The case brought against the five-star Powerscourt Hotel by an organisation founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel over a cancelled event has been cleared to be heard before the Commercial Court. The case centres on the cancellation of a conference due to be held by the Thiel-founded Dialog, an invite-only group whose members include tech leaders, journalists, and military officials. In July, Justice Eileen Roberts adjourned the entry motion of the case and said the quantum at issue was not clear to her in circumstances where the event was booked to happen elsewhere. Justice Roberts gave the Dialog legal team…

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