Full coverage: tony boyle

From business and sport to culture and public life, 2025 saw the loss of figures who helped shape modern Ireland.

Tony Boyle built a global communications business, and spent three decades battling the State and Ireland’s richest men over the mobile phone licence — a fight he was determined to win until illness claimed him this week.

Persona is seeking damages over the awarding of a lucrative mobile phone licence nearly 30 years ago. A new injection of equity from a US backer gives it the financial firepower to see the case out.