Nama must be held accountable for its handling of the controversial sale of a £1.2bn (€1.39bn) Northern Ireland property portfolio, the Public Accounts Committe has insisted.

Political reporter Fiachra Ó'Cionnaith breaksdown the 'Project Eagle' report and gives us an insight into what is to come.

Sinn Féin has suspended a party member after he allegedly made contact with a witness to an inquiry into the North's largest ever property deal.

Sinn Féin has suspended a party member after he allegedly made contact with a witness to an inquiry into the North's largest ever property deal.

A former Sinn Féin Assembly committee chairman has resigned following allegations that he communicated with loyalist Jamie Bryson before he gave explosive evidence about the Nama property deal.

Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson has rejected as “outrageous and groundless” an accusation he was to receive a payment linked to Northern Ireland’s largest ever property sale.

Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson has rejected allegations he was to receive any payment linked to Northern Ireland’s largest ever property sale.

Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson has rejected allegations he was to receive any payment linked to the North's largest ever property sale.

Lawyers in the North were warned not to divulge details about a billion-euro property controversy minutes before they appeared before a Stormont scrutiny committee, MLAs have heard.

IT WAS back to the future yesterday at the Public Accounts Committee hearing. Strange goings on at the interface of business and politics. Middlemen pulling in serious bucks. Offshore accounts. Apparent conflict of interest.

Nama faced fierce scrutiny yesterday amid claims by senior members of the Dáil’s public accounts committee that it should have cancelled a huge sale last year of €5.7bn of Northern loans, codenamed Project Eagle.

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The controversy started over disputed legal fees at the Belfast law firm Tughans involving £7m (€9.8m) held in a secret account on the Isle of Man.

Nama chiefs will be hauled before the Dáil’s public spending watchdog on Thursday to address growing concerns about a controversial cut-price deal — linked to a secret €9.8m off-shore account scandal — that saw properties sold for €4bn less than their initial value.

Independent TD Mick Wallace’s allegations in the Dáil last Thursday set a controversy alight which had been burning for months in Belfast.

Nama has stood behind the sale of £4.5bn (€6.3bn) loans in the North, saying it remains fully satisfied that taxpayers got the best possible price in a deal struck with Cerberus Capital that was completed last year.

The North's struggling economy was rocked today with the loss of 760 jobs at one of its main manufacturing firms.