Spring 2014: The Criminal Assets Bureau puts Jessbrook EC - the property of convicted drug dealer John Gilligan and his family - up for sale on the open market via joint property agents Lowe and REA McDonald.

May 2014: Newbridge native James Buckley announces he has bought the property (for approximately €500,000) and renames it Emerald International EC. He describes CAB as “brilliant to deal with’’ and announces it is “all systems go’’ for Emerald International.