Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2008
Supervisory failures preceding the Irish banking crisis
The Central Bank and associated financial-regulatory structures were criticised for failing to respond adequately to property-market overvaluation, excessive developer lending, weak bank stress tests and concentration risks before the banking collapse. Later reviews and political inquiries treated the episode as a major failure of financial supervision.