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Siteserv saga: seven years, €19 million, one report and two sides who stand defiant

The commission of investigation’s report ‘completely exonerated’ businessman Denis O’Brien of any impropriety, but Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy makes no apology for raising the issue

Denis O’Brien, billionaire businessman, accused Catherine Murphy, Kildare TD, of making ‘false and malicious allegations’ about him in the Dáil over his purchase of Siteserv

It’s safe to say Denis O’Brien, the billionaire tycoon, and Catherine Murphy, the Social Democrats TD, aren’t on each other’s Christmas mailing list.

The bitter public feud between the pair, played out in the media and the Dáil over the past decade, reached a new height last week after O’Brien issued a stinging rebuke of the Kildare TD, accusing her of making “totally false and malicious allegations” about him in the Dáil over his purchase ...