A consortium suing over the awarding of the country's second mobile phone licence on grounds including bribery and corruption has been permitted by the High Court to amend its original statement of claim.
Wed, 08 May, 2019
A High Court judge has refused to allow an English company to fund a legal action against the State, businessman Denis O’Brien, and former government minister Michael Lowry.
Thu, 21 Apr, 2016
A High Court judge has refused to allow an English company to fund a legal action against the State, businessman Denis O'Brien and former Government Minister Michael Lowry.
Wed, 20 Apr, 2016
Operating profits more than doubled, to €7.1m, at Irish software firm Openet Telecom last year, new accounts show.
Thu, 10 Dec, 2015
A law concerning third party funding of legal cases in Ireland comes from an era when people thought the earth was the centre of the universe, witches were burned at the stake, and the rule of law paled in comparison to the rule of the sword, the High Court has heard.
Thu, 19 Nov, 2015
A UK litigation funding company is prepared to back a damages action being brought by one of the unsuccessful bidders for Ireland’s second mobile-phone licence, the High Court has heard.
Tue, 21 Apr, 2015
Former taoiseach Brian Cowen has picked up his first gig in the private sector after Denis O’Brien appointed him as a director of Topaz Energy.
Sat, 03 May, 2014
Businessman Denis O’Brien has succeeded in his attempt to join the State as a defendant in the case taken by Persona over the awarding of the mobile phone licence to Esat.
Sat, 22 Feb, 2014
The businessman Declan Ganley could be exposed to a bill running into millions of euro if he loses in his legal action against the State and Denis O’Brien over the awarding of the second mobile phone licence to Esat Digifone.
Tue, 28 Jan, 2014
Businessman Declan Ganley’s ability to pay the costs of a legal action over the issuing of the State’s second mobile phone licence means two companies associated with him do not need to put up money in advance in case they lose the action, a High Court judge ruled.
Sat, 25 Jan, 2014
Lawyers for Denis O’Brien are looking for security of costs ahead of a High Court battle over the awarding of the second mobile phone license to Esat in the 1990s.
Thu, 21 Nov, 2013
Pre-tax losses at Irish software firm, Openet last year narrowed to €2.4m after revenues jumped 11% to €97.9m.
Tue, 19 Nov, 2013
WATCH them riding on, the three musketeers, Alan Shatter, James Reilly and Phil Hogan!
Thu, 23 May, 2013
Michael Lowry has long had difficulty in aligning himself with what most people accept as reality.
Wed, 07 Nov, 2012
Michael Lowry’s land holding in Wigan has shed light on his contacts with some of his longstanding associates in north Tipperary and the horse racing industry.
Tue, 30 Oct, 2012
Bruff-based firm KBO is one of a small number of companies licensed to provide high-speed satellite broadband in Ireland. Now achieving a turnover of €4m, the company looks set to grow this to €10m by 2017, writes Trish Dromey
Mon, 27 Aug, 2012
As communications become more internationalised, personal and unfettered it may seem anachronistic to suggest we need to pay more attention to our domestic media, who owns and controls it.
Wed, 22 Aug, 2012
The defeated mobile phone licence bidders may not get the payout they expect, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan
Thu, 19 Jul, 2012
The Government will fight any efforts to claim damages by two unsuccessful bidders for the lucrative mobile phone licence awarded to Denis O’Brien’s Esat.
Wed, 18 Jul, 2012
The Supreme Court has cleared two unsuccessful bidders for the State’s second mobile phone licence to proceed with a legal challenge to the manner in which the licence was allocated in 1995 to Esat.
Seventeen years after it was awarded, the second mobile phone licence, the most lucrative ever awarded by the State, is still embroiled in controversy, as competitors for the licence get their day in court, writes Michael Clifford
ONE is leader of the Blueshirts, the other is leader of a bunch of blue blobs, but it seems that Papa Smurf has a stronger moral compass than Enda Kenny and Co.
Sat, 07 Apr, 2012
Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien should not be invited to future government-sponsored economic fora, Europe Minister Lucinda Creighton has said.
