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Michael Fingleton

Irish businessman

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  • Aug 8

    Michael Fingleton, Irish Nationwide chief who cost taxpayers €5.4bn, dies at 88

    Michael Fingleton, who built Irish Nationwide Building Society from IR£2.3m to €16bn before its €5.4bn bailout collapse, has died aged 88, never having faced a full reckoning for the 2008 crisis.

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