Denis O’Brien given special recognition at EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards
Businessman said he was ‘flummoxed’ by the award
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Denis O’Brien says Ireland’s graduates are ‘entitled’ and predicts economic downturn
Businessman also takes aim at Irish planning regime and warns economic downturn ‘likely to be soon’
Digicel eyes €2bn refinancing as junk bond yields slide
Denis O’Brien-founded firm has hired JP Morgan to organise measure
Paul Coulson faces last stand in battle to retain control of Ardagh
Bondholders have offered Coulson and other investors $250m to hand over total control of the empire
Digicel ‘poised to refinance €2bn early’ as it wins highest credit rating in years
Move will be helped by US authorities ending an investigation into phone company
Digicel refinancing on hold amid uncertainty over US justice department case
Telecoms group founded by Denis O’Brien is said to be keen to refinance much of its $2.8 billion of borrowings early, following debt restructuring
Digicel plans redundancies across seven markets in efficiency drive
Digicel said it had spent the ‘last number of months carefully reviewing our organisation to structure and re-design our business to be fit for growth’
US legal case into Digicel in limbo following Trump’s executive order
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Trump’s pause on foreign bribery laws places US department of justice case into Digicel in limbo
Digicel said in November that it had made a voluntary disclosure to the US department of justice of information ‘relating to possible violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’
Aviation tycoon in major merger on Shrewsbury Road after buying €6.75m house next door
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Digicel faces US justice department investigation over possible breaches
Mobile phones group founded by Denis O’Brien reported itself over possible violations of US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Digicel credit rating upgraded on improved finances after restructuring
Mobile phone network group remains junk rated, partly due to focus on markets ‘with history of instability and adverse weather events’
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Digicel earnings rebound in year bondholders seized control
Denis O’Brien handed 90% of the Caribbean-based telecoms group over to bondholders under a debt-for-equity swap finalised in January
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