{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/b2fb5f0b-0ce7-4e5c-b6e0-9b1febd06aea/67d421f152919f8d96e081fe?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Web Summit Showdown: Why the three co-founders are heading to court","description":"<p>The High Court is set to hear revealing details on the workings of one of Ireland’s most high profile companies: Web Summit.</p><p><br></p><p>In a civil trial that is set to last nine weeks, the three former friends who founded the tech events company – Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey – will lay out their grievances against each other.</p><p><br></p><p>Cosgrave, the better known of the three, has a majority stake in the company with a whopping 81 per cent, Hickey has 7 per cent and Kelly 12 per cent.</p><p><br></p><p>There are five individual cases to be heard in a civil trial that is expected to last around nine weeks.</p><p><br></p><p>Catherine Sanz, author of Drama Drives Interest: The Web Summit Story explains the background while Irish Times business reporter Ian Curren tells what dirty laundry might be aired.</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}