Paddy Byrne is not one to accept defeat. The former head of Barrick Construction, his business came unstuck in the last recession and he declared bankruptcy in the UK in 2011 with debts of €100 million. But when the financial shackles were lifted, he wasted little time in getting back into the property business, assuming ownership of Victoria Homes, a high-end housebuilder that has snapped up a string of sites in well-heeled suburbs of Dublin. So, when his main financier appointed a receiver, the accountant Myles Kirby, over five properties owned by Victoria – four houses in a Dublin development…

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