O’Brien told to rethink plans for 15-storey tower in DublinThe tycoon’s proposed structure at Grand Canal Quay has been given the thumbs-down by city planners
The twelve deals of the yearIn 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 upTycoon 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 oblivionThe 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 crossroadsAs 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 $1.4bnThe 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 GermanyIn 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 PacificAs 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 sceneDenis 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
O’Brien sells Communicorp in exit from Irish media after 30 yearsBauer Media Audio acquires Today FM, Newstalk and other stations as tycoon exits with likely heavy losses
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