Michael Flatley, the former Riverdance star, has spoken of his distress over a drama with his home, Castlehyde House in Co Cork.

The Chicago-born Irish dancer, 65, who is celebrating 30 years since he shot to fame following his performance at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, has brought proceedings against several parties before the commercial division of the High Court over an alleged €30 million worth of damage to the house. The defendants are fully contesting the case.

“My heart is broken over this whole thing,” he says of the issues with the house, which was damaged by a fire in 2016. “I started to notice once we moved back in that it didn’t feel the same. We handed the keys over to the