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Web Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave claims former friend’s actions caused loss of $12.3m

Hearing of cases involving chief executive Paddy Cosgrave and two minority shareholders expected to take nine weeks

Timeline: First event held in 2009

‘Bitterness animates every aspect’ of legal dispute between shareholders, says barrister for founder Paddy Cosgrave

Civil trial could potentially last nine weeks

Bitter legal row between Paddy Cosgrave and former business partners Daire Hickey and David Kelly could take nine weeks to hear

What do court documents tell us, and what’s at stake for the three former friends?

Five separate actions are due to be heard together over the course of a nine-week civil trial

Dispute hearing between Web Summit co-founders expected to take nine weeks

Hearing of cases is scheduled for nine weeks beginning next March

Mr Justice Michael Twomey is managing the five actions ahead of their trial next spring

Events group says significant investment in additional staff hit bottom line as group adds new events to its roster

This tech conference is profitable and expanding, but its 70,000-visitor Lisbon conference remains the jewel in its crown

Chelsea Manning warns Trump administration likely to be ‘uniquely, openly authoritarian’

Founder of events company emphasises issue of tariffs on electric vehicles

Omar Berrada was speaking on a panel at Web Summit in Lisbon on Tuesday

More than 20,000 attendees welcomed to Web Summit

Event in Lisbon plays host to some 3,000 start-ups from across the world, including more than 100 from Ireland

Web Summit kicks off in Lisbon this week followed by Slush 2024 in Helsinki next week

Catherine Sanz’s book focuses on the highest-profile founder of the most compelling Irish business drama of the past 15 years

Cosgrave, who is largely upbeat and spirited in person, regards his online persona as a different entity. That does not negate the hurt people have felt at the hands of either character

Graham Dwyer prosecutor Seán Guerin defends his home plans; the Irish public annoy Donald Trump; and Irish journalists snub Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit

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The parties involved in the five cases have spent more than two years sifting through files as part of the discovery process

Documents were sought in support of hotly contested claims that post-October 7th tweets by Paddy Cosgrave damaged the business

Sponsors will want to hear from Cosgrave about posting of a Palestinian flag by the Ditch on October 7th, says businessman

Founder stepped down after flight of sponsors from tech event following his comments on Israel-Hamas conflict

Seen & Heard: Paddy Cosgrave’s return; Fund’s €43m bet against Smurfit; Building materials prices; Powerscourt Distillery ‘explores sale’

Web Summit’s Lobbying Register absence; why Simon Harris won’t lodge in the Phoenix Park; and more bad news for EV drivers

The co-founder stepped down last October after concluding this was in the company’s best interests, say lawyers

IMMA director looks to connect modern art and old faith in Dublin 8

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has accused Tel Aviv of being ‘blinded by rage’ while Minister for Enterprise Simon Coveney claims it is ‘behaving like a rogue state’

Turnover soared 65% to a record €52.5m in 2022 amid return to in-person events, with costs rising as it invested in expansion

Sexton’s departure follows announcement that Katherine Maher is leaving to take up role in US just three months after replacing Paddy Cosgrave as chief executive

US executive replaced cofounder Paddy Cosgrave following his resignation last year

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Apologies, denials, deadly cocktails and some good old-fashioned warnings of imminent doom: 2023 had many lines to remember

A tech sector slowdown coupled with rising interest rates gave many a year to forget

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Judge allows for additional discovery in relation to potential damage to company arising from tweets made by Web Summit founder after Hamas attack in October