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The first wave of Nama transfers will contain some landmark sites and spectacular follies

THIS WEEK’S startling admission by property developer Bernard McNamara that he is “broke” and that his businesses have debts of about €1.5 billion will undoubtedly place him among the first borrowers to move to and be addressed by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama).