Denis O'Brien's lawyers say 'clear evidence' of campaign against him

Businessman Denis O’Brien’s lawyers have told the High Court that there is clear evidence of “very serious wrongdoing” and a campaign against him in a dossier compiled by Public Relations Firm Red Flag. On Tuesday, Senior Counsel Michael Cush said anyone who reads the articles and files within the dossier, which he says was sent to him anonymously in October on a memory stick , “is intended to think much less of Mr O’Brien.” He said Red Flag have a client who has commissioned the firm to compile this dossier and he says there is evidence of a conspiracy and defamation. Mr O Brien is ultimately trying to establish who that client is. Mr Cush said he needed the order to force Red Flag to reveal the identity of that client because he thinks that person will “seek to cover his tracks.” “I’m saying whoever it is, is engaged in the most despicable activity and is determined to remain anonymous,” he told Mr Justice Colm Mac Eochaidh.