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Full coverage: Paddy Cosgrave

A phone recording, “Kompromat” and “regret”: David Kelly’s Web Summit journey

Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave disseminated edited audio clips of his co-founder David Kelly in a bid to damage him, the High Court was told.

Francesca Comyn
20th Mar, 2025 - 6 min read

Paddy Cosgrave allegedly used staff complaint to blackmail Web Summit shareholder

Web Summit's Paddy Cosgrave's wage package soared from €400k to €3m with another €7m of company money spent on legal fees, it is also alleged in minority oppression proceedings against the CEO.

Francesca Comyn
19th Mar, 2025 - 4 min read

“Deep deep duplicity”: Former Web Summit director accused of acting in his own interests

Former Web Summit director accused of causing the company millions in losses on a VC fund launched shortly after his departure from the company.

Francesca Comyn
18th Mar, 2025 - 2 min read

Davos, bitterness, and the secret sauce that is Web Summit

The warring Web Summit shareholders have landed in the High Court for a nine week action to fight contesting claims of shareholder oppression and breach of fiduciary duties. Lawyers for the company and CEO Paddy Cosgrave got the ball rolling.

Francesca Comyn
18th Mar, 2025 - 3 min read

Executive director pay averaged €1m as Web Summit group plunged into the red last year

The group majority-owned by Paddy Cosgrave swung from profit to loss in the year he had to resign temporarily as executive director following a clash with customers over the war in Gaza.

Thomas Hubert
20th Nov, 2024 - 3 min read

Legal services company lodges debt claim against Web Summit

A company offering data-centric litigation services, including eDiscovery, has filed a summary summons against Manders Terrace, the company behind the tech conference group Web Summit.

Francesca Comyn
24th Sep, 2024 - 1 min read

Sinead O’Sullivan: Fraud breeds like Covid when there is no accountability

Love it or hate it, a media outlet like The Ditch is removing one of the key conditions for corruption: the opportunity to get away with it.

Sinead O'Sullivan
20th Mar, 2024 - 9 min read

Paddy Cosgrave exit “window dressing”, claims Web Summit shareholder

In a series of emails , minority Web Summit shareholders Daire Hickey and David Kelly complained to the board that they were being kept out of the loop after Cosgrave's controversial departure, and the ex-CEO appeared to be still "calling the shots".

Francesca Comyn
4th Dec, 2023 - 2 min read

“I wanted to understand how much autonomy I was going to have”: Katherine Maher on joining Web Summit

The chief executive of Web Summit is continuing her PR offensive and marking a new era of leadership for the company in an interview with the Masters of Scale podcast.

Rosanna Cooney
1st Dec, 2023 - 3 min read

Paddy Cosgrave’s tweets on the Israel-Gaza conflict spark new claims in Web Summit legal battle

Web Summit shareholder Daire Hickey alleges his interests have been further damaged by clients and speakers disassociating themselves from last week's Lisbon event. Hickey also takes aim at coverage of the conflict by The Ditch, the media outlet funded by the company during Cosgrave's tenure as CEO.

Francesca Comyn
24th Nov, 2023 - 3 min read
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