Affairs of the Nation

veronica-guerin

Affairs of the Nation

THE ASSASSINATION OF A JOURNALIST

Sunday Independent editorial executive Willie Kealy opened his tribute to Veronica Guerin last Sunday with a polemic against those who felt that she had not been well served by the... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

DES CROFTON’S SHOOT OUT

THERE WAS an interesting report last month concerning the hefty €75,000 awarded to Des Crofton, national director of the National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC), the body that represents... Read more »
MORGAN O’SULLIVAN

Affairs of the Nation

MORGAN O’SULLIVAN’S GERMAN DRAMA

THE DRAGGING of James Flynn and Morgan O’Sullivan of Octagon Films into the Four Goldmines by German producer W2 Filmproduktion creates the prospect of a revealing spat about how players... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Fintan-Drury

Affairs of the Nation

FINTAN DRURY REINVENTS HIMSELF

WHAT on earth has come over Fintan Drury, the PR guru and dynamic businessman with all the right connections? He has come over all wet and liberal with journalistic outpourings... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

DERMOT DESMOND’S PANAMA PROBLEM

IT looks like Der Kaiser is getting ready to do go to war with The Irish Times over the paper’s report of his links to the Panama Papers. Dermot Desmond... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

DAVID HALL’S LUCRATIVE LIFELINE

MORTGAGE CAMPAIGNER and self-promoter extraordinaire David Hall was back in the news last week when he was appointed by the board of Console, the suicide prevention charity, to review the... Read more »
Mary-Mitchell-OConner

Affairs of the Nation

TEACHERS FAIL IN SOUTH DUBLIN SCHOOL

THE PARENTS at the Harold School in Glasthule, south County Dublin – formerly headed up by current Minister for Jobs and Enterprise, Mary Mitchell O’Connor – have scored a victory... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Red ink at King’s Inns

AMONG THE names that have popped up on the Lobbying Register is that of the Honorable Society of King’s Inns, which is shown to have lobbied Department of Justice mandarins... Read more »
Miriam O’Callaghan

Affairs of the Nation

The Hot Air Brigade

While we may have no way of knowing how Claire’s renunciation of the political life might go down with party chiefs, we may perhaps hazard a guess that it will... Read more »
Martin-McGuinness

Affairs of the Nation

SINN FÉIN CHAOS OVER BREXIT

LAST Friday there was a notice sellotaped to the door of the post office in Bridge Street in the centre of Belfast. It read: ‘Due to increased demand for Irish... Read more »
Fintan Warfield

Affairs of the Nation

WOLFE TONE IS ALIVE AND GAY

SMASHING a lot of stereotypical images is Sinn Féin’s young senator, Fintan Warfield (24), whose gay, arty profile will come as something of a culture shock to traditional Republicans and... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Brendan O’Connor

Pillars of Society

Brendan O’Connor

Brendan O’Connor should be an editorial has-been by now, a casualty of Denis O’Brien’s new regime at Independent News & Media (INM), which ousted... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Niall-Harbison

The Young Bloods

Niall Harbison

Niall Harbison (37) has carved out a prominent space for himself among Dublin’s business and media melieu in the last several years. His Lovin... Read more »

Fit to Print?

JUSTICE Frank Clarke

Fit to Print?

GSOC Vs INDO

JUSTICE Frank Clarke’s inquiry into the conduct of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) in an investigation that saw Sergeant Michael Galvin take his life last year had some interesting... Read more »
Dearbhail McDonald

Fit to Print?

Dumb Dearbhail

Goldhawk wrote last February that Dearbhail McDonald was agonising about taking the group business editor’s post at INM because of the delicacy of commenting on boss Denis O’Brien’s business affairs... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

Loveable loyalists

The impeccable behaviour of the Irish soccer fans has provoked a cross community response from some quarters that argues the Norn Iron fans are just as loveable, if a bit... Read more »

Last Refuge

Micheal-Martin

Last Refuge

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S INNER CIRCLE

THAT little-commented-on poll in The Sunday Times last weekend shows Fine Gael ahead of Fianna Fáil, which fell 2%. This is a reversal of the last poll in May, which... Read more »
Pat-the-cope-gallagher

Last Refuge

THE ‘COPING’ POLITICAL CLASS

PAT ‘The Cope’ Gallagher must be happy that discussion about his determined bid to take the Leas-Cheann Comhairle’s job has not focused on the extraordinary number of pensions, totalling €114,000... Read more »
kate-oconnell

Last Refuge

Kate’s U-turn

IT looks as though the penny has dropped with newly elected Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell, who has resiled from her strident position on removing the 8th amendment, sharpish, like.... Read more »
Fintan Warfield

Affairs of the Nation

WOLFE TONE IS ALIVE AND GAY

SMASHING a lot of stereotypical images is Sinn Féin’s young senator, Fintan Warfield (24), whose gay, arty profile will come as something of a culture shock to traditional Republicans and... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Cannabis grower’s scientific approach A cannabis grower told Ennis District Court that he was cultivating eight cannabis plants for personal use to help him sleep and “not to get a... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Kevin-Toland

Fowl Emissions

DUBLIN AIRPORT CLIMATE PICKLE

FALLOUT from the Brexit vote may prove something of a gift for the Dublin Airport Authority’s (DAA) ambitious plan to have a second runway built and ready for business by... Read more »

Bird's Eye View

Martin-McGuinness

Affairs of the Nation

SINN FÉIN CHAOS OVER BREXIT

LAST Friday there was a notice sellotaped to the door of the post office in Bridge Street in the centre of Belfast. It read: ‘Due to increased demand for Irish... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Miriam O’Callaghan

