Brothers at loggerheads over decision to appoint director to building firm they own
A dispute has broken out between the brothers who own the successful Glenman Corporation building company over the appointment of a third director to their two-man board, the High Court heard. The two sides are already due in court in December for hearing of a shareholder oppression case. Judge Brian Cregan on Wednesday granted an interim injunction to Micheál Conneally, one of the two owner directors of Glenman, preventing his brother and majority shareholder, Albert Conneally, from appointing a third director. The application was made by counsel Gary McCarthy on an ex parte, or one side only represented, basis. Glenman Corporation Ltd was set up 33 years ago by the Conneallys who built up a thriving building, contracting and civil engineering business in Ireland and Britain. They initially worked on upgrading pubs, restaurants and churches before developing housing projects and becoming one of the leading builders of schools in the…