Thomson-Moore confirmed the loan was “to provide liquidity, essentially”.

“We didn’t have the means to defend these proceedings without availing of - without Barne Estate Ltd - availing of a loan to be able to do so.”

“Personally I think it’s important to have access to justice and when you’re being sort of steamrolled into proceedings, not to be able to defend them because of a lack of cash wouldn’t be a very fair position to be in,” she said.

Mrs Thomson-Moore denied under cross-examination on Tuesday 15 July that Maurice Regan or his companies had provided the Thomson-Moores or Barne trustees or directors with an indemnity over costs of litigation.

She replied: “No, not that I’m aware of” and “I’m not a party to any agreement to that effect” when questioned.

Mrs Thomson-Moore was in the witness stand giving evidence in the High Court proceedings taken by Coolmore boss John Magnier and his family against Richard Thomson-Moore, Barne Estate Ltd and two associated Jersey companies.

Mr Magnier claims they broke a binding deal to sell the estate to him for €15m, and broke an exclusivity agreement, by later agreeing to sell Barne Estate to billionaire Maurice Regan.