Affairs of the Nation

The Hot Air Brigade

While we may have no way of knowing how Claire’s renunciation of the political life might go down with party chiefs, we may perhaps hazard a guess that it will... Read more »

High Society

High Society

PRINCE KHALID’S IRISH STUD

High Society

PRINCE KHALID’S IRISH STUD

WITH TRAINER Dermot Weld having completed the Epsom-Curragh Derby double last weekend with the Aga Khan’s Harzand, his bank balance will have got a... Read more »

High Society

Sara-Moorhead

High Society

SARA’S CULTURAL CREDENTIALS

BAR COUNCIL insider Sara Moorhead SC is busy these days working for the Dáil as a result of that case taken by Denis O’Brien... Read more »

High Society

High Society

THE SLATTERYS’ RETIREMENT HOME

THERE HAS been plenty of good news for former GPA hotshot Domhnal Slattery, who has been cashing in big time and, along with his wife, Elaine Slattery, has got the... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Heather-Humphries

Behind the Scenes

HEATHER HUMPHREYS’S PRIORITIES

WITH Heather Humphreys coming under fire for the apparent downgrading of the arts portfolio in her department, she has finally moved to appoint the boards of both the National Concert... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

GRÁINNE SEOIGE’S WINDING-UP

SPARE A thought for RTÉ siren and high-profile Gaeilgeóir Gráinne Seoige, who has had a tough time recently. The latest news is that a creditors’ meeting has been called for... Read more »
CASTING DELAY AT FILM BOARD

Behind the Scenes

CASTING DELAY AT FILM BOARD

ONE OF the various state boards with a long-standing vacancy is the Irish Film Board (IFB). In December last year, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys advertised... Read more »

Sport of Kings

STRADBROOK CASHING IN

Sport of Kings

STRADBROOK CASHING IN

THE NEWS that Stradbrook Acquisitions – owner of Ireland’s racing bible, the Racing Post – is cashing in its chips is good news for the group, which includes Racing Post... Read more »
Dessie-Scahill

Sport of Kings

SCAHILL WINDING DOWN

THE FAMILIAR tones of racing commentator Dessie Scahill are set to become less frequent as the summer progresses. The 68 year old’s contract with the Association of Irish Racecourses (AIR)... Read more »
Harry Sweeney

Sport of Kings

SWEENEY TAKES ACTION

LOUTH MAN Harry Sweeney – a vet by trade and highly successful thoroughbred breeder – who is suing the University of Limerick (UL) and two of its former students, has... Read more »
Henry De Bromhead

Sport of Kings

POTTS ‘SIZING’ UP TRAINERS

IT LOOKS like the relationship between trainer Henry De Bromhead and his former major backer, Alan Potts, is nearing breaking point. Maybe a win at Ballybrit will lead to détente.... Read more »

Reviews

a-time-for-torment

Books

A TIME OF TORMENT

JOHN CONNOLLY  – (HODDER & STOUGHTON) THE DUBLIN author (and former Irish Times journalist) John Connolly is best known in the US, where he sets his supernatural crime fiction. He... Read more »
the-constant-wife

Reviews

THE CONSTANT WIFE

GATE THEATRE THIS 1926 W Somerset Maugham play is the Gate’s bread and butter: a light comedy of manners, bordering on farce, that dabbles in social commentary without ever laying... Read more »
Donal Skehan

Reviews

FOLLOW DONAL

RTÉ 1 THIS LATEST cooking and travelogue series sees Donal Skehan visiting major cities around Europe, accompanied by local guides. Made up largely of various re-hashed film clips compiled over... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

EAMONN ROTHWELL

Business News

ICG shareholders set for turbulent waters post Brexit

EAMONN ROTHWELL took the helm of Irish Continental Group (ICG) 24 years ago and might be expected to be preparing his personal exit strategy.... Read more »

Moneybags

Aidan Brogan

Business News

Market has pushed Datalex shares sky high

IT MAY COME as a surprise but Datalex’s shares have almost doubled over the last year to the current E3.15, with the company now... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Leigh Wrafter

The Hot Water Brigade

The Wrafters’ raft of woes

THERE’S more trouble in store for Goldhawk’s old pals, the Wrafter clan. One of their property businesses, Carnsen Ltd, had receivers appointed last month on foot of two Anglo Irish... Read more »
the-admirals

The Hot Water Brigade

Profits sink for the Admirals

LOUTH publican James Carter has had a 2016 to forget with three of his pubs appointing liquidators in May. Carter is the principal at West Gate Inns Ltd and Stonehouse... Read more »
Tanyia Deane

The Hot Water Brigade

Carlow fashionista’s rates bill

A FASHION boutique in Co Wexford, operated by a very interesting fashion designer and entrepreneur named Tanyia Deane, has been hit with a second judgment in as many years for... Read more »
Kerry developers

The Hot Water Brigade

Kerry developers have day in court

SPARE a thought for Co Kerry property developers William ‘Billy’ Moloney and Eamon McCarthy, who have had a whopping E11m judgment registered against them in the High Court by AIB.... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Premia faces winding-up petition

A COMPANY called Premia Developments Ltd (PDL) are facing a winding-up petition in the High Court by ISOL Financial Ltd. ISOL is a financial consultancy co-owned by Michael Humphreys, a... Read more »
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The Hot Water Brigade

Revenue gets tough with developers

GOLDHAWK’S old friends, developers James Cummins and Michael Walsh, popped up on Revenue’s most recent list of tax defaulters. After an audit of their two unincorporated property partnerships, Abbey Court... Read more »
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The Hot Water Brigade

O’Leary’s powerful friends

MORE on Monkstown modernist Michael O’Leary (not that one), whose new house in south Dublin has locals in a tizzy (see The Phoenix 17/06/16). O’Leary is a director of several... Read more »