However, despite admitting that he spoke to Mr McCourt about the bidder’s intention to change its structure, Mr Naughten said that the two men “did not go into any detail” about it. “That is not my role and David McCourt is well aware of that,” said Mr Naughten. “David McCourt has invested millions of euro on telecoms infrastructure in this country,” said Mr Naughten. Despite the exchange with Mr McCourt over a possible alteration in the makeup of the bidder consortium, Mr Naughten said that he was not aware that the changes has occurred. "I think Denis has given an explanation of that today, officials were present and... what's going on in terms of the national broadband plan is a competitive dialogue,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent October 04, 2018 19:18 UTC