The High Court has made directions for the convening next month of a meeting of Independent News & Media shareholders to consider the proposed €145.6 million acquisition of the group by Belgian media company Mediahuis.

Former INM CEO Gavin O'Reilly is concerned his personal data may have been accessed during an alleged data breach at the company in 2014, the High Court has heard.

The High Court has received the first interim report of the inspectors appointed by it to investigate the conduct of affairs at Independent News & Media.

The media group, Independent News & Media (INM), has opened a voluntary redundancy scheme for its editorial staff.

The media group Independent News and News (INM) says it will not appeal a ruling to appoint inspectors by the corporate watchdog.

The former chairman of INM Leslie Buckley says he intends to robustly defend himself against each and every allegation.

In the case before the High Court in relation to INM, there was a further dimension to the public interest because of the nature of the business which was carried on by the company, the judge said.

Independent News & Media, INM, has said its board and the company’s management intended to remain focused on the business and ensuring that the Group’s operations continue, so far as possible, to be conducted as normal.

The appointment of inspectors to Independent News and Media today was described by High Court President, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, as “well justified and not disproportionate.”

Inspectors should be appointed to one of Ireland's largest media groups, a judge has said.

The president of the High Court will decide on Tuesday whether or not the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement can employ inspectors to investigate the business affairs of Independent News & Media.

Media group Independent News and Media (INM) has published pre-tax profits of €11.5m.

Kieran Mulvey has been appointed as a non-executive director of Independent News and Media (INM) with effect from today.

The president of the High Court has reserved judgment on the State’s corporate watchdog bid to have inspectors appointed to investigate his concerns over the conduct of affairs of Independent News & Media.

Independent News & Media has told the High Court the State’s corporate watchdog unfairly criticised its response to his concerns about sharing of company information between Leslie Buckley, when he was chairman of INM, and its major shareholder Denis O’Brien.

Independent News & Media has strongly rejected suggestions of a “culture of deference” within the media group towards its major shareholder Denis O’Brien.

It remains unclear how the apparent “interrogation” of the data of 19 people, including journalists and two senior counsel to the Moriarty Tribunal, was linked to a cost-cutting exercise at Independent News & Media, the High Court has been told.

The State’s corporate watchdog is concerned that several serious matters suggest a “fundamental malaise” within Independent News & Media and a “culture of deference” to its major shareholder, Denis O’Brien, the president of the High Court has heard.

The Data Protection Commissioner has secured court orders on consent permitting her to use certain documents for her continuing investigation into an alleged data breach at Independent News & Media.

Four people concerned their data may have been accessed during an alleged data breach at Independent News & Media are to get access to documents for the corporate watchdog's application, opening at the High Court next week, to have inspectors appointed to the media group.

INM is not going to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of its legal challenge aimed at quashing the corporate watchdog's decision to seek inspectors to investigate an alleged data breach and other issues at the media group.

The President of the High Court is expected to fix a date next week for the hearing of the corporate watchdog's application to have inspectors appointed to investigate an alleged data breach and other issues at the media group.

A High Court judge has dismissed an application by Independent News & Media plc aimed at quashing the corporate watchdog's decision to seek inspectors to investigate an alleged data breach and other issues at the media group.

Independent News and Media (INM) has announced that Terry Buckley is stepping down as a Director of the Company with effect from May 31.

The group editor and a director of Ireland's biggest newspaper group are to depart their posts.

The new chairman at Independent News and Media (INM) has extended its campaign to fight off the State’s corporate watchdog, telling shareholders that installing inspectors would do more harm than good to the country’s largest media firm.

The Chairman of Independent News & Media says the board is "horrified" at the prospect of an alleged data breach at the company.

The State’s corporate watchdog’s bid to have inspectors appointed to Independent News and Media was “a bolt out of the blue” that was brought unfairly, involved “curious features”, and has already had a serious damaging impact on the company, the High Court has been told.

Denis Naughten has said he is sorry the controversy over his conversation with a lobbyist from INM has taken up four days of attention in the Dáil.

A judge has made rulings governing access by various parties to documents and other material to be used for an application by the State’s corporate watchdog for appointment of inspectors to Independent News and Media plc.

The Taoiseach has claimed members of the Opposition were simply “looking for a head” in going after Communications Minister Denis Naughten.

The Taoiseach insists Denis Naughten did not do any favours for anyone over his handling of the INM controversy.

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has offered his “full support” for Communications Minister Denis Naughton.

It is difficult not to have a certain sympathy for Communications Minister Denis Naughten as he faced a grilling in the Dáil yesterday over his handling of the proposed takeover of Celtic Media, a regional media group, by Independent News & Media.

Communications Minister Denis Naughten will take questions in the Dáil today over his contact with a PR agency over the proposed take over of Celtic Media by Independent News and Media (INM).

Attempts have been made to “silence” the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), it has been claimed in the Dáil.

An alleged data breach within Independent News and Media represents a very significant threat to freedom of the press in Ireland, the Taoiseach has warned.

The Taoiseach has said legislation may be needed to protect journalistic sources after the alleged data breach at INM.

Businessman Denis O'Brien has accused Ireland's director of corporate enforcement of leaking details of his application to have inspectors appointed to Independent News and Media.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Communications Minister Denis Naughten have broken their silence on the alleged data breach scandal at Independent News and Media (INM), saying it is very “concerning”.

Independent News and Media company has advised the 19 people caught up in an alleged data breach the information belonging to them may have been “searched more extensively and for a different purpose” than first thought.

The Data Protection Commissioner is likely to start the investigation into the alleged data breach at Independent News and Media within the coming weeks, as she dismissed any potential conflict of interest in attending an event organised by the company yesterday.

Any untoward breach of a citizen’s data is worrying but if the targets are journalists then it’s not just personal rights but a basic cog of democracy at stake, says Michael Clifford.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement is to apply to the High Court to appoint an inspector to investigate the affairs of Independent News & Media, the company has revealed.