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Sat 04 Apr 2010The builder, the banks and the housing development gone bad
The man behind the badly built Riverside development in Portarlington managed to secure millions of euro from major financial institutions, writes COLM KEENA, Public Affairs Correspondent
JAMES CLANCY (54), the owner of the company that built a residential development at Riverside, Kilmalogue, Portarlington, Co Laois, was sent to jail last week by Mr Justice Brian McGovern in the High Court. Clancy, of Eagle Rock, Furbo, Co Galway, was sent to Mountjoy Prison for 14 days for contempt. He is due back before the judge on June 1st, when it is expected he will be given an opportunity to be more forthcoming about his financial affairs.
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