The de Valera Divine Right to Rule the Irish Press

THE SHARES AND control structures of The Irish Press Ltd. reveal the most brazen concentration of power in the hands of one individual known to the newspaper industry anywhere in the Western world. For although the de Valera family owns only a minority of the share holding in the company, the Articles of Association make it absoluutely impossible for any outside indiviidual or group of individuals to wrest any measure of control from it.