Five weeks before his father was sworn in as President in December 2016, Eric Trump was looking forward to a big year for Trump’s golf resort at Doonbeg in County Clare. “We are incredibly excited for 2017 and are confident it will be our banner year with a tremendous amount of business already in the books,” he said. Trump senior bought Doonbeg in 2014 for the bargain price of €8.7 million. The resort and its Greg Norman-designed course had cost a reported €30-40 million to develop, twelve years before. Having bought Doonbeg, Trump sunk millions into it. He altered the…

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