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January 13 - January 26, 2017
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 »
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’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 »
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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
‘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
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 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 »
ESB’s Ardnacrusha Power Station Reopens for Free Public Tours This Summer
ESB is once again running guided tours at Ardnacrusha Power Station in Co Clare this summer, offering the public a rare opportunity to explore one of Ireland’s most significant... Read more »
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 »
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 »
‘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
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 »
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 »
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 »
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
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
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 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
“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
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 »
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 »
CEA: There is No Such Thing as Director-lite
THE Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) enforces any breach of company law by companies or the directors of a company. Michael Dillon, CEA’s Director of Legal, explains that... Read more »
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 »
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
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 »
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’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 »
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
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 – 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 »
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
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 »
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 »
Croke Park’s Newest Hospitality Experience
THIS EXCLUSIVE section blends the hospitality experience of Croke Park with a social, shared space, giving you the best of both worlds to enhance your match-day experience. Located in... Read more »
Brief Cases
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 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 »
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 »
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’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 »
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 »
Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern at National Design & Craft Gallery
The highly anticipated Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern exhibition has arrived at Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) National Design and Craft Gallery in Kilkenny. Running from February... Read more »
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