O’Brien’s scathing attack over cost of tribunal

BUSINESSMAN Denis O’Brien has launched a scathing attack on the Moriarty Tribunal, arriving at Dublin Castle with a birthday cake to mark the 13th year of the long-running inquiry.

Yesterday marked the 13th year since the beginning of the tribunal, which was set up to investigate the awarding of a second phone licence to Mr O’Brien’s Esat Digifone consortium in the 1990s.

The tribunal has been consistently criticised by Mr O’Brien and has yet to issue a report into its findings despite costing the taxpayer in the region of €200 million to date.