The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) was created in 2009 to contain the spiralling fallout from Ireland's property and banking collapse. Its job was to get the maximum return from the sale of assets for the Irish people and help pay down the state's massive debts. Riven with secrecy and scandal in recent years, however, NAMA has consistently fought off accusations of corruption, insider dealing and conflicts of interest Here, and for the first time, bestselling investigative journalist, Frank Connolly, details how mismanagement has handed valuable assets belonging to the Irish people to a small coterie of international venture capitalists and created a vibrant trade in state secrets. 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 local elite.
| ISBN: | 9780717175475 |
| Publication date: | 23rd October 2017 |
| Author: | Frank Connolly |
| Publisher: | Gill Books an imprint of Gill |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Political structure and processes Property law: general Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action Offences against land use and city planning, monument, land and environment protection Political control and freedoms Banking law |