The ex-wife of John Gilligan has been facing questions about her income and the claim that she is normally resident at the Jessbrook Equestrian Centre near Enfield.
Geraldine Gilligan confirmed in court today that she and her husband have been separated since July 1995.
She says she lives at Jessbrook and spends around six months of the year in total with her daughter and grandchildren in Alicante in Spain.
Asked why then her post is redirected to a different address than Jessbrook, she said she did so because journalists had stolen letters from her post box and published them.
Ms Gilligan told the court that she had no idea how her daughter, Treacy, came to own the Judges Chamber public house in Alicante.
She knows she has a mortgage but denied she had any knowledge of how she came to own the pub.
Mrs Gilligan did name one individual from whom she said the pub was bought. It was later claimed that man only owned 5% of the business.
Geraldine Gilligan rejected the suggestion that she spends most of her time in Ireland living with a friend and not at Jessbrook.
Legal submissions - including from John Gilligan himself - will continue on Tuesday.
Earlier, Mrs Gilligan told the court the lands at Jessbrook have been let out for grass cutting since 2002 for around €5,000 per annum.
She said that that money is her only income and she has no other income or capital anywhere in the world.
Mrs Gilligan told the court she has around €80 a week on which to live. She again said her permanent residence was Jessbrook and that her regular trips to and from Spain were paid for by her daughter Treacy.
She said maintenance at Jessbrook was paid for occasionally but sometimes was free as it was carried out by a good friend.
Mrs Gilligan said that she was not sure if her separation from John Gilligan was a legal one but that two solicitors had drawn up the agreement.
CAB officer cross-examined
Earlier during his cross examination of a CAB officer, John Gilligan said any officer of CAB was welcome to visit Jessbrook or his family home at Corduff Avenue in Dublin at anytime.
A CAB official told the High Court that he does not believe the former wife of convicted drug dealer John Gilligan is resident at Jessbrook.
The Criminal Assets Bureau is taking an action to have a receiver appointed to Jessbrook and a number of other properties owned by John Gilligan and his family.
This morning, when being cross examined by Paul Burns SC for Mrs Gilligan, the CAB member said he disagreed that she was living at Jessbrook.
He was being cross examined about a number of photographs he took of that and other properties owned by the Gilligan family.
The court was told that the equestrian arena at Jessbrook was locked and not accessible.
