Affairs of the Nation

Micheál Martin

Affairs of the Nation

HOW LONG CAN MARTIN HOLD ON?

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S leadership currently survives because of the sullen toleration of most of his TDs and the reluctance of leader-in-waiting Jim O’Callaghan to unsheathe his sword. We have listed the... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

DERMOT DESMOND V BRENDAN RODGERS

MOST OBSERVERS will have been surprised by Dermot Desmond’s uncharacteristic tactic of lunging two-footed at outgoing Glasgow Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers. This has not been Der Kaiser’s style and, despite... Read more »
James Bridgeman

Affairs of the Nation

GLENCREE’S BAIL-OUT

GOOD NEWS for all the worthies in the Glencree Centre For Peace And Reconciliation. Despite the level of dysfunction exposed in the organisation in the recent past, its main funder,... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Ted Heath

Affairs of the Nation

SOLDIER F GOES FREE

SOLDIER F, recently acquitted of murder and attempted murder on Bloody Sunday, has returned to his comfortable life in England. He became a rich man in the 1990s after being... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

BACIK’S RIGHT CHOICE

FIANNA FÁIL’S latest poll rating of 17% has intensified Micheál Martin’s leadership crisis but another stat in the same poll is also linked to leadership tensions inside the Labour Party.... Read more »
Paschal Donohoe

Affairs of the Nation

DONOHOE CROSSES THE RUBICON

PRESIDENT-ELECT Catherine Connolly was accused by Fine Gael of insulting our allies in Europe by referring, accurately, to the military industrial complex in states such as Germany, so Goldhawk was... Read more »
Ian Lawlor

Affairs of the Nation

IAN LAWLOR’S SHEKELS

IAN LAWLOR, of private equity development funder Round Tower Capital, has been very vocal lately about the housing crisis, most recently discussing the imminent (?) revision of the Housing For... Read more »
Paul Durcan

Affairs of the Nation

KEVIN KIELY V PAUL DURCAN

THE IRISH ‘poetic community’ is a small one so it is not too surprising that there has been plenty of chatter about the bad taste exposed in an article penned... Read more »
Declan Ganley

Affairs of the Nation

‘SPOIL THE VOTE’ PLAYERS

RTÉ was quick to publish an article online before the election count was completed. While 213,738 spoiled votes certainly warranted analysis, RTÉ’S online article, “Who was behind the ‘Spoil The... Read more »
Fred Holroyd

Affairs of the Nation

DENTON WHITEWASH FOR BRITS AND MI5

A leak from the upcoming Operation Denton report on the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings indicates that the inquiry will exonerate the British Army and MI5, something long predicted by this magazine.... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Ben Collins

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: BEN COLLINS

IRELAND’S FUTURE, the main proponents of the growing call for a border poll on Irish unity, is sometimes accused of not engaging with unionists.... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Ashley McDonnell

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: ASHLEY MCDONNELL

You have to hand it to Ashley McDonnell – she certainly knows how to put a positive spin on things. Having spent the past... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Matt Cooper

Fit to Print?

MATT COOPER FIBS ABOUT BEN DUNNE

THERE ARE not many editors and authors who would admit to telling a “deliberate mistruth” about a national corruption story on the front page of their newspaper and one has... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

‘SINDO’ V CONNOLLY

JOURNALISTS WHO noted the Fine Gael smear campaign against president-elect Catherine Connolly in the run up to the election should not throw stones given that the defence given by political... Read more »
Virginia Giuffre

Fit to Print?

PRINCE ANDREW’S PR

VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE, who was abused by Prince Andrew, died by suicide last April after completing her book, Nobody’s Girl, which has just gone on sale. By amazing coincidence, a... Read more »

Last Refuge

Billy Kelleher

Last Refuge

HOW LONG CAN MARTIN HOLD ON?

The alienation of Fine Gael hard man Big Phil Hogan in 2020 was a source of some regret to then taoiseach Leo Varadkar as the ousted EU commissioner – post... Read more »
Catherine Connolly

Last Refuge

SPECTRE OF CATHERINE AND MARY LOU

THERE IS considerable trepidation among right-thinking people at the very large vote that left-alliance presidential candidate Catherine Connolly pulled last week. A distraught media put it down to Connolly being... Read more »
Sean Kelly

Last Refuge

WHY SEÁN KELLY WAS BLOCKED

FINE GAEL approached the presidential contest with quiet confidence last summer, with super EU technocrat Mairead McGuinness the clear favourite until she was forced to withdraw on medical advice. But... Read more »

Northwind

Naomi Long

Northwind

NAOMI LONG UNDER THREAT

In a BBC podcast on October 15, Alliance party leader Naomi Long said: “I think it would be helpful for the secretary of state to set out what the conditions... Read more »

Hush Hush

Keith Woods

Hush Hush

TALE OF TWO RIOTS 

FOLLOWING THE riots at Citywest, a series of articles contrasted the Garda response in Saggart to the Dublin riots in November 2023. These honed in on more usable riot shields,... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

