Dublin City Council has given a company backed by Denis O’Brien the go-ahead for a €50m luxury apartment plan in Donnybrook despite concerns from D4 residents.

Businessman Denis O’Brien has lost his High Court action over statements made by two TDs in the Dáil about his banking affairs after he had got court injunctions restraining RTÉ publicising that information.

THE decision by the High Court yesterday to reject businessman Denis O’Brien’s action over statements made by two members of the Dáil about his banking affairs is to be welcomed.

Donncha O’Brien finished strongly to advance at the expense of Denis O’Driscoll in the John-Joe Murphy Cup at Bauravilla.

Calls have been made on Michael Lowry to step aside from an Oireachtas committee because of his perceived links to businessman Denis O’Brien.

A group of residents in Dublin 4 are opposing fresh plans by a property firm backed by businessman Denis O’Brien for a new €50m luxury apartment block development.

Earnings before hefty interest and depreciation and other items at the Denis O’Brien-owned Beacon Hospital in Dublin last year increased 28% to €9.2m, new figures show.

Businessman Denis O’Brien’s “target” in his legal action over Dáil statements about his banking affairs is the “future freedom of parliamentary debate”, the State has told the High Court.

Big themes were explored yesterday in the High Court action Denis O’Brien is taking against the Oireachtas. 

Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien will give evidence today in his High Court action alleging two TDs “clearly disregarded” the constitutional separation of powers between parliament and the courts when they made statements in the Dáil about his banking affairs.

Businessman Denis O’Brien wants the courts to “clearly demarcate” the powers of the Oireachtas and courts in his “unique” action over Dáil statements by two TDs about his banking affairs, the High Court has heard.

The Denis O’Brien-controlled Irish engineering company, Actavo — formerly Siteserv — recorded a 25% increase in pre-tax profit last year, helped by €99.5m in revenue from its Irish operations.

An application by businessman Denis O’Brien’s aimed at accessing documents held in the Dropbox account of an employee of Red Flag Consulting has been struck out after the parties came to an agreement, the High Court has heard.

Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien has lost an appeal against a 2011 High Court decision dismissing his claim that the Moriarty Tribunal had incorrectly restricted cross-examination of a key witness at its public hearings.

Businessman Denis O’Brien’s action against a Dáil committee over speeches made in the House concerning his banking affairs has been fixed for hearing in November.

The FAI has confirmed that billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien is continuing to contribute to payment of the salaries of the Irish management team.

Denis O’Brien’s Digicel Group is, reportedly, among the bidders for Italian assets being sold to accommodate the merger of the Italy-based operations of Dutch telco VimpelCom and Hong Kong giant, CK Hutchison Holdings.

Research into newspapers owned by billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien shows he received less critical coverage in his own titles when he was embroiled in controversies.

The State will face a bill of at least €10m to fund the investigation into the 2012 sale of Siteserv by the IBRC to a company owned by billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien.

Proposals to prioritise an investigation into the controversial IBRC sale of the company Siteserv to billionaire Denis O’Brien will be discussed between Enda Kenny and opposition leaders today.

The High Court will next month hear businessman Denis O’Brien’s application to force a PR consultancy to disclose certain information in advance of his defamation action against the firm.

The High Court case taken by businessman Denis O’Brien against TDs will be “absolutely” and vigorously defended, the new chairman of the Dáil Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl, has said.

On day two of Killarney’s spring meeting, Cape City Boy gets the nap to take the M D O’Shea Maiden Hurdle for Shark Hanlon and jockey Denis O’Regan.

Denis O’Regan rode his first winner since becoming retained rider to owner Barry Connell when Hurricane Darwin landed the Monty’s Pass beginners Chase in Down Royal yesterday.

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.

Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien is suing the Revenue Commissioners claiming it breached his privacy by providing details of his tax affairs to the media.

The wealth of Denis O’Brien has fallen by $1.1bn (€1bn), but the telecoms businessman still remains one of the country’s richest people, according to the annual Forbes list of the world’s mega rich.

An application by businessman Denis O’Brien for court orders aimed at compelling a Dáil committee hand over to him minutes of two of its meetings last summer, plus other documents considered by the committee for those meetings, has been struck out at the High Court.

Lawyers for Red Flag Consulting and Denis O’Brien have yet to agree on dates for exchanging legal documents necessary for the hearing of the billionaire businessman’s case against the firm over alleged conspiracy and defamation, the High Court has heard.

Businessman Denis O’Brien has no issue about being named in relation to an unsuccessful appeal he took against a lower court’s decision about a tax case, the High Court has heard.

Billionaire Denis O’Brien has halted the sale of his exclusive Quinta do Lago resort in Portugal after bids fell short of the asking price, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Businessman Denis O’Brien will next week ask the High Court to order the Red Flag consulting firm to identify its client for a dossier of material related to the businessman, most of which he claims is unfavourable to him.