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24th Sep 2015

Well-known Irish property developer uses Nazi slogan to sign off banking inquiry statement

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Joe Harrington

What do you think of this?

Irish property developer Johnny Ronan has caused a stir today after signing off his written statement to the banking inquiry with a proverb which has been closely associated with Nazi concentration camps.

At the end of his 28-page statement, Ronan wrote: “Arbeit macht frei’ nó, i nGaeilge, ‘Tugann saothar saoirse.”

The phrase translates to “work sets you free” and was written over camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sachsenhausen and Dachau.

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The phrase in the statement has annoyed a lot of people and is threatening to overshadow his claims about NAMA’s practices in the last few years.

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