John Fraher is slim, wiry and has the muscular physique of a cyclist. He speaks quietly and intensely. A self-made millionaire, Fraher has never given an interview before. Indeed, he has never spoken to a journalist before. At this stage however, Fraher feels he has nothing to lose by telling his story, although he does decline a request to be photographed. And what a story: a story of a man undone by a system designed to save the economy. Fraher was once one of the richest men in Tipperary. He had stakes in retail parks worth tens of millions of…

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