Lord Of The Dance star Michael Flatley attempted to refinance the loan at the centre of his Castlehyde receivership row with the help of Conor McGregor, it was recently reported.Flatley, who repaid the loan with nearly €7million from construction magnates Maurice Regan and Luke Comer earlier this month, was said to be in talks to refinance the loan with McGregor Sports Entertainment in March last year, according to a report in the Business Post.The revelation emerged in an email filed as part of a High Court case that Flatley took against Novellus Finance, which provided his film production business with a €5.
6million loan in 2023, it was reported. Michael Flatley. Pic: REX/ShutterstockThe email, from a director of Blackbird Film Productions, told Novellus the company was allegedly authorised to confirm it was working with McGregor on the loan.
It is alleged the email stated: ‘We expect to have greater clarity on exact timelines etc over the course of next week and we will naturally be in contact with you in this regard.’ A spokesman for Flatley, the article suggests, said that after the Lord Of The Dance star developed a whiskey brand, his representatives were approached by McGregor’s representatives to discuss ‘a possible investment or collaboration’. Michael Flatley.
Pic: David Rose/REX/ShutterstockThe spokesman is alleged to have said: ‘This would have formed part of an overall refinance of that business. There was one exploratory meeting between the respe.