This is a story about money. It is a story about how money is made and how money is retained. It is a story of how it can be pursued, desired, concealed. It is a story that stretches from state-funded commissions to state-owned banks, and from politicians to tax exiles. It is a story that is contested, complex, and highly controversial, and of a particular time and a particular place in Irish life.  It is the story of a building services company that grew through a series of boomtime acquisitions, only to be pushed into a sale by its bank…

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