Moira McNamara controls remains of family empire

The low-profile wife of embattled property tycoon Bernard McNamara, who developed the Longboat Quay scheme, has emerged as the new kingpin of the family’s intricate web of companies.

A dizzying series of share transfers and financial dealings between a range of inter-related companies followed the developer’s sensational €1.5 billion bankruptcy, and has seen Moira McNamara take control of what remains of the building dynasty’s empire.

She now controls a network of property, management ...