It is near impossible to prove which O’Brien documents are the originals

Denis O’Brien may be a lot of things, but a fool isn’t one of them. 

He must surely have known the fallout that would occur over his attempt to silence Catherine Murphy. What is he trying to keep hidden that is worth all the negative exposure to which he is uncharacteristically subjecting himself?

O’Brien has stated that documents were stolen and altered, and that it is these documents to which Catherine Murphy was referring in the Dáil. He is stating this as if it were fact; nowhere does he mention the word ‘allegedly’. The media are reiterating his statement, also without the word ‘allegedly’, thereby lending some credibility to O’Brien’s statement. This is unfair to Murphy, but what else would you expect from a master of media.