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June 02 - June 15, 2017
Affairs of the Nation
THE BUCK STOPS NOWHERE
IF Leo Varadkar is half as smart as his supporters make out, he will stamp his authority on the new administration by immediately making an example of at least one... Read more »
DCC SUES PHILIP McGLADE
HIGH COURT proceedings have just been initiated by Temple Bar Cultural Trust (now controlled by Dublin City Council) against a couple of familiar names on the Dublin scene – the... Read more »
JOHN MORIARTY’S SWIMMING LESSON
SPARE A thought for John Moriarty, Kieran Ruttledge and Liam Bohan, the principals in Dublin Waterworld Ltd (DWL) who, Goldhawk can reveal, have just had a €30m claim for damages... Read more »
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DECLAN KELLY GOES REPUBLICAN (US)
TENEO principal, Declan Kelly, would have been anything but embarrassed at allegations in recent years that he provided his multinational clients with access to the White House. That’s what Teneo’s... Read more »
EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE AT COI GAZETTE
CHURCH of Ireland Gazette editor, Canon Ian Ellis, has just retired and he leaves behind a legacy that puts The Irish Times to shame in the fundamental area of child... Read more »
BILDERBERGER’S BOY IN IRELAND
THE shadowy Bilderberg Group, that elite assembly of bankers, industrialists, politicians and military bosses is currently holding its 2017 conference in Chantilly, Virginia under the chairmanship of Henri de Castries,... Read more »
SIMON COVENEY’S FORMER FRIENDS
RIGHT up to the last hours of the Fine Gael leadership contest Simon Coveney’s team persuaded themselves that ‘defeat-jaws-victory-snatch’ was on the cards. Their calculation was that the 21 declared... Read more »
Who Is Declan Kearney?
THE Sunday Independent’s public act of contrition and apology to a “Mr Declan Kearney” last weekend admitted that their assertion about him in an article on 19/2/17 being “a one-time... Read more »
Pillars of Society
Leslie Buckley
THESE ARE testing times for the chairman of Independent News and Media (INM), Leslie Buckley, trusted lieutenant and boardroom representative of the group’s biggest... Read more »
The Young Bloods
Cllr John Lyons
ODDS on an early general election have shortened with the advent of a new Fine Gael leader and Leo Varadkar has already outlined part... 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?
COVENEY’S INDO CHOIR GIRLS
THE Irish Independent made a desperate attempt to rally support for its favoured Fine Gael contender Simon Coveney last Saturday while also lauding Simon’s siren Kate O’Connell, one of just... Read more »
Harris’s Pendulum Swings Again
THE straight-talking, no-nonsense Eoghan Harris told Sindo readers and Newstalk’s Ivan Yates recently that if he were a Fine Gael member he would vote for Leo Varadkar as leader. This,... Read more »
Israeli Intervention?
THE Irish Times appears to be the target of a cyber attack from Israeli supporters as a concerted attempt has been made to reverse its poll on support or not... Read more »
Last Refuge
DR VARADKAR’S DILEMMA
LEO Varadkar has received favourable commentary for his work ethic in his chosen profession of medicine in early life – “a young man who gave over his life to medicine”... Read more »
FRANCES FITZGERALD’S FINESSE
TÁNAISTE and justice minister, Frances Fitzgerald, has degenerated from being a potential Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach to a minister fighting for her political life within a matter of months.... Read more »
Simon’s Tactics
SIMON COVENEY was congratulated for his plucky and gentlemanly fight back against Leo Varadkar’s Conor McGregor type assault in the first days of the leadership campaign. But Simon’s side was... Read more »
Leo’s Headache
LEO VARADKAR’S troika in the South-East of Kilkenny TD, John Paul Phelan, Wexford junior defence minister, Paul Kehoe and his constituency rival, Michael D’Arcy TD, gives the new leader a... Read more »
martin baulks at action on vulture funds
Micheál Martin appears to have developed a Hamlet complex. The conservatism and fear of a premature election that has seized the party over the last few months has paralysed Fianna... Read more »
Bog Cuttings
‘Your shirt is too pink’ Kerry county councillors have voted in favour of a motion calling for a dress code to be introduced for TDs and county councillors. Fine Gael... Read more »
Fowl Emissions
