The Beckett Building on Dublin’s East Wall has been a case study in the helter-skelter nature of Ireland’s commercial property market – and the country’s wider economy – over the past 15 years. Built by the late property developer Liam Carroll, it was soon placed into receivership, lying vacant for a number of years. It was bought, at a steep discount, by the Comer Group, the property group controlled by the Galway-born property tycoons Luke and Brian Comer. They then flipped it on again at a massive profit to a fund controlled by the South Korean-based Kookman Bank as a…

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