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Denis O'Brien

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
  • Killian Woods
  • January 2, 2022

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
  • Róisín Burke
  • December 26, 2021

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
  • Aaron Rogan
  • December 12, 2021

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
  • Lorcan Allen
  • October 31, 2021

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
  • Matt Cooper
  • October 31, 2021

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
  • Lorcan Allen
  • October 31, 2021

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
  • Matt Cooper
  • October 24, 2021

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
  • Aaron Rogan
  • October 24, 2021

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
  • Aaron Rogan
  • September 12, 2021

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
  • Ian Guider
  • August 8, 2021

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
  • Elaine Byrne
  • March 21, 2021

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
  • Ian Guider
  • February 28, 2021

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
  • Business Post
  • February 28, 2021

O’Brien sells Communicorp in exit from Irish media after 30 years

Bauer Media Audio acquires Today FM, Newstalk and other stations as tycoon exits with likely heavy losses
  • Ian Guider
  • February 25, 2021

A transformative deal for Digicel?

Parts of Denis O’Brien’s mobile phone firm are reportedly being eyed up by Chinese companies, among them Huawei and China Mobile
  • Ian Guider
  • January 3, 2021

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