In the depths of the financial crisis, Frankie Whelehan watched as most of the hotel empire he built during the boom was taken away from him. Whelehan had managed to sell 11 mid-market hotels to Pat McCann, the founder of Dalata, the year before the crash but he still had a dozen more, plus plans to build 25 more. The National Asset Management Agency and his banks moved in and took over his remaining hotels, leaving Whelehan to manage them for a few years, before selling them on. It was at this low point in 2010, as his dreams lay…

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