High Court to hear O’Brien Red Flag case in July

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.

Mr O’Brien is suing Red Flag Consulting alleging conspiracy and defamation against it and some of its executives and employees.

He claims a USB stick sent anonymously to his Dublin office contained a dossier of defamatory material, mainly comprising media stories about the businessman.