The Irish Times

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

INBS reliance on lending to developers left it ‘more exposed’ in downturn

Building society gave out 100 per cent loans contrary to internal guidelines, inquiry told

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 16:56

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

Fingleton agrees INBS controls over data given to regulator failed

Proper information would have been given if he was on credit committee, former MD says

Wed Jun 27 2018 - 20:17

Michael Fingleton tells INBS inquiry he was not on key bank committee

Records list the former managing director as a member

Tue Jun 26 2018 - 17:04

Ex-INBS finance director accepts lender gave regulator ‘manifestly wrong’ information

Stan Purcell did not read minutes of society’s key credit committee, inquiry hears

Tue Jun 12 2018 - 18:12

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

Michael Fingleton influenced INBS credit committee, inquiry hears

Committee reviewed applications for large loans and borrowers in arrears

Fri Jun 08 2018 - 17:41

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

INBS inquiry hears credit committee agendas were ‘a sham’

Former head of commercial lending concedes issues listed for discussion never raised

Wed Jun 06 2018 - 16:05

INBS committee recommended loans against own rules

Building society broke own regulations in backing millions’ worth of loans in boom

Tue Jun 05 2018 - 14:43

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

Ex-INBS boss Fingleton argues regulator only made ‘recommendations’ on credit reviews

Central Bank inquiry into alleged lending breaches continues

Thu May 10 2018 - 16:35

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