O’Brien’s Red Flag legal action bill now approaching €3 million

The legal bill for Denis O’Brien’s ongoing legal action against public relations firm Red Flag Consulting, over a dossier of allegedly defamatory material about him, is currently coming in at close to €3 million.

A bid by the telecoms tycoon to establish the identity of the client who commissioned the allegedly “hostile” file was the subject of an urgent Court of Appeal hearing last week.O’Brien’s lawyers appealed against refusals by the High Court ...