Who Really Owns Ireland

2023-10-20 Ireland

Author : Matt Cooper
Release : 2023-10-20
Genre : Ireland
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Download or read book Who Really Owns Ireland written by Matt Cooper. This book was released on 2023-10-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading journalist Matt Cooper examines the key players behind the scenes of Irish property ownership - who really controls the valuable land where we live, work and play and how did they acquire it? Who are the new foreign investors and why are they buying property and land in Ireland? What does it mean for ordinary citizens when the ownership of shopping centres, wind farms, forestry and data centres comes from outside? Comprehensively researched and filled with riveting detail, this compelling account of the Irish property landscape is about our offices, hotels and pubs and the power of those wealthy enough to accumulate these properties. This eye-opening book is a must-read for anyone interested in Ireland and who really owns it. 'It's not possible to understand Irish society, politics or the economy without knowing who owns land and property. Brilliantly researched and written with verve, clarity and narrative punch, Matt Cooper's study is the essential guide to the ground beneath our feet and the roofs above our heads.' Fintan O'Toole 'Land is essential for homes, and in this book Matt Cooper provides a vital interrogation of who owns and controls it and how it is impacting on the housing crisis, a must read for anyone interested in understanding Ireland's housing crisis' Rory Hearne

Who Owns Ireland

2021-07-30 History

Author : Kevin Cahill
Release : 2021-07-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 611/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Who Owns Ireland written by Kevin Cahill. This book was released on 2021-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the barbed wire entanglement that tortures yet frees in the long story of this small island on 'the dark edge of Europe'. It defined the national struggle for independence far more than any other single issue. The famine between 1845 and 1850 killed a million of the island's population of 8 million and drove another million into exile. This event chopped Irish history in half, demonstrating as nothing else could that without security of tenure for a normal life span you were at the mercy of landowners. This book is not about the famine, but about the key event that followed it: the extraordinary redistribution of land from mainly aristocratic landed estates to small farmers. This redistribution took over 150 years, from famine's end to the closure of the Land Commission in 1999, and was achieved with some civility and far less violence than the actual independence struggle itself. Who Owns Ireland is a startling expose of Ireland's most valuable asset: its land. Kevin Cahill's investigations reveal the breakdown of ownership of the land itself across all thirty-two counties, and show the startling truth about the people and institutions who own the ground beneath our feet.

Who Owns Britain

2001 Political Science

Author : Kevin Cahill
Release : 2001
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Who Owns Britain written by Kevin Cahill. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A startling expose of Britain's most valuable asset - its land. Kevin Cahill's investigations reveal how the 6000 or so landowners -mostly aristocrats, but also large institutions and the Crown - own about 40 million acres, more than half the country, and have maintained their grip on the land right throughout the 20th century.

Who Really Runs Ireland?

2009-10 Business & Economics

Author : Matt Cooper
Release : 2009-10
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 679/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Who Really Runs Ireland? written by Matt Cooper. This book was released on 2009-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having money and not having it; making it and losing it; using it and misusing it; giving it and taking it . . . this is the story of Ireland during the boom, described in jaw-dropping detail in Who Runs Ireland? Leading journalist Matt Cooper has consistently broken stories that the powerful would prefer had not been disclosed. Now, he identifies the most powerful people in Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, describes how they interacted with each other to mutual benefit, and reveals who are the few to retain their power amid the debris arising from the bursting of our economic bubble. In particular, Cooper focuses on the role of new-found wealth in Ireland and examines how the volume of money sloshing about influenced the exercise of power, sometimes in ways that were to the detriment of the larger society. Cooper reveals stories you will not have read before, makes the connections you may not have spotted and provides insights and explanations to stories you may have forgotten that uncover what really goes on.

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