Discussion

• @profgalloway Scott Galloway on threads

  Spoiler alert: when the 82% owner “resigns,”, it's nothing but a title change/deflection....and meaningless. https://www.irishtimes.com/...

• @pieterdorsman Pieter Dorsman on x

  Paddy Cosgrave's events group has a questionable track record on human rights. Events in Qatar and Hong Kong are coming up. Time for some scrutiny.

• @obrien Chris O'Brien on x

  Looking forward to the 6-part Bari Weiss podcast on Paddy being cancelled.

• @mattzeitlin Matthew Zeitlin on x

  i think one thing going on here is that cosgrove's sentiments are quite mainstream *in ireland* and that citizens of other english speaking nations didn't quite see where he was coming from https://www.axios.com/...

• @tbald101 Theo McDonald on x

  Some may relish in Paddy Cosgrave's demise. He pissed off a lot of people. However, a bunch of mega companies cancelling someone for saying there should be no war crimes on both sides will have a chilling effect. It's Paddy today. Who next?

• @richgallagher1 Dr Richard Gallagher on x

  Whatever your thoughts on Paddy Cosgrove, we should all be concerned about new McCarthyism. https://www.independent.ie/...

• @hilzfuld Hillel Fuld on x

  This makes me profoundly happy and restores my faith in humanity. Google and Meta latest to withdraw from Web Summit https://www.rte.ie/...

• @villagemagire @villagemagire on x

  Let's see if there's a backlash against Irish media's bitter failure to give Cosgrave credit for doing some of the most important things you should to do in public life: speaking the truth and standing up for humanitarian law and against war crimes #Gaza. https://www.irishtimes.c…

• @philipnolan1 Philip Nolan on x

  Life comes at you pretty fast sometimes. We were occasional adversaries here, but there's no schadenfreude on my part here. I'm sorry it ended this way. https://www.rte.ie/...

• @chastaylor Charlie Taylor on x

  Exclusive: Web Summit event to proceed despite rash of withdrawals, says CEO. Paddy Cosgrave also tells employees the company has enough money in the bank to stay afloat until 2026 and that he is going nowhere https://www.businesspost.ie/ ...

• @tomlyonsbiz Tom Lyons on x

  If the CEO is really independent - the first thing they should do is sell Web Summit after Lisbon next month. A full exit by Paddy Cosgrave is its best chance of survival.

• @tomlyonsbiz Tom Lyons on x

  Just recalling a bullying tweet Paddy put out about a journalist in May who has just broke a story about his business. His toxic behaviour has been out in the open for sometime but it hasn't put brands and PR geniuses off working with him.

• @john_mcguirk John McGuirk on x

  The Irish Independent is reporting that Paddy Cosgrave has resigned as CEO of the Websummit. Still retains an 80% stake in the business though, so it remains to be seen how mollifying that will be. https://www.independent.ie/...

• @handsome_booger @handsome_booger on x

  I'm no fan of Paddy Cosgrave but the backdrop to Tom's weird little boast here is the sheer number of war crimes carried out by Israel. Palestinian children are being slaughtered. But hey Tom, winning a personal feud is far more important eh. Setting the bar lower than you think

• @aideenblackwood Aideen on x

  it's much funnier that this is all happening to Paddy Cosgrave the one time he was in the right

• @rosney Martyn Rosney on x

  This will be a case study in unchecked CEO narcissism jeopardising a company's reputation and putting its entire future at risk. Thoughts with all the good people working at Web Summit. An unfortunate but all too inevitable outcome. https://www.independent.ie/...