Paddy Cosgrave to 'robustly' meet Web Summit co-founders' claims about his tweets on Israel

The former chief executive of the technology events company did not object to new allegations being added to cases alleging minority shareholder oppression against him and the firm

Paddy Cosgrave quit his role after controversy erupted over his online posts in the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel. File photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Claims by two Web Summit co-founders that the company has been substantially damaged by Paddy Cosgrave’s social media posts about Israel will be met “robustly”, the High Court has heard.

The former chief executive of the technology events company, who quit his role after controversy erupted over his online posts in the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel, did not object to the new allegations being added to cases alleging minority shareholder oppression against him and the firm.