Web Summit co-founders yet to agree on mediator prior to High Court civil trial

Paddy Cosgrave. Bernard Dunleavy, for Mr Cosgrave, said it was 'regrettable' an agreement on a mediator had not been reached, but was hopeful the issue would be resolved by the end of the week. File picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The three Web Summit co-founders have agreed “in principle” to enter mediation prior to a scheduled hearing of bitter disputes between the three men, although they are yet to agree to a suitable mediator to facilitate the process, the High Court has heard.

Evidence in five separate actions, brought variously by Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey, and David Kelly against one another, are due to be heard together over the course of a nine-week civil trial beginning on March 18.