CAUGHT SHORT TWO Burglars broke into a woman’s home, where one of them defecated on her sitting-room floor before both made off with blankets, cushions and curtains along with some... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Catherine Connolly

Fowl Emissions

CONNOLLY’S CLIMATE CURVE

Directly after the final TV debate of the presidential campaign, Prime Time presenters Sarah McInerney and Miriam O’Callaghan took part in a live RTÉ podcast, Behind The News. McInerney said... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

JOHN FITZGERALD’S EMISSIONS

“I’m utterly gobsmacked at how much this article misrepresents our research and our position. This follows personal communication which should have clarified any of these misinterpretations.” This was UCC climate... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Bob Geldof

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

“I would have walked” the presidential election, said Bob Geldof. “I think I’d have walked the f…ing thing,” Geldof added. “I think I would have won.” Bob Geldof, The Journal... Read more »

High Society

High Society

‘Ruth’ by David Booth

High Society

GALLERY’S NEW CAST

PORTRAITS of actors Ruth Negga and Stephen Rea were unveiled by Caroline Campbell’s National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) last week. The works are by... Read more »

High Society

IHT CHL The Lion in Winter Racing Royalty Le Brocquy City of Troy Fitzwilliam Square AIRO Dermot Smurfit Ballinacarrig Park Club Cosgrave Fitzpatrick Keith Jameson National Gallery Collection Marissa Carter VG Tom Higgins Neil Jordan Laura Bonner Paul Ward Variety Jones Dtat Eathos Sharon Keegan Angela Scanlon Desmond Canouan Bellair Estate Bobby Flay John O’Conor Portrait of Omai Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile Wedding NGI Board Rachel Flynn JP McMahon Ash Quinn Pamela Laird Abdullah Al Naboodah Boundless Ocean

High Society

CHAPTER ONE’S MONEY MENU

WITH THE Michelin Guide organisation bringing its 2026 ceremony for Ireland and the UK to Dublin next February, the chatter has once again turned... Read more »

High Society

Sinead Keary

High Society

SINÉAD KEARY’S FAMILY AFFAIR

FASHION DESIGNER Sinéad Keary popped up last month in the Business Post’s soft-soap ‘Taste Maker’ column to give readers an insight into her modus operandi and influences (Breakfast at Tiffany’s... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Maura McGrath

Behind the Scenes

MAURA McGRATH MAKES WAY

AS FANS of Goldhawk are aware, there has been plenty going on at the National Concert Hall (NCH) in recent months and now a new chairman is in situ, albeit... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Richard Fahey

Sport of Kings

RICHARD FAHEY’S SHOCK GLORY

YORKSHIRE-BASED Richard Fahey caused the biggest shock in European Group 1 history when his 200/1 outsider, Powerful Glory, powered home under Jamie Spencer to land the Qipco British Champions Sprint... Read more »
Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

Sport of Kings

STUMPTOWN’S BIG CZECH

STUMPTOWN SURVIVED quite the blunder to land the Czech Republic’s most prestigious race, the four-and-a-half-mile Velka Pardubicka cross-country run at Pardubice. Trained by Gavin Cromwell, the nag almost jettisoned his... Read more »
Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

Sport of Kings

ERIC McCARTHY’S FORM

UNLIKE 2024 when returning five winners, Eric McNamara had a quiet time at the Listowel Harvest Festival, with this year’s accolades going instead to local handler Eoin McCarthy, who saddled... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Sean Coyle

Moneybags

ORIGIN UP 43% THIS YEAR – WITH MORE TO COME

AT THE beginning of the year, Origin Enterprises shares were at a low, which was not too surprising after a period of indifferent performance.... Read more »

Moneybags

Stephen Garvey

Moneybags

GLENVEAGH GAINING MOMENTUM, FOR NOW AT LEAST

IT IS not all that rare for an Irish-quoted company to effect a secondary offering of its shares but a unique transaction took place... Read more »

Brief Cases

Micheál Ganley

Brief Cases

THE GANLEY GANG

EARLIER THIS month it was reported that Rivada boss Declan Ganley’s daughter, Rafaella, has been appointed as a director of a new company in the Rivada group. She’s not the... Read more »
Dan MacDonnell

Brief Cases

DESPERATE TIMES FOR DAN MACDONNELL

EARLIER THIS month a creditors’ meeting was called for event marketing operation Neon Agency, founded by 100% shareholder Dan MacDonnell. This followed an attempt by brand consultancy creditor Image Now... Read more »
Tomas Brennan

Brief Cases

TOMAS BRENNAN’S THAI ADVENTURE

HAVING FINALLY secured a public market listing on New York’s penny stock market, John Kieran Brennan’s family has wasted no time striking deals from Enniscorthy all the way to Thailand,... Read more »
Alan Clancy

Brief Cases

ALAN CLANCY EXITS ONE CENTRAL PLAZA

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see that bar and club supremo Alan Clancy has resigned as a director of the company behind his much-vaunted new venue – the soon-to-open Díon on... Read more »