Independent News & Media

Red Flag Global founder Karl Brophy anticipates substantial growth

Company was sold recently for a reported €45m

Wed Feb 19 2025 - 21:16

Red Flag Consulting sold with expected €33m payout to founder Karl Brophy

Ankura Consulting Group acquires Irish communications firm founded in 2013 for about €45m

Thu Feb 06 2025 - 15:00

After 868 pages and €5.67 million, the reason 19 names were searched in INM data breach remains a mystery

Former chief executive of media group described outcome of lengthy inquiry that yielded a 868-page report at a cost of almost €6 million as ‘weird’

Fri Aug 02 2024 - 11:00

INM report finds deal with Denis O’Brien company would have required board approval

Inspectors’ report finds no breaches of Companies Acts following inquiry initiated in September 2018

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 19:00

Timeline - the Independent News & Media data breach and its fallout

Key events in the evolution of the media group

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 15:05

INM controversy: Denis O’Brien told emails being searched in bid to identify why solicitor’s contract renewed

Former majority shareholder and chairman welcome inspectors’ report which found no breach of the Companies Acts at media firm

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 13:16

INM governance scandal: Inspectors report may be published next week

Report of six year investigation presented to High Court today

Thu Jul 25 2024 - 12:01

Denis O’Brien, Leslie Buckley and others seek to be given inspectors’ report on INM governance scandal

High Court judge says his ‘preliminary’ view is in favour of publishing the report

Tue Jul 23 2024 - 11:44

Report into governance scandal at Independent News & Media to be given to High Court within days

Investigation into data breach and other matters could go before court next week

Sat Jul 13 2024 - 06:00

Tony O’Reilly: A dazzling star who left a mark on many facets of Irish society

A star on the rugby pitch and in the boardroom, Tony O’Reilly’s bankruptcy of 2015 reinvigorated him and made him realise that it had never been about the money

Mon May 20 2024 - 05:45

Tony O’Reilly obituary: Ireland’s first business superstar whose spectacular fall led to bankruptcy

Heinz and Independent News and Media brought the ‘Golden Boy’ of Irish commerce wealth and power beyond any contemporary

Sat May 18 2024 - 22:58

UK developer acquires Independent House for student accommodation in €8m deal

Former headquarters of Independent Newspapers, dormant since 2003, to provide 280 bed spaces

Wed May 15 2024 - 05:55

Bruce Arnold’s funeral: ‘What a time we’ve been through, from John McCormack to Bambie Thug’

Mourners told how ‘multifaceted, tenacious’ journalist, who died aged 87, took a privacy case against the State which was ‘the final undoing of Charles Haughey’

Mon May 13 2024 - 18:12

Loss of 50 jobs at Mediahuis Ireland includes compulsory redundancies

Number of staff involved in print publishing has dropped since announcement of new scheme in January

Thu Apr 11 2024 - 17:23

Denis O’Brien on track to make over €100m profit in sale of Beacon Hospital

Deal marks further shrinking of businessman’s empire as Australian financial services giant Macquarie to pay €400m for facility

Tue Feb 13 2024 - 16:22

Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy settle claim for damages against INM over unlawful data breach

Former Independent News and Media executives settle action in an agreement understood to include several hundred thousand euro for each

Fri Sept 01 2023 - 05:00

There’s no end in sight to Leslie Buckley’s troubles arising from data violation at INM

Publisher accuses Leslie Buckley of placing his ‘personal interests ahead of the interests of the company of which he was chairman to its substantial detriment’

Fri Sept 01 2023 - 05:00

High Court bench does ‘not represent a fair cross-section of society’, says retired judge

Judge who ‘grew up with a silver spoon in my mouth’ says High Court judges do not represent a ‘fair cross-section of society’

Mon Aug 07 2023 - 06:49

Why can’t online news outlets hike their prices?

Digital rates anchored by gravity since launch amid a race to amass subscribers before death of print

Mon Jun 19 2023 - 12:14

Former minister Pat Carey receives apology from Garda Commissioner and damages over newspaper articles

Former Fianna Fáil TD Pat Carey understood to have received €250,000 after suing over breach of privacy and confidentiality

Fri Jun 16 2023 - 11:03

Irish Independent publisher plans voluntary redundancies

Mediahuis Ireland seeks editorial job cuts

Tue Mar 28 2023 - 18:46

Denis O’Brien profile: high-flying career hits fresh turbulence

The telecoms magnate is expected to lose control of Digicel, his Caribbean telecoms group

Wed Mar 01 2023 - 17:09

Going is good for Paddy Jordan, the agent behind some of Ireland’s most lucrative stud sales

Stud farms for oil-rich sheikhs, mansions for media moguls, humble three-bed semi-Ds: Paddy Jordan has bought and sold them all in the course of a storied career

Wed Feb 08 2023 - 06:00

Rival protests on immigration policy held in Dublin

Group supporting diversity accuse far-right of spreading misinformation as counter-demonstration marches on media organisations

Mon Feb 06 2023 - 18:20

BofI shares soar as it raises income forecast again amid rising rates

The ECB’s deposit rate has swung from minus 0.5% to 2% since July

Fri Dec 16 2022 - 08:01

Mediahuis settles several data breach claims

Former Independent News & Media firm sets aside close to €10m for legal cases

Thu Oct 20 2022 - 05:00

State-of-the-art becomes sign of times as Mediahuis closes its last Irish printing plant

Newspaper circulation has plunged since the former INM company opened the Newry plant in 2007 and the VAT cut will only go so far to help

Tue Oct 04 2022 - 05:41

Whistleblower legislation presents a new challenge to crisis management

Law, as well as smartphones acting as undercover news-gathering cameras, means firms have little control over what becomes public

Mon Aug 01 2022 - 08:00

O’Reilly seeks €34m for Mediahuis Dublin headquarters

Chartered Land chief acquired Independent House and apartments for €24.3m in 2018

Wed Feb 02 2022 - 06:00

Developer Johnny Ronan plans new assault on London property market

Seen & Heard: Bank bonuses; Abercrombie closes; and Deliveroo driver windfall

Sun Mar 07 2021 - 12:49

INM parent Mediahuis sees revenues rise 15% in 2020 amid digital growth

Benefit of first full year of owning Irish titles boosts Belgium media group despite Covid-19

Thu Feb 25 2021 - 12:39

Former INM chairman loses bid to oust inspectors

Buckley faces potential bill of €500,000 as costs awarded against him in separate INM-19 case

Mon Feb 15 2021 - 12:01

Retailers seek rent-free ‘Covid clauses’ from landlords

Seen & Heard: Playing the planning system; and Aer Lingus plans UK-US flights

Sun Nov 01 2020 - 11:36

INM signals end to ‘separate resources’ for Herald

Print edition to continue despite Covid-19 hit, but group will ‘not be investing’ in website

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 16:40