Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave pulled no punches on the event's opening night
"In 2020, Whistleblower Aid created their first outpost in Europe in Ireland," said Cosgrave.
"The very first Irish whistleblower that John Tighe, the co-founder of Whistleblower Aid, advised was an entrepreneur called Chay Bowes. Chay had evidence of potential corruption by Ireland's then Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar. "Chay, together with Ireland's foremost investigative journalist Michael Smith, editor of Village Magazine, went on to publish exactly one year ago this week; a devastating exposé of Ireland's then Prime Minister Leo Varadkar," Cosgrave continued.
"The guidance Whistleblower Aid provided to Chay and the work of Michael Smith have triggered the longest criminal investigation into a senior political figure in decades in Ireland."Cosgrave went on to praise Bowes in particular for his"incredible courage" before commanding the audience to give the trio a"huge round of applause for what they've achieved".
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