Affairs of the Nation

Denis-Obrien

Affairs of the Nation

DENIS O’BRIEN BIDS ADIEU TO Mac EOCHAIDH

WHATEVER about Shane Ross, one man who must be more than pleased to see Judge Colm Mac Eochaidh heading for Europe is Denis O’Brien whose action against Red Flag is... Read more »
central-remedial-clinic

Affairs of the Nation

Charity cases

THERE WAS no surprise when Jim Luby was appointed liquidator of the Friends & Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic Ltd before Christmas. Indeed, the winding up of this charity... Read more »
Paul Smithwick

Affairs of the Nation

PAUL SMITHWICK’S NEW FRIENDS

THE LANDING of an OBE gong by legal-eagle Paul Smithwick of that brewing ilk, probably didn’t come as too much of a surprise given that he has been in close... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Gerard-Griffin

Affairs of the Nation

JUDGE GRIFFIN’S AUDIO TAPE

SPARE A thought for Judge Gerard Griffin of the Circuit Court who finds himself on the receiving end of serious allegations that surfaced in the High Court last month, where... Read more »
Madeleine-Thornton

Affairs of the Nation

BANKS BEWARE!

THE banks, government and courts could be thrown into chaos by a most interesting legal challenge to home repossessions – with a little help from the George Soros funded Open... Read more »
ICHH_logo

Affairs of the Nation

ESCORT AGENCY’S GENEROSITY COMES UNSTUCK

CHRISTMAS proved an eventful period for the small Dublin charity, Inner City Helping Homeless (ICHH), which almost found itself screwed by a proposed charitable donation from an escort agency website.... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Complaint turfed out

THE term authority in the title of an Irish organisation implies an entity set up under statute and overseen by the state, ie, the Road Safety Authority, Food Safety Authority... Read more »
Theresa May

Affairs of the Nation

‘WITCH-HUNT’ BY LEFTIST LAWYERS

A SERIES of court actions in Belfast and London against the Sun newspaper could cause convulsions in the British media should they be successful. The actions have been taken by... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Jim O'Callaghan

Pillars of Society

Jim O’Callaghan

OVER the past five years, while his position as leader of Fianna Fáil was open to question on all sides, Micheál Martin very shrewdly... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Louise O’Reilly

The Young Bloods

Louise O’Reilly TD

CRITICS would privately acknowledge that Sinn Féin now has an impressive array of young talent in its ranks, but perhaps the most significant breakthrough... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Patrick-OBrien

Fit to Print?

‘IT’ IGNORES CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL

THE Church of Ireland Gazette reported with commendable independence in November and December on the decades long scandal and tolerance of a St Patrick’s Cathedral volunteer who abused children. On... Read more »
sunday-business-post

Fit to Print?

Nero lashes out

EVEN by Sindo standards the hatchet job by Jody Corcoran and Dan White on the Sunday Business Post last Christmas was splenetic. Apparently the Post will not survive for much... Read more »

Fit to Print?

‘INDO’ SNOWFLAKES

THE hysterical reaction from Irish liberals to an Irish Times article explaining the opinions of the alt-right movement was distinctly illiberal as well as entertaining. But the most amusing reaction... Read more »

Last Refuge

Doherty-Regina

Last Refuge

REGINA AND HELEN

BLUESHIRT dominatrix and government chief whip Regina Doherty’s sweet nothings to Sinn Féin have much to do with her antipathy to her constituency colleague, junior minister Helen McEntee. And Regina’s... Read more »
Michael-Lowry

Last Refuge

Preying on Lowry

MICHAEL Lowry would appear to be safe as houses in Tipperary where he topped the poll by a country mile in last year’s election. And his ‘understanding’ with Enda Kenny... Read more »
Brendan Ogle

Last Refuge

OGLE’S NEW PARTY FALTERS

APOLLO HOUSE spokesman, union official and Right2Water campaigner Brenda Ogle continues to cut an Arthur Scargill type figure and is now leading the charge against homelessness. But the Ogre’s main... Read more »

Last Refuge

ZAPPER ZAPS APPLE — AGAIN

IS Apple Inc aware of the threat posed to them by that indefatigable champion of Irish taxpayers, namely minister Katherine Zappone, who also poses a challenge to gender bias and... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Accused missed court for Communion A YOUNG Corkman accused of shoplifting was late for a court appearance because he was attending mass. Judge Marie Keane issued a bench warrant for... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Brendan-Gleeson

Fowl Emissions

PERVERSE EU POLICY

ON CHRISTMAS Day police in Sydney pulled off the largest cocaine bust in Australian history, seizing 500kg of the drug from a boat and arresting 15 men. One of those... Read more »

Bird's Eye View

Arlene-Foster

Bird's Eye View

ARLENE FOSTER OUT OF HER DEPTH

THIS CRISIS in the north’s institutions, the most serious for a decade, has been a long time coming. Over the Christmas holidays leading Sinn Féin figures got it in the... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Arlene-foster

