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    Profile – Denis O’Brien (2013).

    Denis O’Brien, Ireland’s most powerful media owner, is – as an individual – exercising an extraordinarily chilling effect on journalism and journalists after grossly negative findings against him in the Moriarty Tribunal. When Village asked Sam Smyth to contribute a piece about a media topic of his choice for this edition, he replied “I’m still […]

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    Labour TD says Coalition has failed to reform its business.

    By Michael McNamara, TD. Though many might want to tell Paul Murphy to toddle off or stronger words to the same effect – and he deserves at least that – Murphy  wasn’t just an ordinary citizen who accidentally wandered into the Dáil chamber to ask a question out of turn this week. He was there […]

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    NAMA as morality tale.

    By Berni Dwan. The National Assets Management Bureau (NAMA) has written off €300m in debts for 23 major property developers, we hear. It has been reported from several quarters that representatives for the Quinn family and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) are currently negotiating a settlement of their €4.5bn case against the former Anglo […]

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    Sheehy claims defamation

    By Frank Connolly As Village was going to print a writ threatening defamation proceedings against Gabriel Dooley was lodged in the High Court by Simon McAleese Solicitors acting for former Wicklow county manager, Eddie Sheehy. During the same week the editor of the Wicklow Times, Shay Fitzmaurice received a letter from solicitors McGuire McNeice acting […]

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