Red Flag Global founder Karl Brophy anticipates substantial growth
Company was sold recently for a reported €45m
Independent News & Media
Red Flag Consulting sold with expected €33m payout to founder Karl Brophy
Ankura Consulting Group acquires Irish communications firm founded in 2013 for about €45m
After 868 pages and €5.67 million, the reason 19 names were searched in INM data breach remains a mystery
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’
INM report finds deal with Denis O’Brien company would have required board approval
Inspectors’ report finds no breaches of Companies Acts following inquiry initiated in September 2018
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
INM governance scandal: Inspectors report may be published next week
Report of six year investigation presented to High Court today
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
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
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
Tony O’Reilly obituary: Ireland’s first business superstar whose spectacular fall led to bankruptcy
Heinz and Independent News and Media brought the ‘Golden Boy’ of Irish commerce wealth and power beyond any contemporary
UK developer acquires Independent House for student accommodation in €8m deal
Former headquarters of Independent Newspapers, dormant since 2003, to provide 280 bed spaces
Bruce Arnold’s funeral: ‘What a time we’ve been through, from John McCormack to Bambie Thug’
Mourners told how ‘multifaceted, tenacious’ journalist, who died aged 87, took a privacy case against the State which was ‘the final undoing of Charles Haughey’
Loss of 50 jobs at Mediahuis Ireland includes compulsory redundancies
Number of staff involved in print publishing has dropped since announcement of new scheme in January
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
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
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’
High Court bench does ‘not represent a fair cross-section of society’, says retired judge
Judge who ‘grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth’ says High Court judges do not represent a ‘fair cross-section of society’
Why can’t online news outlets hike their prices?
Digital rates anchored by gravity since launch amid a race to amass subscribers before death of print
Former minister Pat Carey receives apology from Garda Commissioner and damages over newspaper articles
Former Fianna Fáil TD Pat Carey understood to have received €250,000 after suing over breach of privacy and confidentiality
Denis O’Brien profile: high-flying career hits fresh turbulence
The telecoms magnate is expected to lose control of Digicel, his Caribbean telecoms group
Going is good for Paddy Jordan, the agent behind some of Ireland’s most lucrative stud sales
Stud farms for oil-rich sheikhs, mansions for media moguls, humble three-bed semi-Ds: Paddy Jordan has bought and sold them all in the course of a storied career
Rival protests on immigration policy held in Dublin
Group supporting diversity accuse far-right of spreading misinformation as counter-demonstration marches on media organisations
BofI shares soar as it raises income forecast again amid rising rates
The ECB’s deposit rate has swung from minus 0.5% to 2% since July
Mediahuis settles several data breach claims
Former Independent News & Media firm sets aside close to €10m for legal cases
State-of-the-art becomes sign of times as Mediahuis closes its last Irish printing plant
Newspaper circulation has plunged since the former INM company opened the Newry plant in 2007 and the VAT cut will only go so far to help
Whistleblower legislation presents a new challenge to crisis management
Law, as well as smartphones acting as undercover news-gathering cameras, means firms have little control over what becomes public
O’Reilly seeks €34m for Mediahuis Dublin headquarters
Chartered Land chief acquired Independent House and apartments for €24.3m in 2018
Developer Johnny Ronan plans new assault on London property market
Seen & Heard: Bank bonuses; Abercrombie closes; and Deliveroo driver windfall
INM parent Mediahuis sees revenues rise 15% in 2020 amid digital growth
Benefit of first full year of owning Irish titles boosts Belgium media group despite Covid-19
Former INM chairman loses bid to oust inspectors
Buckley faces potential bill of €500,000 as costs awarded against him in separate INM-19 case
Retailers seek rent-free ‘Covid clauses’ from landlords
Seen & Heard: Playing the planning system; and Aer Lingus plans UK-US flights
INM signals end to ‘separate resources’ for Herald
Print edition to continue despite Covid-19 hit, but group will ‘not be investing’ in website
‘INM 19’ members win High Court applications for document access
Judge rules former chairman Leslie Buckley’s opposition ‘not well founded’
Judge to rule on INM document access applications in October
Members of ‘INM 19’ seeking information from investigation into alleged data leak
INM owner Mediahuis acquires media group in Luxembourg
Company said deal will enable Saint-Paul Luxembourg to speed up its digital project
Denis O’Brien to get watchdog documents used in inspector application
High Court makes direction on request of businessman’s solicitor
O’Reilly seeks €29m for INM city centre headquarters
Chartered Land chief bought Independent House and apartments for €24.3m in 2018
Irish people like nothing more than being bribed with their own money
Short memories about cost of past excess mean we are doomed to repeat mistakes
Day of reckoning Providence as Tony jnr steps down
End of an era as O’Reilly name departs stock exchange list
Smart piece of business by Mediahuis at INM
INM loses out on €60m in cash for investment as Belgians make a withdrawal
The ‘quacking ducks’ Denis O’Brien stuffed with Digicel debt wait in the reeds
Crisis in one of Digicel’s biggest markets adds to pressure on the company from bond markets
INM owner Mediahuis signals interest in UK Telegraph group
Move to buy titles from Barclay brothers would reunite them with former boss Murdoch Mac Lennan
Major cases of new legal year: Graham Dwyer and Ana Kriégel’s killers return to court
An attempted murder in Dún Laoghaire and a swine-flu vaccine test case will also be heard
The Irish Times reports 5.2% rise in operating profit
Figures include first contribution from acquisition of Landmark Media
Caveat: Denis O’Brien got to hear the impact of the web giants in stereo
‘They’re not even building any infrastructure. They’re piggybacking on most of the infrastructure that we have’
Communicorp and Wireless attack ‘time-warp’ media regulation
Radio groups object to BAI ownership and control policy, citing unfettered online sector
A quarter of news users decided not to share stories on accuracy doubts
Reuters Institute finds 25-34 age group most likely to pay for online news
Mediahuis increases INM stake to 29.9%
Belgo-Dutch newspaper group bought out chairman’s personal stake
Court to rule later on whether INM inspectors’ report can be shared
Access applications made by Central Bank, journalists and former executives
Opinion: Mediahuis must deal with INM’s love/hate relationship with digital
Boosting morale and developing digital strategy will be first tasks for new INM owner
European markets flat while US-China trade talks weigh in New York
Mediahuis bid for INM sees 20m shares in the Irish newspaper group traded
Concentration of ownership ‘threat’ to Irish press freedom
Republic up one place to 15th in Reporters Without Borders index
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