Politicians have failed, put the people in charge

I BELIEVE the rent our Government is paying Treasury Holdings for the new Convention Centre is of the order of about €25m per annum for the next 20 years — that’s €500m.

Wed, 14 Sep, 2011 - 01:00

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This would make a significant dent in the nearly €1 billion of Treasury debt that NAMA (we) took over.

Lawyers would rightly claim reneging on this rent would be illegal.

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