Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA WireA secret recording of a conversation between a property developer and a businessman currently on trial for fraud over the sale of the National Asset Management Agency’s (Nama) Northern Ireland loan book was played in court in Belfast on Thursday. He told Mr Miskelly that Mr Wilson was a keen gardener who wanted to buy a nursery and that he told Mr Wilson “if this comes off wee Frank will make sure you get a nursery”. During the recorded conversation, Mr Cushnahan told Mr Miskelly he “will be out of Nama” as he “will be resigning at the end of the month”. Mr Cushnahan also told Mr Miskelly if the deal was completed in December or January “you f*****g sell nothing.”At one point during the conversation, Mr Cushnahan talked about Ian Coulter and said he had a “great commercial mind”. Mr Cushnahan also told Mr Miskelly: “You know who’ll get a few pound because I think he played a blinder at the start, Sammy Wilson”.

Source: The Irish Times November 14, 2025 04:08 UTC