The president of the High Court will rule later whether the first interim report of the inspectors investigating Independent News & Media can, at this stage, be disclosed to INM, the Central Bank, or any other party.

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 former chairman of Independent News and Media (INM), Leslie Buckley, has said he will fight any accusations levelled against him arising out of investigations into the company’s affairs.

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

The State’s corporate watchdog has said it was “absolutely wrong” for INM to claim it was deprived until March last of information casting doubt on its former chairman Leslie Buckley’s explanation for the removal of data from INM in 2014.

Independent News & Media has a “very high standard” of corporate governance procedures and would have told the State’s corporate watchdog so, had he made it aware he had concerns in that regard, the High Court has been told.

The President of the High Court has approved arrangements governing access to documents to be used for an application by the State’s corporate watchdog for appointment of inspectors to Independent News and Media plc.

Ireland’s largest publishing firm, the stock market-listed Independent News and Media, has been thrown into crisis amid serious allegations by the State’s corporate enforcer that include claims of governance misdeeds and email hacks.

Revelations of alleged email hacking and serious corporate governance clashes at Independent News and Media, the country’s largest newspaper publisher, have their roots in September and October 2016 meetings.

INM shares decline 5% on ODCE probe news.

The president of the High Court has ruled that Leslie Buckley, who is to step down shortly as chairman of Independent News and Media, is entitled to privilege over 10 documents concerning the preparation of his response to the State corporate enforcer’s investigation of a whistleblower complaint.

An application by the State’s corporate watchdog for documents from Leslie Buckley, the chairman of Independent News & Media (INM) , has been adjourned at the High Court to next month.

The divide is between those who want a wrongdoing addressed once highlighted and those who want it to remain buried, says Special Correspondent Michael Clifford.

Robert Pitt has resigned as chief executive of Independent News and Media (INM) following an extraordinary row that had waged in the media company for over a year.

The CEO of Independent News and Media, Robert Pitt, has left the company.

Independent News and Media general meetings always seem to offer an extra ‘off-menu’ something or other — whether good or bad — to keep the interest of the casual observer piqued.

INM chief executive Robert Pitt did not back a vote to re-elect chairman Leslie Buckley at the company’s highly charged AGM.

The CEO of Independent News and Media has abstained from voting for the re-election of Chairman Leslie Buckley.

Independent News and Media — of which Denis O’Brien owns a significant stake — said it wants “urgently” to spark a debate over ownership and consolidation of newspapers and broadcasters in Ireland, claiming “unhelpful” regulatory conditions were placed this year on its now aborted bid to take over regional publisher Celtic Media.

Costs associated with probes into corporate governance helped to damage profits at Independent News and Media, the group has said.

Independent News & Media is not compliant with part of a corporate governance code requiring at least half of its board be independent, a review by INM has found.

Independent News & Media (INM) chief Robert Pitt used whistleblowing legislation to complain around the time a dispute raged inside the media firm over the potential acquisition of Newstalk, it has emerged.

The newspaper group's chief executive Robert Pitt has told an Oireachtas committee the plans have been dropped.

Independent News & Media (INM) is expected to reward shareholders with a special dividend next year and commit to a sustainable dividend policy for the first time in nearly a decade.

Independent News & Media is confident of securing bank funding to help it make further acquisitions.

Independent News & Media (INM) is hopeful of making more acquisitions — aimed at boosting its digital capacity —in the next six months.

Independent News and Media (INM) has agreed to sell its stake in an Australian media company for more than €120m.

An increase in digital revenue and cost-cutting measures helped Independent News and Media offset falling print circulation last year, its latest set of preliminary results show.

Independent News & Media (INM) has announced further cuts to its editorial staff, with up to 30 people set to leave as part of the group’s ongoing implementation of a broader digital strategy and a more collective working environment across its main newspaper titles, which include the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent.

Independent News & Media (INM) has turned to the retail sector for its latest chief executive; selecting Tesco’s Robert Pitt as successor to Vincent Crowley.

Robert Pitt is to be appointed as group chief executive officer of Independent News & Media, it was announced today.