Xavier Niel
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Eir boss backs plan for organic food ‘champion’
- Agribusiness & Food
- November 30, 2020, 10:09
Three prominent French businessmen, including the telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel, who is a major shareholder in Eir, have joined forces to create a (...)

French billionaire Patrick Drahi offers €2.5bn for Altice Europe
- Markets
- September 11, 2020, 16:27
French billionaire Patrick Drahi has offered €2.5 billion to minority shareholders in Altice Europe to take full control of the group, in the latest e(...)

Pro14 inter-pros denied a full home audience due to Eir and Virgin dispute
- Sport
- August 27, 2020, 06:00
Rugby’s return to Irish television screens has been substantially blocked by the escalation of a financial dispute between Eir Sport and Virgin Media.(...)

Virgin Media vows to withhold sports channels until Eir ‘pays its bill’
- Media & Marketing
- August 14, 2020, 16:51
Virgin Media Ireland will return supply of Virgin Media Sport and Virgin Media Sport Extra to Eir only when the French-owned telecoms company “pays it(...)

Iseq lags behind its peers as European mood rises on trade deal hopes
- Markets
- November 12, 2019, 19:38
European shares climbed higher on Tuesday as positive German investor sentiment data and a slew of positive earnings lifted the mood, but Spanish stoc(...)

The win-some, lose-some game of TV sports rights
- Media & Marketing
- August 24, 2019, 06:00
When the men’s Rugby World Cup (RWC) whirs into action in Japan next month, it will mark a pivotal moment for Eir Sport. Will it be a crowning triump(...)

Siro now a serious challenger to Eir in fibre arms race
- Technology
- July 26, 2019, 05:00
When it launched in 2015, Siro’s focus was on regional towns with poor broadband. The ESB’s joint venture with Vodafone, a surprise addition to the St(...)

Markets calmed as Trump offers hope of a trade deal with China
- Markets
- May 30, 2019, 18:28
London’s top share index rose on Thursday as the pound slipped on concerns that outgoing prime minister Theresa May’s successor might push for a hard (...)

European investor to acquire Dublin’s Conrad Hotel for €118m
- Commercial Property
- May 16, 2019, 05:00
The sale of Dublin’s five-star Conrad Hotel is expected to be concluded shortly for around €118 million. The hotel’s current owners have entered into(...)

Telecoms tycoon Niel to sell mobile towers to Cellnex for $3bn
- Technology
- May 7, 2019, 13:11
French business tycoon Xavier Niel, who has a controlling interest in Eir, has agreed a €2.7 billion deal to sell mobile towers in France, Italy and S(...)