Daire Hickey

Web Summit timeline: From 150 attendees at first event to Lisbon and then High Court

Timeline: First event held in 2009

Web Summit director engaged in ‘active deception’, court hears

‘Bitterness animates every aspect’ of legal dispute between shareholders, says barrister for founder Paddy Cosgrave

Court to hear five separate Web Summit actions

Civil trial could potentially last nine weeks

Web Summit founders Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey, David Kelly set for High Court showdown

What do court documents tell us, and what’s at stake for the three former friends?

Web Summit co-founders yet to agree on mediator prior to High Court civil trial

Five separate actions are due to be heard together over the course of a nine-week civil trial

Paddy Cosgrave lawyers accused of seeking to ‘confine’ argument in High Court disputes

Dispute hearing between Web Summit co-founders expected to take nine weeks

Daire Hickey steps down from RTÉ board

Businessman served on the organisation’s board through some of its most turbulent years

Legal cases involving Web Summit to cover 2010 to present day, High Court hears

Mr Justice Michael Twomey is managing the five actions ahead of their trial next spring

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How Paddy Cosgrave’s relations with his former friends have gone from bad to worse to extremely ugly

Cosgrave, who is largely upbeat and spirited in person, regards his online persona as a different entity. That does not negate the hurt people have felt at the hands of either character

Paddy Cosgrave denies his position as Web Summit CEO was ‘untenable’

The co-founder stepped down last October after concluding this was in the company’s best interests, say lawyers

Trailblazing chef Cúán Greene to build and open restaurant in Abbeyleix with prominent investors

Stripe tech entrepreneur John Collison, co-founder of 150Bond Daire Hickey and Strong Roots founder Samuel Dennigan among Greene’s partners

Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit vow to ‘robustly defend’ claims on impact of Israel tweets

Judge allows for additional discovery in relation to potential damage to company arising from tweets made by Web Summit founder after Hamas attack in October

Web Summit co-founder seeks to include claims Paddy Cosgrave’s Israel posts damaged business

Daire Hickey, through his commerical entity, seeks to claim Mr Cosgrave’s conduct following October 7th occurred in disregard to interests of minority shareholders

Web Summit row may require further explanation on email deletion and recovery

Court hears of progress on discovery in case where shareholders claim they are being oppressed and are being countersued over investment fund

Web Summit to take place in Rio de Janeiro in its first move outside Europe

Company aims to create largest international tech event in South America

Web Summit seeks to prevent co-founder’s firm pursuing €5m-10m profit share claim

David Kelly’s Graiguearidda owns 12% stake in holding company Manders Terrace

Irish bond prices move, Web Summit claims, and good riddance to restrictions

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Cosgrave hits back at bullying claims aimed at ‘damaging’ him

Web Summit founder says he gave ‘vanity’ co-founder titles to ex-partners ‘as a soother’

Another Web Summit case, more ESB power plant delays, Stripe ‘happy to be private’

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