Supreme Court dismisses O'Brien appeal

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by millionaire businessman Denis O'Brien against a High Court order allowing the Moriarty Tribunal to hold public hearings into the 1998 purchase of Doncaster Rovers Football Club by a company controlled by an O'Brien family trust and the purported connection of former Minister Michael Lowry to that purchase.

In a majority decision, four of the five Supreme Court judges dismissed the challenge by Mr O'Brien against a High Court decision last October that the tribunal could go ahead with public hearings.