Affairs of the Nation

Denis-Naughten

Affairs of the Nation

WHO WILL STOP DENIS?

INM’s intended purchase of another raft of regional newspapers is a measure of Denis O’Brien’s apparently well-founded belief that nothing and nobody will put a halt to his media empire... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

INDO’S APPLE PIE

LAST WEEK the Indo was remarkably supportive of Apple in relation to the tax row, which may not be a surprise after last year’s love-in with chief executive Tim Cook.... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

SUING THE JEHOVAH’S

PROCEEDINGS have just been issued by one Ruth Moram against the Jehovah’s Witnesses reigniting a colourful saga that appeared to have reached a conclusion last year. Moram is representing herself... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

STEPHEN DONNELLY

Affairs of the Nation

STEPHEN DONNELLY WALKS

GIVEN that Stephen Donnelly had about as much time for social democracy as Danny Healy-Rae it is hardly surprising that his split from the Social Democrats had little to do... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

BLUE BLOUSE TRUSTEES

FINE GAEL general secretary Tom Curran must be hoping that a robust and defiant letter sent recently to Sligo councillor Hubert Keaney, as well as ex-TD John Perry, will soften... Read more »
KEITH DUFFY

Affairs of the Nation

KEITH DUFFY’S CHARITY COSTS

B-LIST entertainer Keith Duffy responded like an A-List diva recently to remarks allegedly made by the chief executive of Irish Autism Action (IAA), Brian Murnane. Amid a welter of criticism... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

SIMON COVENEY SLIPS UP

THE little noticed announcement last July by environment minister Simon Coveney of the Constituencies Commission to scrutinise and revise electoral boundaries has dismayed Fine Gael ministers and party HQ. Simon... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

TIERNAN BRADY’S BRAINSTORM

“WORLD renowned marriage equality campaigner” was just one of the accolades showered on Ireland’s Yes Equality political director Tiernan Brady by the Australian media when he arrived to assist the... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

Trouble at Yeomanstown stud

HOW UNFORTUNATE for the respected O’Callaghan family of Yeoman Stud fame to find themselves caught up in a controversy, following the alleged discovery of illegally held animal remedies on their... Read more »
Sarah Keane

Affairs of the Nation

SARAH KEANE’S OLYMPIC AMBITIONS

THE IRISH Rio Olympics controversy is not going away any time soon, with Pat Hickey – president of the OCI until he stepped aside last month “temporarily” – questioned by... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Brendan O’Carroll

Pillars of Society

Brendan O’Carroll

IN THE recent Radio Times survey to name the Best Sitcom of the 21st Century, smutty comedian Brendan O’Carroll’s Mrs Brown’s Boys came out... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Cora Sherlock

The Young Bloods

Cora Sherlock

In 2016, Cora Sherlock (41) has become the most prominent Irish anti-abortion personality, surpassing the Iona Institute’s David Quinn and Breda O’Brien to become... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Cliff Taylor

Fit to Print?

APPLE OF MEDIA EYE

FINANCE minister Michael Noonan’s ill-prepared handling of the €13bn (and counting) Apple tax EU ruling has led to the Irish Independent demanding his resignation. But the financial press was not... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

Holy Orders

RECENT Sunday Times coverage of “Angel of Death” priest Fr Michael Kennedy, a cousin of the American Kennedy clan, has given the inadvertent impression that a High Court action against... Read more »
JUDGES’ ADVOCATE

Fit to Print?

JUDGES’ ADVOCATE

INFLATED front page promotion two days running, masquerading as news stories, of Irish Times former legal affairs correspondent, Ruadhán Mac Cormaic’s book, The Supreme Court, told of the judiciary’s hysterical... Read more »

Last Refuge

Denis Naughten

Last Refuge

DENIS NAUGHTEN’S GAME PLAN

WHAT a dependable cabinet member Fine Gael defector turned Independent Denis Naughten has turned out to be. Independent Alliance ministers Shane Ross, Finian McGrath and John Halligan have caused FG... Read more »
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Last Refuge

In praise of Peter Barry

“TOO gentlemanly for a fight” and acting from “more a sense of noblesse oblige than any burning ambition”, were just two of many media quotes about the late Peter Barry... Read more »
Pat Sheehan

Last Refuge

SINN FÉIN GOING SOFT ON ISRAEL?

THERE is consternation at Sinn Fein’s dalliance with the ruling Israeli Likud party – lead party in perhaps the most discriminatory and murderous government in Israeli history – and a... Read more »
shanie ross

Last Refuge

THE WAVE of barely disguised leaks from Fine Gael of a most bellicose kind against Ross’s “showboating” on the Apple tax appeal and alleging that the Alliance could cause an... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Arrested for drink-driving twice in a day A 33-YEAR-OLD Derry man arrested for drink driving twice in one day was disqualified from driving. Stephen O’Donnell of Ballyorr Drive pleaded guilty... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

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Fowl Emissions

KENNY TRUMPS CLIMATE ACCORD

DONALD TRUMP is probably not the first name that springs to mind when major international breakthroughs in tackling climate change are being discussed. The prospect, however remote, of The Donald... Read more »

Bird's Eye View

Ian Paisley Jnr

Bird's Eye View

BREXIT BACKLASH IN NI WASTELAND

WHILE PEOPLE in the Republic argue the merits of appealing the EU’s €13bn tax demand from Apple, in the north the prospect of having any major companies owing tax is... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Rosanna Davison

