In late 2016, I travelled to Cork to meet with the property developer Michael O’Flynn. I was making a television documentary on the activities of vulture funds in Ireland, and O’Flynn was one of the few people to have successfully battled a fund when he reclaimed control of his business following a corporate coup by Blackstone. O’Flynn talked about his own experience but was keen not to dwell on the past. Instead, he wanted to talk about his worries for the future. He had long been an advocate of foreign capital entering Ireland to help the recovery and to provide…

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