Denis O'Brien

Timeline - the Independent News & Media data breach and its fallout

Key events in the evolution of the media group

INM controversy: Denis O’Brien told emails being searched in bid to identify why solicitor’s contract renewed

Former majority shareholder and chairman welcome inspectors’ report which found no breach of the Companies Acts at media firm

Denis O’Brien, Leslie Buckley and others seek to be given inspectors’ report on INM governance scandal

High Court judge says his ‘preliminary’ view is in favour of publishing the report

Final report by inspectors appointed to investigate governance at former INM expected this week

Results of six-year investigation to be put before Mr Justice Peter Kelly of the High Court

Report into governance scandal at Independent News & Media to be given to High Court within days

Investigation into data breach and other matters could go before court next week

Denis O’Brien lodges proceedings against Meta over ‘fake ads’ hosted on social media site

Move comes two years after Miriam O’Callaghan settled case with same company over defamatory adverts posted on platform

Tony O’Reilly: A dazzling star who left a mark on many facets of Irish society

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

Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott falls foul of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council over Stepaside treehouse

Hardly a life-size Stonehenge replica á la Spinal Tap, is it?

Digicel names Marcelo Cataldo as chief executive

Separately, EirGrid CEO Mark Foley to step down

Paddy Cosgrave’s high-risk return: ‘He is a fascinating figure ... I think he relishes the notoriety’

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

Ireland’s billionaires see wealth grow by more than €15bn last year

Forbes annual billionaires list features a record 2,781 people after two years where numbers fell

Digicel ‘has not seen significant impact’ on Haiti business from crisis

Caribbean country is telecoms group’s largest market by mobile subscribers

Inspectors into INM governance scandal circulate draft findings to witnesses

Move signals long-running investigation into Ireland’s largest news group is drawing to a close

Denis O’Brien can reassert ‘truth and honest opinion’ defence to solicitors’ defamation claims, court rules

The billionaire and his spokesman, James Morrissey, are being sued over a 2016 press release

Electric vehicle prices are tumbling, but is it all good news for the customer?

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Denis O’Brien on track to make over €100m profit in sale of Beacon Hospital

Deal marks further shrinking of businessman’s empire as Australian financial services giant Macquarie to pay €400m for facility

Denis O’Brien’s Beacon Hospital sold to Macquarie for estimated €400m

Sale of Dublin hospital, which treats more than 200,000 patients annually, could net businessman profit of €100m before tax

Digicel completes restructuring that cuts O’Brien stake to 10%

Denis O'Brien's holding may double to 20% should warrants attached to the restructuring ultimately be triggered

Tension, a pay scandal and farewells: the business world’s winners and losers of 2023

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

Denis O’Brien’s Digicel bash: Restructuring marks end of an era for businessman

Bondholders soon to take ownership of the embattled Caribbean telecoms empire

Digicel bondholders line up former Nokia chief as Denis O’Brien loses control

O’Brien will see his stake decline to 10% as consortium takes control of mobile business

Irish Times journalists shortlisted for UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards

Joe Brennan, Ciara O’Brien, Arthur Beesley and John Burns have been nominated for this year’s awards

Pension auto enrolment, Russian cyber attacks, and Kirsty Wark on leaving Newsnight

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

State earmarks offices in docklands should it win bid to host EU Anti-Money Laundering Association

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

Budget enhances tax relief for the rich for the benefit of our heritage

Donors can secure 80% of the value of accepted works as a credit against outstanding and future tax bills

Hugo Boss falls foul of Dublin City Council

Ex-NIB boss gets OBE; the Irish and the Barclay brothers; Keith Wood’s cafe; NUJ at RTE staff meeting; log tables row

You can rent Denis O’Brien’s superyacht - for a price

Businessman’s vessel reviewed in superyachting magazine

Digicel CEO to step down in December with Denis O’Brien to announce successor as chairman in ‘coming weeks’

Oliver Coughlan retires as Digicel chief executive in December, with COO Maarten Boute assuming role on interim basis

O’Neill’s bemoans impact of shorter GAA season on replica jersey sales

O’Neill’s jersey sales, media regulator’s new hires, insolvency fun in Amsterdam, Tirlán recruits McConalogue’s adviser

Quinta do Lago profits almost triple to €4.6m

Denis O’Brien has substantially expanded the Algarve golf resort since buying it in 1998

Sebastian Barnes, IFAC and unfortunate timing

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

Hard to foresee Seán Quinn ‘fading into the shadows’ after book release

Any Other Business: Forbes resigns directorship, Collison brothers back new California city plan, Lucy Gaffney and slavery reparations, and Fine Gael’s fundraising

There’s no end in sight to Leslie Buckley’s troubles arising from data violation at INM

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’

Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy settle claim for damages against INM over unlawful data breach

Former Independent News and Media executives settle action in an agreement understood to include several hundred thousand euro for each

Digicel paid O’Brien and linked firms $90m in past three years

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

Digicel pays Denis O’Brien-controlled group $10m for private jet use

Seen & Heard: Developers’ backstop; vacant site judicial review; RTÉ bailout; Biden’s bills; and Tesco store plans

Thomond Park tickets go under the hammer in sad ending

Any Other Business: Chief executive of RDS missing from company while Denis O’Brien and Rory McIlroy go golfing

Renault’s lack of sales from RTÉ sponsorship, Intel and state aid, and why Digicel ‘mainly’ hires culchies

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Digicel mainly hires ‘culchies’, Denis O’Brien reveals

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

Denis O’Brien to stay on Digicel board amid $1.7bn debt write-off deal

Businessman to lose most of his stake in telecoms group

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

The Irish Times ePaper

Stardust

Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people

Common Ground

How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands