Michael Fingleton defends his banking record

Michael Fingleton has claimed he always acted with “complete integrity and honesty” in his 38 years as Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) boss and has branded an inquiry into the governance of the former lender as “an artificially trumped up case” to deflect blame from the Central Bank and the Department of Finance.

Michael Fingleton has claimed he always acted with “complete integrity and honesty” in his 38 years as Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) boss and has branded an inquiry into the governance of the former lender as “an artificially trumped up case” to deflect blame from the Central Bank and the Department of Finance.

Mr Fingleton was making his opening remarks in the Central Bank inquiry into the governance of INBS in the time leading up to its winding up in 2011.