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November 25, 2025
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‘The media are like hyenas’: A history of Denis O’Brien in 16 of his own phrases

Source: irishtimes.com irishtimes.com
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Denis O’Brien has a colourful turn of phrase. More often than not his comments get him headlines – see his recent comments about “entitled” graduates and “weak” human resources professionals– but sometimes they get him in trouble, as was the case with his claim that “Sinn Féin/IRA certainly got the report they paid for”. A jury found last Friday that the statement was defamatory of two lawyers commissioned by Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan to write a report on media ownership in Ireland in 2016. Here are some of his best one-liners down the years. “Modern-day digital colonialism”: O’Brien’s description...
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