Tue, 27 Mar, 2012
Dermot Desmond yesterday failed in his bid to have decisions of the High and Supreme Court over the conduct of the Moriarty Tribunal set aside.
Sat, 18 Feb, 2012
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday told US business leaders the tough economic adjustments made by his government means Ireland now “represents a truly unique and exceptional opportunity for investment”.
Fri, 10 Feb, 2012
A COMPANY backed by businessman Barry Maloney, who shunned the recent Global Irish Economic Forum because Denis O’Brien was attending, reported a surge in profits for last year.
Fri, 21 Oct, 2011
DISGRACED deputy Michael Lowry brushed off the humiliation of a Dáil censure motion, insisting he may take his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Thu, 31 Mar, 2011
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has confirmed that members of one of the consortia bidding for the second mobile phone licence attended a fund- raiser he hosted just days before the competition was decided.
MICHAEL LOWRY has said his conscience is “clear” and he will not apologise for something he did not do.
AFTER 63 minutes and 10,913 self-pitying words, the air of corruption hanging over Michael Lowry had not lifted one inch.
Wed, 30 Mar, 2011
FIANNA FÁIL is set to attempt to force disgraced Independent TD Michael Lowry from office by bringing a motion in the Dáil for him to resign.
ENDA KENNY is under intense pressure today to clear-up serious questions surrounding the donation of $50,000 to Fine Gael by the winners of the most lucrative licence awarded in the history of the state.
Tue, 29 Mar, 2011
A DEFIANT Michael Lowry refused to be forced from the Dáil as he launched a brazen attack on the “paranoia” of the Moriarty Tribunal.
A NEWSPAPER columnist, who was a witness at the Moriarty Tribunal, has said she “had no choice” but to resign her position after a meeting with the paper’s editor.
Sat, 26 Mar, 2011
ESAT founder Denis O’Brien has launched another stinging criticism of the Moriarty Tribunal.
Denis O’Brien doggedly pursued business and wealth, so he is unlikely to give up on his challenge to Moriarty’s findings, says Seán McCárthaigh
Sarah Carey has resigned as a columnist with the Irish Times.
Fri, 25 Mar, 2011
AN anti-corruption body has asked the Director of Corporate Enforcement as well as foreign authorities to follow up on the damning findings of the Moriarty Tribunal.
DISGRACED deputy Michael Lowry was resisting growing calls for him to resign last night as the Government passed the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal to the DPP and the Garda Commissioner.
Thu, 24 Mar, 2011
THE findings of the Moriarty Tribunal have been criticised by a retired senior civil servant for ignoring the sworn evidence of a large group of government officials.
A DEFIANT Michael Lowry vowed to face down any Garda investigation into his alleged interference with the Esat mobile phone licence and also revealed he would battle to recoup his huge legal bills.
THE curtain has at last come down on the Moriarty Tribunal. For 14 years, it has largely lived in the shadow of its livelier, more rambling but ultimately more loveable counterpart — the Mahon (formerly Flood) Tribunal.
ENDA KENNY paid glowing tribute to Michael Lowry in 1996 after Mr Lowry had been forced to resign from government, saying he was “a man of the highest integrity and honour”.
Wed, 23 Mar, 2011
TAXPAYERS could be facing multi-million euro compensation claims from losing bidders for the state’s second mobile phone licence after the Moriarty Tribunal found that former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry had helped Denis O’Brien’s Esat consortium win the lucrative competition.
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Denis O’Brien won Ireland’s lucrative second mobile phone licence because shamed former communications minister Michael Lowry meddled in the selection process.
FINE GAEL’S failure to disclose a secretive $50,000 donation it received from one of the partners in the winning consortium was “regrettable”, the Tribunal has said.
An inquiry into payments to politicians has branded a rent deal linked to an Independent TD and businessman Ben Dunne as "profoundly corrupt".
Tue, 22 Mar, 2011
Former Minister Michael Lowry is in court claiming comments by journalist Sam Smyth wrongly imply he is a thief and a corrupt politician.
Fri, 17 Dec, 2010
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