34 h. ago ‘Quango Cull’: Almost as many State agencies now as in aftermath of financial crash

‘Burning of the quangos’ never happened, says Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness after getting updated information

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5 d. ago Israeli businessman buys Ukrainian property formerly owned by Seán Quinn

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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2 w. ago Fifteen years, €24.3m and 1,384 pages later, was the Irish Nationwide inquiry really worth it?

Long running inquiry announced findings this week

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3 w. ago Irish Nationwide manager 'shocked' that Michael Fingleton gave 'get out of jail card' to borrower

Conal Regan told the High Court that the defendant allegedly wrote a letter to one lender who borrowed almost €6M to purchase land confirming that the loaned sum was “non-recourse”.

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3 w. ago Irish Nationwide manager shocked at Michael Fingleton’s ‘get out of jail card’ for borrower

High Court civil action claims former chief executive negligently mismanaged INBS

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3 w. ago Irish Nationwide exec fined €130,000 and disqualified for four years for 'high

The Central Bank must now apply to the High Court to seek approval for the penalty.

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3 w. ago Loans issued by Irish Nationwide in face of financial crash 'hard to justify'

Michael Fingleton (87), who cannot give evidence due to ill-health, joined the building lender in 1971 and retired in 2009 - he held the roles of both managing director and chief executive in that time.

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last month Changes in claims against Irish Nationwide boss put his defence in "intolerable" position, court told

The case against Michael Fingleton alleges that he negligently mismanaged the building society and engaged in property “gambles”.

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