Web Summit

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté were disinvited to next week’s event

Seen and heard: Data centres in doubt, Revenue's property fund probe, Altada’s €40m profit forecast and Hibergene's rebel shareholders

Pre-trial discovery order relates to information sought by David Kelly’s Graigueridda which is suing over oppression of shareholder rights

David Kelly is seeking documents in relation to defamation payout claim and valuation of his 12% share in business

The Paddy Cosgrave-controlled group lost over €5 million in 2020

Company aims to create largest international tech event in South America

The annual Rise conference was due to return as an in-person event in March 2022

New figures show that Portugal has not seen the gains it hoped for from hosting event

Assessment shows event generated €77.5m less in revenue for state than anticipated

Group selected to license its Summit Engine software for web and mobile apps at event

Zoom founder Eric Yuan among speakers as event hopes to draw 100,000 attendees

Paddy Cosgrave’s Amaranthine, Y Combinator and Local Globe among investors

Tech conference that started life in Dublin to be held both on and offline this year

Organisers say 90% of conferences planned up to next summer have been cancelled

Post violated social media platorms’s ban on promoted political content

Business as usual at Central Bank as staff member tests negative

Cosgrave presents himself as champion of press freedom. Some of his business partners are known for the opposite

Group reports sharp decline in pretax profits as employee numbers continue to rise

Rise, which attracts more than 16,000 attendees, postponed over safety concerns

Newly filed accounts detail events turnover for the first time

Founder Paddy Cosgrave last year said event would be in Dublin for ‘foreseeable future’

Some 1,200 speakers expected, including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee

Web Summit chief accuses Fine Gael of ‘looting business people’

Attendee numbers at flagship event have risen from under 400 to projected 70,000

Web Summit chief executive discusses tax changes, rent crisis and MoneyConf event

Student half-day tickets priced €7.50 allegedly being resold for more than €1,000 each

Summit to take on 40 new staff as Cosgrave backtracks on criticism of Ireland’s talent

Canary’s design, simplicity and security is proving a hit with customers

Gone, but not forgotten, the event suits Lisbon more that it suited Dublin

Paddy Cosgrave’s creation is a global Irish brand as big as Tayto but as disliked as Bono

Juan Branco tells Web Summit it would have been ethically impossible to delay release

Portugal may not be Silicon Valley, but it’s in full-on wooing mode for tech startups

Irish-based fintech firm had previously raised €18 million in two funding rounds

Start-ups report good contact with investors and hope to repeat Uber’s funding success

Attendees react positively to tech conference’s move from Dublin to Lisbon

Matters not helpled as Paddy Cosgrave tweets that organisers thought of everything

Venue and transport comparisons are already going in Lisbon’s favour

Some 53,000 people from 167 countries expected to attend Lisbon conference

Datahug co-founder Connor Murphy describes sale as ‘a bittersweet day’

Relocated Web Summit kicks off in Portugal with attendance by PM Antonio Costa