The Caribbean Irish: the other Emerald Isle

With many islanders claiming Irish ancestry, Montserrat is proud of its 'green history' - even if it defies the notion of the 'nice' Irish slave holder. Today, however, its focus is on rebuilding after natural disasters

Digicel faces new threat via rival’s deal talks

Denis O’Brien’s telco faces the prospect of being squeezed as Liberty Global confirms talks for CWC

Digicel’s goals are the same, despite IPO flop

Battle over Premier League rights gives Digicel a glimpse of the future

Decision to pull Digicel’s IPO is a huge blow to Denis O’Brien

Decision to pull company’s IPO in New York less than 48 hours before it was due to announce the pricing is a huge blow to Denis O’Brien

Digicel to set IPO price range this week

Denis O’Brien’s telecoms group plans to raise up to $2bn on New York exchange

Italy aims to raise €4bn with flotation of post office

Sale of 40% stake the start of €12bn privatisation programme

Digicel shifts gear from smart play with bond debt to NYSE flotation

Denis O’Brien’s firm is on the hunt for equity via an IPO to fund a major fibre and content rollout

Digicel’s risks include taxes, earthquakes and ‘customer churn’

Near-300-page IPO registration document includes 29 pages of potential problems

Digicel flotation comes at crunch time for Denis O’Brien firm

Tougher competition and technology changes pose threat to business

It’s the racy reds versus the battling blues as CWC gets ready to rumble

One More Thing: Digicel diaspora moves on

Digicel Jamaica alumni take senior roles outside Denis O’Brien’s company

Digicel seeks regulator’s clarification over rival deal

Takeover will create major competitor for Denis O’Brien’s Digicel as it attempts to build its fixed-line business

O’Brien at Old Trafford with Digicel, APN and Vanuatu looming large

Businessman had plenty to occupy his mind as he watched Manchester United beat Spurs

Denis O’Brien’s Digicel to raise $925 million to fund debt buyback

Moody’s assigns junk rating to latest loan notes, citing ‘sizeable dividend payments’ to O’Brien

Digicel fails to block rival’s Jamaica deal

Cable &Wireless’s $1.85bn acquisition gets go-ahead

Resurgent BT comes back to haunt old rival Vodafone

BT’s move to buy mobile operator EE expected to put telecoms giant back in pole position

O’Brien wants regulators to look at CWC

Digicel chairman leading campaign over CWC merger on competition grounds

Industrial development in Tallaght sells for €3m

Building on 2.9 acres sold at height of property boom for €13m

Digicel could scale back Caribbean investment

The CWC-Columbus deal would create ‘virtual monopolies’ in several Caribbean markets

People power needed to stop wiretapping by governments

Britain has notoriously lax legislation around data protection and surveillance

UK spy base GCHQ tapped Irish internet cables

Snowden documents reveal how British intelligence target Irish internet traffic

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