NAMA-Land
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NAMA-Land

The Inside Story of Ireland's Property Sell-off and The Creation of a New Elite

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

NAMA-Land

The Inside Story of Ireland's Property Sell-off and The Creation of a New Elite

About this book

The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) was created in 2009 to contain the spiralling fallout from Ireland's property crisis. Its job as Ireland's 'bad bank' was to act impartially to get the maximum return from the sale of assets for the Irish people and help pay down the state's massive debts.

Now, after NAMA has presided over the transfer of €70 billion in assets, the Irish economy is once again beginning to recover.

But the basic arithmetic of assets valued and assets sold hides a multitude of sins. Beneath NAMA's veneer of impartiality lies a world built on political patronage and nepotism, rife with conflicts of interest and vulnerable to shocking instances of corruption.

Here, and for the first time, bestselling investigative journalist, Frank Connolly, unravels the scandal at the heart of NAMA's mission. Based on exclusive interviews with a wide range of interested parties, NAMA-land is the shocking story of how the sale of public assets conspired to disinherit the Irish people and enrich a new elite.

'Frank Connolly's careful and penetrating investigative research has exposed critical truths about malfeasance in high places and the often ugly workings of political power generally, actions that have caused great harm to the general population.' Noam Chomksy

'Without Frank Connolly we would not know about the scale of corruption that has infected Irish political and business life. He is the best investigative journalist we've had in this country.' Eamon Dunphy

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. List of abbreviations
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Guaranteed Irish
  9. 2. City of The Spire
  10. 3. Fair Game or Foul
  11. 4. Political Arrivals
  12. 5. The Vultures Circle
  13. 6. The Eagle is Landing
  14. 7. Corporate Insiders
  15. 8. Winner, Loser, Survivor
  16. 9. The Titanic Quarter
  17. 10. Checking for Leaks
  18. 11. Letters and Defections
  19. 12. Comforting the Afflicted
  20. 13. The Departure Lounge
  21. 14. The Clockwork Cash Machine
  22. 15. Turning the Corner
  23. 16. Closing the Deal
  24. 17. The Three-headed Dog
  25. 18. Of Charity and Trusts
  26. 19. The Italian Job
  27. 20. The Secret Tapes
  28. 21. Contrasting Fortunes
  29. 22. A Jewel in the Crown
  30. 23. The Good Investor
  31. 24. The Final Countdown
  32. 25. The End Game
  33. Epilogue
  34. Acknowledgements
  35. Copyright
  36. About the author
  37. About Gill Books