It was the day The Irish Times dodged the first bullet that could have put it out of business. At a law office in Ballsbridge, the opening of sealed bids for a small local newspaper group headquartered in Naas drew gasps from the sellers and put the buyers on the road to ruin. Twenty years ago, in the final act of one of the most audacious sales in newspaper history, shareholders of Leinster Leader Ltd assembled at 3, Burlington Road, then home to the law firm Eugene F Collins. Among them was Anthony Collins, a partner in the law firm,…

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