Third-party funding of Esat court case must be explained

Yesterday, Sarah Jane O'Callaghan, defending, told Judge Mary Ellen Ring that the trial was likely to take two weeks

Ruaidhrí Giblin

An unsuccessful bidder for the State's second mobile phone license must reveal the general terms of an arrangement whereby a British company is funding their action for damages against the State and businessman Denis O'Brien.

Persona Digital Telephony and Sigma Wireless Networks were runners-up in the licence competition, which was awarded to Mr O'Brien's Esat Digifone consortium in 1996.