return we gave him an unambiguous verdict. Vacate the pitch." After Ross wrote the article the share price collapsed and the company was restructured, without attracting additional comment from Ross's column. In 2009 in a phone call to Gavin O'Reilly, O'Brien, by then a 26% shareholder in INM, criticized O'Reilly's stewardship of the company and issued a series of ultimatums and threatened to call an extraordinary general meeting if not implemented. O'Brien's criticisms intensified, culminating with Mr O'Brien's threat to Mr O'Reilly: "I will destroy you and your father and I will go after everything." Main writers Marc Coleman Liam Collins Jody Corcoran Aengus Fanning George Hook Carol Hunt Gene Kerrigan Daniel McConnell Brendan O'Connor Ronald Quinlan Shane Ross Nick Webb References Further reading Mark O'Brien and Kevin Rafter, (editors), Independent Newspapers: A History. Four Courts Press, 2012, . External links Village magazine article on the Sunday Independent. 1906 establishments in Ireland Independent News & Media Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Publications established in 1906 Independent