Denis O’Brien adds over 370 names to defamation case
Businessman pursuing people behind fake and misleading advertisements on Meta social platforms
Businessman pursuing people behind fake and misleading advertisements on Meta social platforms
Former chief executive of media group described outcome of lengthy inquiry that yielded a 868-page report at a cost of almost €6 million as ‘weird’
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Denis O’Brien handed 90% of the Caribbean-based telecoms group over to bondholders under a debt-for-equity swap finalised in January
Inspectors’ report finds no breaches of Companies Acts following inquiry initiated in September 2018
Key events in the evolution of the media group
Former majority shareholder and chairman welcome inspectors’ report which found no breach of the Companies Acts at media firm
High Court judge says his ‘preliminary’ view is in favour of publishing the report
Results of six-year investigation to be put before Mr Justice Peter Kelly of the High Court
Investigation into data breach and other matters could go before court next week
Move comes two years after Miriam O’Callaghan settled case with same company over defamatory adverts posted on platform
A star on the rugby pitch and in the boardroom, Tony O’Reilly’s bankruptcy of 2015 reinvigorated him and made him realise that it had never been about the money
Hardly a life-size Stonehenge replica á la Spinal Tap, is it?
Separately, EirGrid CEO Mark Foley to step down
Sponsors will want to hear from Cosgrave about posting of a Palestinian flag by the Ditch on October 7th, says businessman
Forbes annual billionaires list features a record 2,781 people after two years where numbers fell
Caribbean country is telecoms group’s largest market by mobile subscribers
Move signals long-running investigation into Ireland’s largest news group is drawing to a close
The billionaire and his spokesman, James Morrissey, are being sued over a 2016 press release
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Deal marks further shrinking of businessman’s empire as Australian financial services giant Macquarie to pay €400m for facility
Sale of Dublin hospital, which treats more than 200,000 patients annually, could net businessman profit of €100m before tax
Denis O'Brien's holding may double to 20% should warrants attached to the restructuring ultimately be triggered
A tech sector slowdown coupled with rising interest rates gave many a year to forget
Bondholders soon to take ownership of the embattled Caribbean telecoms empire
O’Brien will see his stake decline to 10% as consortium takes control of mobile business
Joe Brennan, Ciara O’Brien, Arthur Beesley and John Burns have been nominated for this year’s awards
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Ibec’s podcast sponsorship, Collison’s Abbeyleix charity event, new roles for Altada’s co-founders, NTMA’s land deal in the docks and Digicel’s sports channel in the Caribbean
Donors can secure 80% of the value of accepted works as a credit against outstanding and future tax bills
Ex-NIB boss gets OBE; the Irish and the Barclay brothers; Keith Wood’s cafe; NUJ at RTE staff meeting; log tables row
Businessman’s vessel reviewed in superyachting magazine
Oliver Coughlan retires as Digicel chief executive in December, with COO Maarten Boute assuming role on interim basis
O’Neill’s jersey sales, media regulator’s new hires, insolvency fun in Amsterdam, Tirlán recruits McConalogue’s adviser
Denis O’Brien has substantially expanded the Algarve golf resort since buying it in 1998
Any Other Business: Also, Denis O’Brien winds down foundation, Dublin Lord Mayor hosts UPMC at Mansion House, Lorraine Higgins opens Brussels office, Kate Fullen joins Yonder and CRO uses AI to scan company documents
Any Other Business: Forbes resigns directorship, Collison brothers back new California city plan, Lucy Gaffney and slavery reparations, and Fine Gael’s fundraising
Former Independent News and Media executives settle action in an agreement understood to include several hundred thousand euro for each
Publisher accuses Leslie Buckley of placing his ‘personal interests ahead of the interests of the company of which he was chairman to its substantial detriment’
Company’s debt restructuring documents show how parts of businessman’s empire have continued to benefit financially from offering services to the group since he stopped taking dividends eight years ago
Seen & Heard: Developers’ backstop; vacant site judicial review; RTÉ bailout; Biden’s bills; and Tesco store plans
Any Other Business: Chief executive of RDS missing from company while Denis O’Brien and Rory McIlroy go golfing
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Dee Forbes and Munster Rugby, Garda College lands controversy, Eir CEO’s attack on ComReg, National Lottery could be on the move, GAA’s no-cash policy, and higher education headhunters
Businessman to lose most of his stake in telecoms group
Irish drinks company to appoint liquidator; getting up earlier for work; and Bloom’s rising prices
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Denis O’Brien-owned group expects to file for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection as part of wider debt restructuring agreement
Any Other Business: Denis and the Damsel in Distressed; economists in a spin over Higgins; Quinn Country’s second life; EI’s funding gap; two takes on Paddy Cosgrave
Investors due to have been repaid on March 1st agree further 30-day grace period with troubled firm
Move comes as Government prepares to defend court action against 1995 licence award to businessman Denis O’Brien
Digicel already received 45 days of grace on the debt pile and is set to be granted another extension
Turmoil in international markets wipes €17bn off the net wealth of our richest men, Forbes annual list shows
Plus: Ireland’s most expensive magazine? And Denis O’Brien’s campaign on Caribbean slave reparations
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