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BUSINESS OPINION: A second chance for Zoe may set a precedent whereby the 100-day safe haven impedes Nama

IF ANYONE in ACC Bank’s Dutch parent, Rabobank, wants to know just who to blame for a law that allows Liam Carroll’s Zoe a second chance to apply for High Court protection from its creditors, they could point the first finger at the one-time dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.