The Irish Times

Central Bank eyes more inquiries as it looks at individuals in tracker scandal

Regulator has concluded 144 enforcement actions since 2006

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 14:30

Central Bank fines and disqualifies former INBS executive Gary McCollum

Only one of five men originally subject to public inquiry remains under investigation

Tue Jun 22 2021 - 12:17

Former INBS manager says lending policies required ‘pinch of salt’

Every file examined in review ahead of planned sale of building society ‘had something missing’

Fri Jun 11 2021 - 19:18

Central Bank reveals €10m of INBS and Quinn inquiry costs

Total fees attached to long-running INBS inquiry yet to emerge

Wed Jun 02 2021 - 14:03

Former INBS branch manager rejects allegations of non-compliance

Gary McCollum denies having been head of commercial lending with Irish Nationwide

Tue Nov 03 2020 - 15:08

INBS failed to check major property clients’ ability to repay, inquiry hears

Public hearings into defunct lender resume after Covid-19 delay

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 15:00

INBS inquiry to resume final phase after Covid hiatus

Evidence dealing with ‘confidential borrower information’ will be heard in private session

Mon Oct 12 2020 - 04:02

Unpublicised dropping of Michael Fingleton case an affront to taxpayers

Inquiry into the octogenarian was quietly terminated last Friday due to his ill-health

Mon Dec 23 2019 - 17:48

Central Bank inquiry into Fingleton terminated

Former INBS chief will no longer be subject to inquiry due to ill health, regulator says

Sun Dec 22 2019 - 14:18

INBS credit risk unit ‘raced from crisis to crisis’ before crash

Inquiry hears there was no credit risk policy in place for profit-sharing agreement with developers

Thu Jul 11 2019 - 16:50

INBS kept lending despite deepening financial crisis, says former chairman

Building society’s board had put in no-lending policy in 2008, inquiry told

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 19:11

Six Michael Fingleton doctors sought INBS inquiry delays

Latest submission said ex-INBS director will not be able to take part ‘for at least four months’

Sat Feb 02 2019 - 05:55

INBS inquiry to consider Fingleton absence through ill health

Panel to decide whether the public hearings, delayed since summer, should continue

Mon Dec 17 2018 - 06:35

Central Bank fines and disqualifies ex-INBS executive Tom McMenamin

Former head of commercial lending barred from senior financial role for 18 years

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 14:33

INBS’s ex-auditors KPMG given final deadline for inquiry statement

‘I do not want to hear any more excuses,’ solicitor of KPMG partners told

Tue Nov 13 2018 - 16:38

INBS inquiry hearings delayed by Fingleton ill health

The three-person panel had planned to restart hearings after the summer

Fri Oct 19 2018 - 18:40

Fingleton in no rush as Irish Nationwide inquiry drags on

Former chief executive feels persecuted by investigation

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 16:30

Central Bank refuses to reveal mounting legal bill for INBS inquiry

Revealing costs would undermine inquiry and raise privacy issues, regulator argues

Tue Jul 03 2018 - 04:50

Top INBS executives clash on credit committee membership

Fingleton right-hand man says lender’s former MD was on key committee from 2001

Fri Jun 29 2018 - 21:57

Former INBS director cannot recall series of key events, inquiry hears

John Stanley Purcell tells inquiry he did not attend credit committee meetings

Mon Jun 11 2018 - 14:34

Overseas loans at INBS waved through with little discussion, inquiry hears

Loans mainly for UK property but included facilities for purchase of luxury hotel in France

Thu Jun 07 2018 - 14:09

Ex-INBS boss Fingleton told Deloitte ‘this is how we do things’, inquiry hears

Colm McDonnell ‘surprised’ at relaxed response to negative findings in his report

Mon May 28 2018 - 13:19

INBS board ‘frustrated’ with executives before crash

Former chairman says he tried ‘time and time’ again to get regulator to ‘wake up’

Mon May 21 2018 - 14:11

Ex-financial watchdog to appear before Irish Nationwide inquiry

Inquiry told regulator not keen on Fingleton resignation as ex-INBS chief ‘a font of knowledge’

Wed May 16 2018 - 17:52

Central Bank focused on ‘reactive supervision’, INBS inquiry hears

Regulators imposed ‘quite stringent’ requirements at INBS before financial crisis

Tue May 08 2018 - 15:43

INBS inquiry postponed until Wednesday

Inquiry is looking at alleged regulatory breaches at INBS

Mon Apr 30 2018 - 11:38

Approval for €1m loan from INBS not found in 2006 audit, inquiry hears

€lm loan to property developer didn’t have credit committee or board approval, auditor says

Fri Apr 27 2018 - 13:30

Loan analysis at INBS ‘next to useless’, inquiry hears

Auditor says building society was told credit provisions needed to be reconsidered

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 13:43

No comprehensive review of borrowers at INBS, inquiry told

Inquiry seeking to establish if four former executives were involved in contraventions

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 16:06

INBS inquiry hears of conflicting accounts on top borrower reviews

Executives circulated clashing reports on client credit reviews before property crash

Mon Apr 23 2018 - 19:01

Former INBS executives did not abide by lender’s guidelines, inquiry told

Society’s former MD Michael Fingleton cross-examines lender’s one-time head of internal audit Killian McMahon

Fri Apr 13 2018 - 19:36

INBS concealed decision to restrict lending from its staff

Failed lender wanted to reassure its staff as financial crisis took hold, says Fingleton

Fri Apr 13 2018 - 04:50

INBS inquiry to move to five half days a week

Michael Fingleton’s personal assistant talks though working day

Tue Mar 13 2018 - 16:43

Former INBS credit administrator denies blame over loans reporting

Inquiry is looking at whether credit committee failed to adhere to internal policies

Fri Mar 09 2018 - 16:30