The Hot Air Brigade

The Hot Air Brigade

“A lot of it is personal, a lot of it sadly is misogynistic as well because I am a female – the first female leader of Northern Ireland – so... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Judy-woodworth

High Society

ADDING UP AT the beit foundation

THERE WAS good news for the Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF) last month when Heather Humphreys lobbed it a €250,000 grant. However it seems the... Read more »

High Society

Danielle Ryan

High Society

DANIELLE RYAN’S BUMPY ROADS

CHRISTMAS is when the bulk of perfumes is sold so it is perhaps not surprising that Danielle Ryan was making noises in the run-up... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Martina Moloney LHS

Behind the Scenes

CONFLICTS AT THE ARTS COUNCIL

A LITTLE late in the day, arts minister Heather Humphreys managed to make appointments to the Arts Council board just before Christmas where there were six vacancies by the time... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

CHILD’S PLAY AT THE BAI

HOT ON the heels of the move by Dee Forbes (D4 as she’s known in Montrose) to disband the in-house children’s programme unit at RTÉ there was little enough Christmas... Read more »

Sport of Kings

bryan-cooper

Sport of Kings

ONE jockey’S LOSS IS ANOTHER’S GAIN

SPARE A thought for Bryan Cooper whose rollercoaster season continued when he fractured his pelvis in a fall at Punchestown on New Year’s Eve. But Cooper’s bad luck proved a... Read more »
Pat_Cosgrave

Sport of Kings

COSGRAVE PAYS UP EVENTUALLY

THOUGH JUMPS action is taking centre stage in Ireland and England at the moment, over in Dubai the annual Dubai World Cup Carnival is well under way. It’s a lucrative... Read more »
paul-hensey

Sport of Kings

Paul Hensey’s exit

PAUL HENSEY has decided to move on from his role at The Curragh, having spent the last 14 years in charge at the home of the Classics. Clearly too many... Read more »

Sport of Kings

RICCI’S RICH VEIN OF FORM

FLAMBOYANT ex-Barclays banker Rich Ricci enjoyed the sort of Christmas results that should keep his trainer, Willie Mullins, in the good books, at least until Cheltenham in March. Mullins ran... Read more »

Reviews

Amy-Huberman-Striking-Out

Reviews

STRIKING OUT – RTE ONE

TRADITIONALLY, RTÉ’s excuse for the underwhelming nature of its drama and comedy output was that it suffered in comparison with programmes produced by neighbouring BBC, with its supposedly endless resources.... Read more »
Days-without-end

Reviews

DAYS WITHOUT END – SEBASTIAN BARRY (FABER)

THE LATEST in Sebastian Barry’s loose series of novels chronicling the McNulty dynasty has just been awarded the Costa Prize, which he also won nine years ago with The Secret... Read more »
Tommy-Tiernan

Reviews

THE TOMMY TIERNAN SHOW – RTÉ ONE

AT THE start of this new six-part series, the sometimes controversial Tommy Tiernan introduced his one-hour chat show by explaining that neither he himself, the studio audience nor the viewers... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

David McCann

Moneybags

Fyffes shareholders betting on a takeover battle

THERE ARE peculiar aspects to the €751m (€2.23 a share) recommended takeover of Fyffes by the giant E12bn capitalised Japanese Sumitomo group. While both... Read more »

Moneybags

Tony Richardson, CEO of Venn Life Sciences

Moneybags

Venn Life Sciences profit prescription

FROM 1996 to 2004, Tony Richardson ran Alltracel, the small Irish pharmaceutical company that specialised in the development and marketing of an innovative first... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

tom-mcenany

The Hot Water Brigade

Tom McEnaney’s business partner

GOLDHAWK noticed that former journalist Tom McEnaney has applied to the High Court to strike his media consultancy firm off the companies register. McEnaney was the business editor of the... Read more »
Rudi-Butler-LHS

The Hot Water Brigade

Rudi Butler Wins Big

Rudi Butler (Far Left) CONGRATULATIONS are in order to 29-year-old wunderkind developer Rudi Butler who just before Christmas was granted planning permission for his €40m office development in the heart... Read more »
Frank-Walsh

The Hot Water Brigade

Wind farm directors up in the air

THERE was some good news last week when the Revenue announced a 46% surge in investments made through the government’s Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (EIIS) last year. But the positive... Read more »
Mary-Irvine

The Hot Water Brigade

Maureen Curran’s bad day in court

Judge Mary Irvine (Above) SPARE a thought for 81-year-old Maureen Curran who had a rough day in the Four Goldmines in December when she was denied an appeal against a... Read more »
leo-sherlock

The Hot Water Brigade

Leo Sherlock’s legal woes

GOLDHAWK’S old pal Leo Sherlock just can’t catch a break. After months of being pilloried on social media by journalists who claimed that his right-wing news website The Liberal.ie had... Read more »
Paudie Coffey

The Hot Water Brigade

Senator Paudie’s protests

IT WAS interesting to see Fine Gael senator Paudie Coffey proudly proclaim before Christmas that Fine Gael is not the party of the landlord. The Irish Times reported that during... Read more »