The Indo Daily: Johnny Ronan - The tricky return of a Celtic Tiger poster boy

The Indo Daily: Johnny Ronan - The tricky return of a Celtic Tiger poster boy

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American business magazine Forbes featured some interesting purple prose when profiling Irish property developer Johnny Ronan back in 2012: "Black-bearded and pony-tailed like a badger on the prowl, Johnny Ronan became known as 'the Buccaneer' as he bought himself a €640,000 Maybach car to go with his blue Hummer and the pink palazzo expression of new wealth that Dublin wags dubbed 'Saddam’s Palace'’"