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
Plaintiffs fell ‘considerably’ short of threshold that would convince court it should dismiss his case before a hearing
Finance director of building society that collapsed with €6bn debt faces sanction
So-called bad bank set to take over remaining Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets and complete its wind-down by the end of 2025
John Stanley Purcell is the final individual subject to inquiry among five senior INBS figures originally put forward for investigation in 2015
Union Investment secures first tenant for Irish Nationwide Building Society’s former HQ following redevelopment led by Hines
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
Agency ‘facilitated the delivery of about 34,000 residential units’ and ‘regeneration of Dublin docklands’
Brian Fitzgibbon says claims by Mr Lynn ‘are all lies’
Court to consider when it is appropriate to dismiss proceedings where a defendant is unable, due to ill-health, to defend a civil claim
Underwriter tells court her career ‘nose dived’ after it emerged former solicitor’s €4.1m loan with her employer was in difficulty
Ex-INBS employee says loan would not have gone to theft accused if lender knew Law Society had no record of firm
Mr Justice Denis McDonald said the plaintiff must be clear which of its claims are ‘actionable’ and which are ‘neutral’ paragraphs
Liquidators have control of assets in both countries that they were intending to sell last year before war broke out
Minister for Finance says the move ‘brings to an end a specific consequence of the banking crisis’
Liabilities of failed lenders weighed on State after September 2008 bank guarantee
Court of Appeal decision refused to halt trial
High Court will ask NI counterpart to allow questioning of three former building society employees who have not responded to queries over collapse of business
State keen to close the door on the last of the debt used to prop up Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide whose failure triggered the financial crisis
Anglo was renamed Irish Bank Resolution Corporationin 2011 and subsequently took over the remains of INBS
Court filings say the prominent former banker also had outstanding judgement debts of more than €10.7m at the end of last year
Former Irish Nationwide Building Society chief once worth €75m, court filings show
Court of Appeal rules that former Irish Nationwide boss’s ill-health does not put him at risk of ‘unfair trial or an unjust result’ in €290m action
Seen & Heard: Dublin apartments ‘paused’; Fingleton urged to declare bankruptcy; bedsit investor’s 200% return; NCT ‘chaos and confusion’
IBRC counsel says still ‘in the public interest’ to pursue case even if no chance of recovering money from former Irish Nationwide boss
Accused also describes paying for banker’s flights to Portugal and Hungary
Case against former Irish Nationwide chief over building society collapse initiated in 2012
Trial hears Law Society inquiry into affairs at Michael Lynn and Co only criticised Mr Lynn
Solicitor tells theft trial she never signed mortgage applications for Lynn
Elizabeth Doyle says office was ‘hectic’ and ‘there was a fear there’
Courts hears of dispute within INBS over who signed off on loan for Howth house
Building society considered ex-solicitor as having assets above €45m and ‘excellent’ repayment record
Judge adjourns trial on 21 counts of theft from banks involving close to €27m for week
Former solicitor faces charges relating to alleged theft of €27m from seven lenders
Former solicitor facing charges relating to alleged theft of €27m from lenders
If you agreed a mortgage holiday with your bank due to Covid, it is doubly worth looking
Gary McCollum denies having been head of commercial lending with Irish Nationwide
Public hearings into defunct lender resume after Covid-19 delay
Michael Fingleton jnr, son of the former managing director, made application
Society had €6bn in boom-time profit-share loans in 2008
Report says profit-share deal with developers put property lender’s loan book at risk
Lender suspended repayments on loans given out under Michael Fingleton
John Morrissey had €32m outstanding in 2014 when Nama called in borrowings
Former solicitor claims years spent in Brazilian prison left him traumatised
Latest submission said ex-INBS director will not be able to take part ‘for at least four months’
Panel to decide whether the public hearings, delayed since summer, should continue
Former head of commercial lending barred from senior financial role for 18 years
‘I do not want to hear any more excuses,’ solicitor of KPMG partners told
The three-person panel had planned to restart hearings after the summer
Joe Brennan’s day-by-day account of the month before the implosion of the global banking sector and the Irish bank guarantee
By September 2008, it was obvious something had to be done to save Anglo
Former chief executive feels persecuted by investigation
Revealing costs would undermine inquiry and raise privacy issues, regulator argues
‘I may have glanced at it,’ he says of letter received from financial regulator
Stan Purcell did not read minutes of society’s key credit committee, inquiry hears
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