O’Brien spends €7.5m on tribunal advisers

BUSINESSMAN Denis O’Brien, who has spent €7.5 million on advisers, yesterday called on the Moriarty Tribunal to wind up its public inquiry into the awarding of the country’s second mobile phone licence.

The Portuguese-based multimillionaire has spent €7.5 million on advisers as a result of the long-running probe, his counsel told the tribunal heard yesterday.

Mr O’Brien headed the international consortium that won the right to negotiate for the second GSM network nearly 10 years ago.