Reeling from a 29 per cent drop in ratings from 2015 to 2017 threatening the value of TV rights, the Premier League has vowed to stop illegal streams. In affidavits seen by The Currency, it shows how piracy undermines its business.
Tony Boyle continues to fight the awarding of the state’s second mobile phone licence to Denis O’Brien’s Esat. It has been an exhausting and costly battle, but, steeled by the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal, he is not giving up.
Out of a Swiss jail, tech tycoon Peter Conlon is now battling in the Irish courts. The upcoming case promises intrigue - from alleged human rights abuses in Zurich to a mystery €30 million Nigerian benefactor
Graeme de Renzy has sold insurance, flipped property and championed a “double your money” scheme. Now, the Dublin businessman is being pursued by a Cayman Islands blockchain company in Dublin over a $50m deal.
John Concannon, the Galway tycoon, invested millions in an ambitious plan to farm mussels in the Black Sea. The deal is now the centre of a major legal tussle, with allegations of forgery, negligence and breach of contract.
By launching High Court proceedings, the businessman Gary McGann has upped the ante in his battle with the Revenue Commissioners over a €2.3m “generous gift” from Smurfit shareholders.
He took on tech giant Apple and lost. Now businessman Brian McDonagh is facing renewed pressure in relation to a controversial land deal.
Ruja Ignatova was the darling of the cryptocurrency world. Now, both she and billions of investor funds are missing too. Hundreds of Irish investors have been caught, while the perpetrators are alleged to have laundered €300m through Bank of Ireland.
Irish media lawyer Paul Tweed retained by former National Inquirer editor over new expose by Ronan Farrow.
Just how did an Irish shell company become mired in a battle involving Russian oligarchs, fraud, alleged collusion and the 460th most traded product in the world.
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