Welcome comrades, to the glorious resistance! If you’re just tuning in and missed my last post about Denis O’Brien’s ongoing assault on Irish democracy…
Ireland’s richest man has apparently gone crazy and is suing or threatening to sue everyone who publicly mentions his shady business practices, including, at the time of writing, Waterford Whispers News, Broadsheet.ie and members of the Irish parliament. Not that you’d read about this in almost any Irish newspaper because he owns most of them.
So I have taken the decision to make Unshaved Mouse the Huffington Post of Denis O’Brien news, a place where anything you would ever want to know about this…person, is just a click away. This will be updated as needs be, and feel free to link to stuff I’ve missed in the comments.
So, let’s start with the obvious. His Wikipedia page, which gives an excellent overview of the man.
From Broadsheet.ie:
Their reposting of the Waterford Whispers article that got WWN sued.
Which then got Broadsheet sued.
An excellent guide to all the people Denis O’Brien is suing, and God knows we need the help.
From the Irish Times (which, interestingly, Denis O’Brien does not own).
‘Misplaced’ IBRC minutes confirm Siteserv writedown was €119 million
“Denis O’Brien lawyers demand removal of broadsheet.ie article”
“Denis O’Brien legal challenge a ‘threat to democracy’”
Some practical advice.
From The Journal.ie:
In which the Dáil hears claims about Denis O’Brien’s dealings with disgraced bank Anglo Irish.
In which a committee ruled that these claims were NOT an abuse of parliamentary privilege.
In which Denis O’Brien sues the entire parliament…
…and the committee that made that ruling.
Fair is fair, I’ll let the man himself justify his actions.
And this from the Daily Beast, an excellent overview of all his shady motherfuckery:
“Why is the Irish government scared of billionaire Denis O’Brien?”
And this is all getting very depressing so, here’s every Denis O’Brien related post from the Waterford Whispers that hasn’t been taken down yet:
“Government to discuss what to give Denis O’Brien this time“
“Denis O’Brien to build moat around evil lair after recent publicity.“
“Denis O’Brien renews Illuminati membership.”
“Maltese Tax Exile Briefs Government On What To Say Next”
“Nation: “We’ve Never Experienced An Assault On Democracy Of This Level””
Possibly the most sarcastic apology in the history of the world.
Denis O’Brien to sue everyone (I don’t get it, that’s supposed to be satire?)
Only the start folks, check back in for more updates and by all means, contribute you own.
Mouse out.
unshavedmouse 
Someone should totally make this guy the next Bond villain.
Bond villains usually have charm.
Is the Irish Times safe to read?
It is. It also makes you look smart and sophisticated.
Its time for an even better campaign #BoycottDOB – most of the countries where he owns media and telecoms are poor – I dont think they are too happy to help him add more to his $6.3billion wealth so maybe they can contribute – e.g. in Central America, Caribbean, South Pacific. Lets start in Europe by boycotting: radio stations in the Eat European countries, listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicorp#Stations, and in Ireland: Topaz Petrol, 98 FM, Newstalk, Today FM, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, the Star, the Evening Herald, the Sunday World + SiteServ.
I often say that Rupert Murdoch is the closest thing England has to a ruling monarch. Unfortunately, that joke doesn’t work nearly as well with Denis O’Brien. Dammit.
Though I’m not really sure if it works with Rupert Murdoch, given that he’s not an English citizen.
Wait… Why is the URL different from the title? Did the title change?
Ack! It’s the curse of the O’Brien!! (that wasn’t too obscure, was it?)
I changed the title. Thought it was funnier.