Call for Nama deal probe

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been urged to set up a “commission of investigation” into the Nama Project Eagle controversy after being told that there is now evidence “shadowy individuals” were involved in the deal.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin made the allegation during the latest Dáil leaders questions debate, saying the Taoiseach cannot continue to avoid the matter because it took part in “another jurisdiction” .

The Irish News yesterday reported that Belfast-based accountant David Watters “laid claim” to over £7.5m placed in an Isle of Man account and linked to the mass sale of Nama’s northern loan book in a draft letter to Tughans — the local law firm representing eventual Nama loan book buyers Cerberus — on April 24, 2014.