1 Grand Canal Quay

1 Grand Canal Street

This is 1 Grand Canal Quay, where Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp Ltd is headquartered. The building is owned by Mr O’Brien personally, with a registered address at 77 Wellington Road, Dublin 4. I walk by it every morning on the way to work so I was curious about it.

A mortgage charge on the property was registered with Anglo Irish Bank in 2001, 2009 and 2011. Each of these have since been cancelled. The most recent charge from Anglo Irish Bank was cancelled on October 19, 2011.


A new mortgage charge was registered 5 months later with Bank of Ireland on February 29, 2012.


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There are a number of active and former companies registered for the sixth floor at 1 Grand Canal Quay, some of which are connected to Mr O’Brien’s wide ranging business interests. They include:

Communicorp Group Ltd
Barathea Ltd
Digicable Ltd
Partenay Ltd
98 FM Classic Hits Ltd
Brigadoon Media Ltd
Communicorp Investments Ltd
Metro Radio International Ltd
The Haven Community Foundation Ltd
Trinity Property Golf Ltd
European Radio Corporation Ltd
Fieldsville Ltd
Island Capital Ltd
Island Capital Services Ltd
R-Tel Ltd
Radio Two Thousand Ltd
Spin South West Ltd
Web Radio Ltd

Mr O’Brien’s stake in Siteserv is via an Isle of Man company called Millington Ltd.