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Michael Fingleton, the architect of Irish Nationwide—one of Ireland’s biggest banks that collapsed in 2008—has died at 88, marking the quiet end of a saga that nearly broke the country. His passing follows the official shutdown of Nama, the government agency tasked with cleaning up toxic loans, effectively closing the legal chapter on his legacy. Once worth €75 million, Fingleton fled as the property crash hit, leaving behind debts and facing lawsuits for alleged mismanagement—even after regulators dropped charges due to his health. Though his family fought to halt litigation, the case now hangs in the balance with his death, leaving Ireland to reckon with the final echoes of its financial reckoning.

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