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Sat Oct 03 2015 - 01:02

Sir, – For Nama to state it expects to make a profit of €1.75 billion is irrelevant unless the cost of the discount on the loans received is factored in. Any business can show a profit if it excludes the real cost involved.

I feel a tribunal is on the way, and shouldn’t it factor in these costs too? – Yours, etc,

PATRICK MOLLOY,

Limerick.


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