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Private Patrick Kelly was killed alongside Garda Gary Sheehan by the Provisional IRA at a shoot out during the rescue of businessman Don Tidey in December 1983. Image courtesy of the Kelly family.
Gardaí confirm Provisional IRA killed garda and soldier during Don Tidey kidnap

The family of the only Irish soldier to be killed during the Troubles has called for an end to the “orchestrated nationwide campaign of misinformation(...)

Izzy Keane and Ailbhe Keane whose company Izzy Wheels designs colourful wheelchair wheel covers, claimed the EU’s Rising Innovator Award for women entrepreneurs following the launch of Disney x Izzy, a collaboration with the near-100 year-old media empire that saw it produce covers adorned with characters from Minnie Mouse to Marvel’s Spider-Man.
Success, scandal and distraction: the business world’s winners and losers of 2021

Goodbye 2021, the sequel to 2020 that dared to ratchet up January doom several apocalyptic notches and then stumbled on in that spirit for months. It(...)

Rise, which typically attracts more than 16,000 attendees from over 100 countries, was held in Hong Kong for five years from 2015 onwards
Web Summit event in Hong Kong postponed due to pandemic

The organisers of the Web Summit have postponed a sister event it was due to run in Hong Kong early next year due to the Covid crisis. The annual Ris(...)

Although relocation to Lisbon may have been of less benefit to Portugal than anticipated, it has boosted revenue for the company behind Web Summit
Economic gain from Web Summit less than expected for Portugal

The economic impact of the Web Summit for Portugal has been considerably less than originally anticipated, according to recently-compiled figures. A(...)

Web Summit CEO and co-founder Paddy Cosgrave .
Paddy Cosgrave alleged to have hacked rival event company, court documents say

The chief executive of the Web Summit Paddy Cosgrave is alleged to have hacked a rival Irish event company, according to claims in newly-filed court d(...)

Web Summit chief executive and founder Paddy Cosgrave. Photograph: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP
Cosgrave could be compelled to enter arbitration by US court

A US court has been asked to compel Paddy Cosgrave to enter arbitration, according to documents filed by lawyers for a Web Summit co-founder and a fun(...)

CEO and co-founder of Web Summit, Paddy Cosgrave, speaks during the first day of the 2021 Web Summit in Lisbon last week. Photograph: Antonio Cotrim/EPA
Paddy Cosgrave to ‘vigorously defend’ bullying claims, High Court hears

Animosity towards one of his fellow Web Summit founders often determined how Paddy Cosgrave ran the tech events company, High Court documents claim. (...)

Web Summit signage. In a legal action recently filed, Web Summit co-founder David Kelly is claiming he has been oppressed as a minority shareholder in the events company. Photograph Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times
Vendettas, toxic relations and €850 jumpers: new claims from Web Summit’s legal battle

On February 24th, 2021, the Web Summit co-founder David Kelly was growing increasingly uncomfortable about the activities of Paddy Cosgrave, his fello(...)

Paddy Cosgrave of Web Summit: David Kelly claims that Mr Cosgrave treated the company as his personal business. Photograph: Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP
Cosgrave hurt Web Summit by pushing own agendas, former partner claims

A shareholder in Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit will claim in a case against him that the entrepreneur hired journalists and lawyers as employees of the (...)

Paddy Cosgrave, CEO and co-founder of Web Summit, speaks during the first day of the 2021 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal on Monday. Photograph: Antonio Cotrim/EPA
Web Summit embroiled in second legal row as backer sues Paddy Cosgrave

Web Summit backer David Kelly is suing co-founder Paddy Cosgrave and the company for oppression of shareholders’ rights, in the second legal row to ma(...)

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