O’Brien: Newspaper’s lawyers are trying to ‘blacken me’

Denis O’Brien told the High Court it was not true the final report of the Moriarty Tribunal was devastating for him.

He disputed the tribunal findings, believed the report had ignored the evidence of a key witness, got certain things wrong, and was based on the opinion of Mr Justice Michael Moriarty, not on the basis of what would be required in a court.

Mr O’Brien, whose business interests include the international Digicell telecommunications group, is suing for defamation over an article in the Irish Daily Mail on Jan 22, 2010.