Assessors were concerned at ‘inconsistent and contradictory information’, and at buyer Kai Dai’s inability to explain the source of his net worth

Board documents show Ireland’s oldest university is pursuing Chinese investment and hiking international student fees, as spiralling costs pose major challenges to its planned modernisation of the campus

Diankai Wang has brought a High Court suit against Colm Wu, a Dublin-based broker, accusing him of ‘deceit and fraudulent misrepresentation’

University later discussed plan to capitalise on fears in China that IIP could be scrapped in bid to maximise earnings for multimillion-euro capital projects

One of Ireland’s biggest cash-for-visa brokers is now looking for backers for a five-star hotel with a golf course and luxury villas and apartments on Croatia’s Adriatic coast

Diankai Wang is taking legal action against Bo Vision, a company controlled by Colm Wu, who is a Dublin-based owner of a sizeable portfolio of hotels and pubs

The Huawen Foundation has successfully raised €50 million from Chinese investors wishing to avail of what is colloquially known as Ireland’s ‘cash for visas’ scheme

A memo, seen by the Business Post, told board members at the university that there was a ‘short window of opportunity’ to raise extra cash from Chinese investors amid fears the Immigrant Investor Programme could close due to pressure from Europe

College aims to seek support from Chinese-dominated IIP visa programme, after professors warned of political interference on campus

Immigrant Investor Programme gets massive influx of cash as landlords avail of ‘de-risked’ social home leasing initiatives

Inclusion of property funds as part of evaluation of Immigrant Investor Programme aimed at wealthy non-EU citizens is under review