Investigating a ruthless rental empire
About this episode
This episode investigates Marc Godart, a rogue landlord in Ireland, detailing his controversial practices and the journalism behind the story.
Naomi spent months investigating a rogue landlord who built up an empire of rental properties in Ireland backed by family wealth in Luxembourg. In this episode, we tell the story of Marc Godart: his back story, the controversial evictions that brought him to prominence, and the unusual ways he runs his businesses. This is based on reporting by Naomi and her colleagues at the Irish Times that was recently awarded the Mary Raftery Prize for social affairs journalism. The winning story is here: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/01/13/under-the-eye-of-landlord-marc-godart-how-a-tenant-who-objected-to-cctv-surveillance-was-evicted/ You can read more of Naomi's reporting here: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2024/02/17/working-for-marc-godart-paper-directors-shadow-airbnb-accounts-ruthless-staff-practices/ https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/04/15/the-luxembourg-family-behind-an-irish-property-empire Bonus episodes are available for supporters over on www.patreon.com/theirishpassport
People in this episode
Host: Naomi
Topics covered
- rental properties
- landlord
- investigation
- housing
- journalism
Keywords
- rental empire
- rogue landlord
- Marc Godart
- evictions
- Irish Times
- housing crisis
- journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Irish Times, Mary Raftery Prize
Places: Ireland, Luxembourg
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