# Paddy Cosgrave
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Last year
2023
Paddy Cosgrave
Paddy Cosgrave courted controversy for years, but the tech world drew the line at criticism of Israel
13 Nov 2023
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ditched
Web Summit pulls funding from online investigative journalism platform The Ditch
7 Nov 2023
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mass withdrawal
Paddy Cosgrave resigns as Web Summit CEO amid controversy over Israel comments
Updated
21 Oct 2023
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Web Summit
Meta and Google become latest major companies to pull out of Web Summit
20 Oct 2023
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Web Summit
Paddy Cosgrave apologises for comments about Israel, after tech backers pull out of Web Summit
17 Oct 2023
45.6k
the ditch
The Ditch calls Sipo complaint example of 'illiberal attacks' by the Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil
16 May 2023
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Micheál Martin
Tánaiste says he stands by Dáil comments about The Ditch and Paddy Cosgrave
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4 May 2023
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All time
Courts
Another former director of Web Summit has launched a High Court action against Paddy Cosgrave
29 Nov 2021
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Misinformation
'To the four nurses in Ireland...RIP': The Covid-19 Twitter claim that made it to the national airwaves
15 Aug 2020
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Morning Ireland
Paddy Cosgrave slams FG on housing crisis, declines to say if he raised issue personally with Taoiseach
24 Sep 2018
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Voices
'Paddy Cosgrave was wrong to invite Le Pen - and wrong to use Northern Ireland in his justification'
David McCann
16 Aug 2018
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Paddy Cosgrave
Web Summit founder withdraws invite for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to 2018 event
Updated
15 Aug 2018
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moneyconf
'Nothing to do with Enda leaving': Web Summit organisers announce Dublin event
6 Jun 2017
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building relationships
Web Summit is going on a hiring spree – including someone to deal with the Irish government
25 Apr 2017
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lukewarm reception
Paddy Cosgrave has told Dublin's last Web Summit how excited he is about Lisbon
5 Nov 2015
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Painful
Watch: RTE News broadcast a pretty awkward interview with the web summit co-founder...
4 Nov 2015
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Thanks but no thanks
Enda Kenny was sent a last minute invite to the Web Summit but he won't be going along
1 Nov 2015
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Voices
'Getting involved in a petty mudslinging match over the Web Summit is embarrassing'
Paul Allen
18 Oct 2015
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deteriorating relations
Revealed: The emails that show why the Web Summit left Dublin
15 Oct 2015
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150
is that a threat?
CEO of Web Summit says if dodgy WiFi not fixed 'we won't be in this country much longer'
6 Nov 2014
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sxsw dublin?
There's (dubious) speculation online that the Web Summit will be bought by SXSW
24 Jul 2014
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trinners for winners
The Summit is hiring, but check your degree, especially where you got it from
8 May 2014
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