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Full coverage: Denis O'Brien

“The telecoms business is bolloxed everywhere”: Denis O’Brien on absentee regulators, mollycoddled plutocrats, and his rise and fall in the Caribbean

Over a couple of beers, O'Brien chatted frankly on the Telecoms.com podcast about his industry.

Sean Keyes
29th Nov, 2023 - 5 min read

Greenlit: Major expansion plans for Beacon Hospital look to be back on track

A planned €75 million expansion of the Denis O'Brien-owned private medical facility stalled for almost two years after local opposition. Things look set to change with a new ruling from An Bord Pleanála.

Niall Sargent
27th Nov, 2023 - 2 min read

How much is Denis O’Brien’s remaining stake in Digicel worth?

Businessman Denis O’Brien is poised to lose a majority stake in his heavily-indebted Digicel telecoms group to bond creditors. But what is the estimate of Digicel’s equity value, and the size of O’Brien’s stake?

Sean Keyes
2nd Mar, 2023 - 3 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: Goodman, O’Brien and the allure of private hospitals

Denis O'Brien owns the Beacon Hospital, while Larry Goodman controls the Blackrock Clinic. So, what was the investment rationale for two wealthy tycoons to invest in private healthcare?

Sean Keyes
14th Dec, 2022 - 3 min read

Geostrategy and the Digicel deal: Why America and Japan are now involved

In an unusual move the US and Japan have backed Australia's acquisition of Digicel Pacific through Telstra, to the tune of $100 million.

Rosanna Cooney
28th Nov, 2022 - 2 min read

Portugal wildfire impacts O’Brien’s Algarve resort

Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters are battling blazes fuelled by a heatwave including in Quinta do Lago, the seaside resort owned by the Irish businessman.

Thomas Hubert
13th Jul, 2022 - 2 min read

Sanctioned Russian bankers resign from board of O’Brien-advised firm

Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, two “oligarchs” just added to the EU’s Russian sanctions list, are co-founders and shareholders of the LetterOne international investment vehicle that has Denis O’Brien on its technology advisory board.

Thomas Hubert
1st Mar, 2022 - 3 min read

Denis O’Brien’s defamation battle: in defence of “truth” and “honest opinion”

A series of pre-trial rulings have gone against telecoms mogul Denis O'Brien who is being sued by two lawyers for defamation over a press release issued in the wake of a 2016 report on the concentration of media ownership in Ireland.

Francesca Comyn
20th Oct, 2021 - 4 min read

In a corporate shake-up, Bauer Media reveals the winners and losers among Communicorp’s radio stations

Today FM and Newstalk’s new German owner is merging multiple companies in the group they acquired from Denis O’Brien. To complete the transaction, they had to lift a corner of the veil on their individual performance.

Thomas Hubert
1st Sep, 2021 - 2 min read

“The closer Sinn Féin get to government in the south, the more they realise government is a difficult business”

As he joins The Currency as a columnist, Tommie Gorman reflects on the precarious position on the island and the personalities he knows intimately who have to find a solution.

Dion Fanning
5th Jun, 2021 - 7 min read
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