The company was sold in 2012 to billionaire Denis O’Brien. An inquiry found the deal cost taxpayers almost €9m

Prior to rebranding as Actavo, the company was known as Siteserv, which was at the centre of major controversy over recent years around how Denis O’Brien acquired the organisation

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

Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed that the commission had cost €12.1 million so far with legal bills for witnesses yet to be settled

Stephen Garvey says he is monitoring developments following Commission of Investigation’s probe into controversial sale of homebuilder

Our editors handpick some of the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including Matt Cooper’s take on the Siteserv report, and a series of dramatic letters between Michael McGrath and Stephen Donnelly

The top stories from business and politics in today’s Business Post

Robert Dix, who was central to the sales process of Siteserv to Denis O’Brien, took part in a bootcamp in Switzerland with O’Brien. While the Commission of Inquiry into the deal concluded no discussion about the deal had taken place, it found Dix’s evidence to be ‘false, misleading and untruthful’

Despite the important information revealed this week, the entire process of how we conduct inquiries in this country has once again come into sharp focus as the final bill for the seven-year investigation is likely to hit €100 million

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

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

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

Mr Justice Brian Cregan said the long-awaited report into the controversial sale would be provided by August 8, seven years after the inquiry was first set up

The billionaire businessman, in the past notably litigious and visible in the media, has stayed silent as the draft findings of the Siteserv inquiry emerge