Full coverage: Eir

Potentially valued at €1.5 billion, Virgin Media Ireland's mobile and broadband footprint have been weakening. So who might buy the company, and what would a sale mean for the future of Ireland's broadband and telecom market?

As part of its efforts to trim core costs, Eir had outsourced elements of its IT to Indian giant Tech Mahindra. Now, the telco has begun a High Court case in Dublin against the Indian multinational over the contract.

From Goodman to the night of the bank guarantee, Eugene McCague has enjoyed a ringside view of the careening, schizophrenic personality of the Irish economy over the last 30 years. He has never told his story or given an in-depth interview. Until now.