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Businessman ran Irish Nationwide for 38 years before spending the last 17 years answering for its collapse
Former Irish Nationwide chief Michael Fingleton dies at 88
Banker built small building society into lending powerhouse before collapse during financial crisis
Nama to be dissolved this weekend, closing book on financial crisis after 17 years
So-called bad bank was created in 2009 to handle toxic loans from likes of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide
Seán Dunne challenge to bankruptcy officials ‘a complete waste of court time and legal resources’
Judge described case as ‘complete waste of court time and legal resources’
NTMA silent on future role for Nama chief as Bill to dissolve ‘bad bank’ is published
Agency managing crisis-era property loans ends mandate with surplus despite initial fears of cost to taxpayers
IBRC puts last property asset on market: a flat that belonged to Michael Lynn
IBRC portfolio totalled €21.7bn when put into liquidation in 2013
Judgment reserved in lengthy civil case against former banker Michael Fingleton
Liquidators for Irish Banking Resolution Corporation took case against ex-Irish Nationwide Building Society boss
Disqualification and €130,000 fine for former Irish Nationwide finance director confirmed
Central Bank sought sanction confirmation over John Stanley Purcell’s role in regulatory breaches at INBS before its collapse
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Sale by IBRC said to have netted €40m-€50m for State-owned body into which Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide were subsumed
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Irish Nationwide inquiry showcased the problem with such probes in Ireland
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Long running inquiry announced findings this week
INBS inquiry finds litany of regulatory breaches by collapsed lender
Building society suffered financial losses in excess of €6bn between 2008 and 2010
EY, Arthur Cox and Mason Hayes main winners from €24.3m INBS inquiry
Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf says costs reflect 15-year length and complexity of investigations
Irish Nationwide Building Society inquiry cost reaches €24.3m
Former finance director John Stanley Purcell, its final subject, fined €130,000 and disqualified for four years
Loans issued by Irish Nationwide in face of financial crash were ‘hard to justify’, High Court hears
IBRC liquidators pursuing civil case against former Irish Nationwide CEO Michael Fingleton
Fingleton accused of ‘cart-before-horse’ lending for casino in the south of France
Civil case against former Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) chief in its third day
Irish Nationwide was providing millions in loans before board approval, Fingleton civil trial hears
Former CEO alleged to have negligently mismanaged building society and engaged in property ‘gambles’
Michael Fingleton ‘gambled’ with Irish Nationwide money, civil trial told
Former Irish Nationwide boss had sought to halt case originally taken in 2012
IBRC liquidators hand €360m over to State as wind-up nears end
Legislation going through Oireachtas aimed at rolling Irish Bank Resolution Corporation into Nama before combined entity wound up
Three new tenants sign deals for offices at Two Grand Parade in Dublin 6
Union Investment secures occupiers for Irish Nationwide Building Society’s former HQ following redevelopment
Nama earns €80m profit in nine months
State agency, preparing to wind down, has generated €48 billion to date
Supreme Court refuses to halt civil trial against former Irish Nationwide boss Michael Fingleton
Plaintiffs fell ‘considerably’ short of threshold that would convince court it should dismiss his case before a hearing
Former Irish Nationwide banker should face highest penalties, say lawyers for Central Bank
Finance director of building society that collapsed with €6bn debt faces sanction
Nama upgrades lifetime State return forecast to €5.2bn
So-called bad bank set to take over remaining Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets and complete its wind-down by the end of 2025
Irish Nationwide inquiry makes findings against former finance director Purcell
John Stanley Purcell is the final individual subject to inquiry among five senior INBS figures originally put forward for investigation in 2015
Global fleet manager signs deal for offices at Two Grand Parade
Union Investment secures first tenant for Irish Nationwide Building Society’s former HQ following redevelopment led by Hines
Supreme Court urged to end 2012 civil case against Michael Fingleton due to incapacitation
Former CEO of Irish Nationwide Building Society, who was worth €75 million in 2006, left with less than €25,000 in two personal bank accounts, court told
Nama to generate surplus of nearly €5bn, McGrath says
Agency ‘facilitated the delivery of about 34,000 residential units’ and ‘regeneration of Dublin docklands’
Michael Fingleton’s ‘right hand man’ claims he never met or spoke to Michael Lynn
Brian Fitzgibbon says claims by Mr Lynn ‘are all lies’
Supreme Court affords Michael Fingleton another chance to try to halt case against him
Court to consider when it is appropriate to dismiss proceedings where a defendant is unable, due to ill-health, to defend a civil claim
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