The Hot Air Brigade

The Hot Air Brigade

“In my case, gaining a stone pretty quickly was a huge knock to my self-esteem, as I hadn’t really struggled with my weight that much up until then.” Rosanna Davison... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Belinda Strudwick

High Society

BELINDA STRUDWICK’S GOOD TIMES

LAST MONTH glamorous Belinda Strudwick popped up in The Owner column of the Irish Field to give her tuppenceworth on horseracing. When asked what... Read more »

High Society

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High Society

Suing Dermot O’Rourke

THE SINDO society pages focused last month on the Berkshire wedding of Iain O’Rourke and Charlie McKinney. Iain was described as the son of... Read more »

High Society

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High Society

TANYIA DEANE’S CASTLE

INTERESTING to see fashion designer-turned horse healer Tanyia Deane and her hubby upping sticks to move to sunny Florida. This means the couple have put their sprawling home on the... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Sarah Durcan

Behind the Scenes

FEMMES FATALES AT THE ABBEY

THE INTRODUCTION by the Abbey Theatre of new “guiding principles for gender equality” – including “achieving gender equality in all areas of the artistic programme by presenting more work led... Read more »
Ed Guiney

Behind the Scenes

CREDITS NOT ROLLING FOR SOLAS PROJECT

GOLDHAWK IS beginning to wonder if only the 30-year archive rule will shed light on the dealings around the overspend on Galway’s Picture Palace cinema, now assigned on a bargain... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Davy Russell

Sport of Kings

CULLOTY AND RUSSELL RIDE AGAIN

AT LAST, jockey Davy Russell and trainer Jim Culloty have sorted out their differences. The pair famously teamed up to land the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Lord Windermere in 2014... Read more »
Sally-Ann Grassick

Sport of Kings

GRASSICK GETS THE NOD

CONGRATULATIONS are due to Sally-Ann Grassick who has been selected to join the ITV racing team which takes over the terrestrial coverage of British racing from Channel 4 next January.... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

POT LUCK for Henry De BROMHEAD

IT WILL be recalled (see The Phoenix 3/6/16) that Alan and Ann Potts have severed ties with their original trainer, Henry De Bromhead. The horses have now been fully dispersed.... Read more »
DAVID WACHMAN’S RETIREMENT

Sport of Kings

DAVID WACHMAN’S RETIREMENT

SO, WHAT next for David Wachman? After 20 years as a trainer, the 45-year-old has obviously decided there is more to life and plans to hand in his trainer’s licence... Read more »

Reviews

pat-shortt

Reviews

SMALLTOWN – TV3

THE FIRST episode of the new three-part television drama by award-winning Kerry writer/director Gerard Barrett focused largely on the power of unarticulated feeling. It represents a jump for TV3’s indigenous... Read more »
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Reviews

LYING IN WAIT – LIZ NUGENT (PENGUIN IRELAND)

BEFORE FINDING success as a crime novelist, Liz Nugent had written regularly for radio and TV drama, including RTÉ’s Fair City. There were obvious signs of this in her psychological... Read more »
Seána Kerslake

Reviews

A DATE FOR MAD MARY – DIRECTED BY DARREN THORNTON

IRISH CRITICS have been falling over themselves to praise A Date For Mad Mary, the latest feature from director Darren Thornton. “A triumph,” declared The Irish Times. “Another Irish film... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Charlie Gallagher

Moneybags

Cheap Abbey shares stuck in bargain basement

THE WAY Charlie Gallagher runs the Abbey house building operation is a poor reflection on Deirdre Somers’s regulation team at the Irish Stock Exchange.... Read more »

Moneybags

Mike Donoghue

Moneybags

Ormonde Mining’s heavy metal fatigue

ORMONDE MINING is an unusual entity, particularly in the resource sector. Its business is developing a tungsten mine in western Spain, a process carrying... Read more »

Briefcases

Sean McLoughlin

Briefcases

Millionaire McLoughlin’s Eye for Profits

CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Irish YouTube sensation Sean McLoughlin, who made it into a recent Irish Times list of the “22 twenty-somethings” who are set to take the world... Read more »
John G O’Donnell

Briefcases

Tipp solicitor’s noble clientele

GOLDHAWK spotted a tax judgment registered against a very interesting Tipperary solicitor recently. John G O’Donnell, of O’Donnell Solicitors in Tipperary Town, had the judgment for u19,000 registered against him... Read more »
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Briefcases

Limerick liquidator’s court battles

GOLDHAWK spotted an interesting judgment in the Court of Appeal recently related to Limerick accountant Anthony J Fitzpatrick. He was voluntarily appointed liquidator to a door and window manufacturing company,... Read more »

Briefcases

Ronan O’Gara misses touch

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Irish rugby ace Ronan O’Gara who, along with his wife Jessica, was named sport and style ambassador for the Longines Champions Weekend at the Curragh... Read more »
Ken McMoreland

Briefcases

Another bad day for Ken McMoreland

GOLDHAWK’s old pal, Sligo accountant Ken McMoreland had a miserable day in the High Court recently, courtesy of Judge Miriam O’Regan. In the latest episode of the continuing saga of... Read more »
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Briefcases

Marie Gorman’s costs

MORE on Marie Gorman, wife of Roscommon agricultural consultant Pauraic Larkin. It will be recalled that Eugene McCarthy, appointed liquidator to Pauraic Larkin & Associates Ltd, successfully applied to have... Read more »