The man at the centre of the controversy over NAMA's northern loan book has broken his silence.

Frank Cushnahan says he didn't make a penny from the €1.6 billion sale of the Project Eagle portfolio.

In an article in the Sunday Independent, the former NAMA advisor claims he's been treated like "a criminal", and he's an innocent man.

A BBC spotlight programme has aired secret recordings that allegedly show Mr Cushnahan receiving €40,000 from a NAMA borrower in 2012.

Mr Cushnahan says the programme "infringed his privacy".