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Mick Clifford: Michael Fingleton's final chapter cannot rewrite his legacy

The former Irish Nationwide chief leaves behind a legacy inseparable from Ireland's financial collapse and failures in banking oversight
Michael Fingleton told the banking inquiry in 2015 that he didn’t “regret any decision I took'. File photo: RollingNews.ie

Michael Fingleton told the banking inquiry in 2015 that he didn’t “regret any decision I took'. File photo: RollingNews.ie

The front page could have been read as an incitement to commit extreme violence. 

It was the morning of March 30, 2010, and looking out from the cover of the tabloid Irish Daily Star were Michael Fingleton and Seán FitzPatrick. Beneath the two faces was the headline: “They Deserve To Be Shot”.

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