Fingleton to move ahead on €200m Montenegro resort

Former Irish Nationwide boss first became involved in project in 2006

Michael Fingletons plans to redevelop the Hotel Fjord in Montenegro stalled amid the financial crisis Picture: Collins

Former Irish Nationwide boss Michael Fingleton still plans to build a €200 million luxury resort on the Adriatic in Montenegro, a decade after he first became involved in the project.

In an interview with the magazine Property Week, his son Michael Fingleton jr admitted it has been a “long slog” to develop the project which has become an eyesore covered in graffiti and populated by drug addicts.

Michael Fingleton first became involved in ...