Brendan Cahill
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Irish investors paid bribe for gas deal, says Nigerian official
- Energy & Resources
- September 7, 2020, 20:26
A Nigerian government official says he received a $50,000 (€42,000) cash “gift” stuffed in a black bag from representatives of an Irish-owned company (...)

Nigeria seeks more time to fight $9.6bn award to Irish businessmen
- Energy & Resources
- July 13, 2020, 19:00
Nigeria’s government is in a London court to ask for more time to appeal a $9.6 billion (€8.8 billion) arbitration award, an amount that is more than (...)

The $6bn judgment pitting Nigeria against Irish businessmen
- Energy & Resources
- July 13, 2020, 09:56
In January 2010, two Irish businessmen secured a 20-year contract to turn Nigeria’s vast gas reserves into power. But the government never built a pro(...)

Nigeria files fraud claims in bid to overturn $9bn P&ID award
- Energy & Resources
- December 6, 2019, 16:17
Lawyers for the Nigerian government on Friday filed “new and substantive” allegations of fraud with a British court in its ongoing fight against an ar(...)

Nigeria gives UK court guarantee for stay on asset seizures in P&ID case
- Energy & Resources
- November 28, 2019, 17:46
The Nigerian government on Thursday placed a bank guarantee of $200 million (€182 million) with the high court in London to secure a stay on asset sei(...)

Nigeria appeals $200m court payment for stay on asset seizures in P&ID case
- Energy & Resources
- November 20, 2019, 18:23
Nigeria has lodged an appeal against an order to pay $200 million (€181 million) to a British court for a stay on asset seizures while it challenges a(...)

Blocking new hotels in Dublin is economic vandalism
- Transport & Tourism
- September 27, 2019
Hotels are in the dog house in Dublin. The city’s councillors have decided to limit their development in a populist vote called on the back of the cl(...)

Irish-backed P&ID ups ante in $9.6bn Nigerian dispute
- Energy & Resources
- September 26, 2019, 15:26
An Irish-backed company says the Nigerian government will have to “put its money where its mouth is if it wants to avoid immediate seizure of assets”.(...)

Irish authorities and AIB drawn into $9.6bn Nigerian dispute
- Financial Services
- September 25, 2019, 16:32
Irish authorities and AIB are being drawn into a high-profile international legal dispute between Nigeria and a company founded by Irish investors tha(...)

Irish-backed company criticises ‘sham’ Nigerian criminal inquiry of gas deal
- Energy & Resources
- August 31, 2019, 07:55
An Irish-backed company that has won a $9.6 billion (€8.7 billion) UK court judgment against the Nigerian government over a failed gas deal has allege(...)