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IE: ‘Mystery’ how documents on Denis O’Brien ended up on USB

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Dissent

Mary Carolan reports:

A consulting company has told the High Court that Denis O’Brien has left “clouded in mystery” exactly how material from the firm’s computers files ended up on a USB memory stick placed in an envelope sent anonymously to Mr O’Brien.

Michael Collins SC, for Dublin-based Red Flag Consulting Ltd, said it was of “extraordinary concern” to the firm how its computers were accessed, material extracted from them and how a dossier of that material ended up on the billionaire businessman’s desk.

Read more on Irish Times.


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