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Anglo liquidators to review Sitserv inquiry report

Decision about possible further action on controversial sale of company likely within weeks

Corporate watchdog highlights concerns in Siteserv report

Taoiseach wrote to Social Democrat TD Catherine Murphy to say the commission had cost €12.1 million so far and that there would be ‘no useful purpose’ served in investigating the 37 remaining transactions

Ian Guider: Can Denis O’Brien make it a Digicel debt deal hat-trick?

The telco tycoon has won out with the bond markets twice before in refinancing his debt-laden giant, but on this occasion he has already played his trump card

Finance official leaked confidential Siteserv sale details while at Davy

A list of bidders for Siteserv was disclosed by Des Carville – now a senior civil servant in the Department of Finance – to a corporate finance consultant, who passed on the information that would ultimately alert Denis O’Brien to the sale

The Siteserv saga: How a multimillion euro deal was 'tainted by impropriety'

After seven long years, an IBRC report has laid bare the sleight of hand behind the controversial sale of building services firm Siteserv to tycoon Denis O’Brien. Its explosive findings point the finger squarely at co-founders Brian Harvey and Niall McFadden, with the strong likelihood of further repercussions

Siteserv report finds €8.7m lost at taxpayers’ expense due to sale of company

Commission of investigation, headed by Mr Justice Brian Cregan, was set up in 2015 to investigate the sale of the company by the Irish Bank Resolution Company

Denis O’Brien’s Digicel completes sale of Pacific arm

Australian company Telstra to acquire Digicel Pacific in a deal worth up to $1.85 billion

O’Brien told to rethink plans for 15-storey tower in Dublin

The tycoon’s proposed structure at Grand Canal Quay has been given the thumbs-down by city planners

The twelve deals of the year

In a year that saw many Irish businesses forced to reinvent themselves or even close, the flow of deals kept coming, as these 12 transactions show

O’Brien: business owners should consider selling up

Tycoon says that ‘we are in an up cycle at the moment’ as he noted that business are being valued at higher levels than ever before, due to market strength

Digicel kept afloat by O’Brien’s dealmaking after flirtation with oblivion

The company’s balance sheet is far from a pretty picture, but it is still in much better shape than it was five years ago after striking a deal with its creditors

What Denis does next: A downsizing tycoon at a crossroads

As Denis O’Brien’s Digicel sells its Pacific interests in a $1.6 billion deal, Matt Cooper assesses the apparent contraction of the O’Brien empire, and looks at what the future may hold for the 63-year-old billionaire

Digicel IPO is back in play as O’Brien to slash debt by $1.4bn

The tycoon could try again to float his mobile phone company following the sale of its Pacific arm to Australian giant Telstra

The Last Post: It seems that the temporary rise in inflation is likely to become permanent

Rising inflation is here to stay – which means supply-chain issues, spiralling utility prices and demands for higher wages are also not going anywhere

Denis O’Brien compares Facebook to the ‘creeping authoritarianism’ of 1930s Germany

In a speech at Cambridge University, the Digicel founder called for the US and Irish governments to take action against the tax avoidance and ‘pernicious’ role of the social media giant in world politics

Telstra pushes on with Digicel Pacific buyout plan

The Australian state and telco Telstra have moved to buy the business in order to prevent it falling into the hands of Chinese interests

Ian Guider: Digicel hopes for a €1 billion payday in the South Pacific

As the Australian government nervously eyes potential Chinese interest in Denis O’Brien’s phone company, the businessman could find himself at the centre of a very lucrative bidding war

Elaine Byrne: A decade on from Moriarty, what have we really learned from it all?

Even though the CAB continues to examine the tribunal’s findings, Judge Moriarty did the state some service as his reports changed the law, informed policy and prompted a cultural change

Last exit: O’Brien says final goodbye to Irish media scene

Denis O’Brien’s stormy romance with the Irish media is finally coming to an end. But his plans for Digicel may end up making his losses here look like small change

O’Brien, the reluctant media tycoon, is finally free to focus on his telecoms business

After selling the last of his media assets, Denis O’Brien can now turn his attention to Digicel, the telecoms network he created, and its heavy debt load