The money to fuel the Irish property boom came mostly from the banks.
Construction on the building started during the 1980s property boom at a cost of between A$220 million and $230 million.
The company was set up at the height of the property boom.
The property boom is beginning to subside and commercial real estate prices have not done nearly as well.
Decisions were being taken well before the British property boom of the 1980s.
In the case of Ireland, it was a property boom.
Along with the property boom, there was a rapid expansion of service industry jobs.
The end of the 1980s property boom placed the company in severe distress.
It is now in the midst of a property boom.
Houses bought during the property boom are still on the market or have been sold at a loss.