VICTIMISED CLIMATE DENIERS
FROM the moment Claire Byrne uttered her sulky opening question – “Climate change: should anyone dare to debate the fundamentals?” – it was clear this would be RTÉ at its... Read more »
Bird's Eye View
UUP TO SUFFER IN NI ELECTION
All elections in the north are polarising but none more than British general elections using the sudden death first-past-the-post voting system. The results of these elections confront the southern media... Read more »
The Hot Air Brigade
I was in the jacks at about 2.30am and two lads, who were leaning up against the urinal, started giving me a lecture on remortgaging and second homes. David McWilliams... Read more »
High Society
THE TAN WAR
LAST WEEK, the Oirish Mail on Sunday highlighted a move by make-up/lifestyle blogger and cosmetics phenomenon, Suzanne Jackson “into Marissa’s patch” – claiming that... Read more »
JAMIE to cut the FAT
THESE ARE unhealthy times for Jamie Myerscough, grandson of the late Vincent O’Brien (whose daughter Jane is married to former auctioneer Philip Myerscough of... Read more »
BAD DREAMS IN CASTLE DURROW
THE OWNERS of Castle Durrow outside Abbeyleix – Peter and Shelly Stokes – will have been delighted with the puff piece in the Sunday Times last weekend highlighting their adventures... 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
NO PIZZA FOR SELINA CARTMELL
AS SHE gets started as the new director at the Gate Theatre, Selina Cartmell seems intent on doing all she can to break with the Michael Colgan-stamped past. In recent... Read more »
STILL ON THE HUNT
STILL NO sign of white smoke at the Hunt Museum in Limerick, where the former Director, Hugh Maguire, exited exactly one year ago. Maybe the arrival of a new director... Read more »
MICHAEL O’KEEFFE’S €5M
THERE WAS good news for assorted producers last month when Michael O’Keefe’s Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) dished out over €5m in grants to the independent TV luvvies under its... Read more »
Sport of Kings
ENGLISH LESSON
UP AND COMING young Dublin trainer, Damien English, has carved out a well-earned reputation for buying cheap cast-offs from other trainers and developing them into winning machines. But he must... Read more »
MOOLAH FOR McCARTAN
JIM McCARTAN has been having a stellar season at the breeze up sales (see The Phoenix 5/5/17) and he landed another almighty touch in France a couple of weeks ago.... Read more »
Tatts v Goffs
With two strong Irish companies operating in the small market of Irish bloodstock sales there is always going to be attempts to get ‘one over’ on the opposition. Recently Goffs... Read more »
COMER CASE CLOSED?
THE TURF CLUB certainly finds itself in an awkward position with moneybags Luke Comer these days. After handing out another €2,500 fine plus €5,000 costs to the wannabe trainer, Denis... Read more »
Books
SKINTOWN – CIARÁN McMENAMIN (DOUBLEDAY)
THIS DEBUT novel touches on well-trodden aspects of yoof culture, with themes of male friendship and the prospect of redemption running the length of the book. Occasionally echoing Irvine Welsh... Read more »
ITHACA – ALAN McMONAGLE (PICADOR)
THE DEBUT novel from Galway-based Alan McMonagle is set in the summer of 2019 in an unnamed Irish Midlands town “miles from anywhere, and built inside a hole made out... Read more »
Movies
IN VIEW – DIRECTED BY CIARAN CREAGH
WHEN IT comes to film pitches, a story about a suicidal Garda officer is not exactly Pirates Of The Caribbean. It is much to the credit of the writer-director of... Read more »
Moneybags
Glanbia farmers sold down the river
SIOBHÁN TALBOT has now been group managing director of the Glanbia plc group for four years and, in that time, she has turned on... Read more »
Why Heavey must exit undervalued Tullow
IT IS not often Irish companies are covered in the agenda-setting Lex column of the Financial Times but at the beginning of March, on... 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
Aussie BBQ burns the taxman
WELL done to south Dublin businessman Barry Sheehan whose company Rathmond Ireland Ltd had a good day in the High Court recently courtesy of Judge Caroline Costello. Rathmond is the... Read more »
Niall McGarry’s apology
FANS OF Goldhawk are well aware of the ups and downs at Niall McGarry’s Maximum Media group – the entity behind Her.ie and Joe.ie. In recent times, there have been... Read more »
Gerry Adams’s Actions
hoping to build up his pension pot before retiring later in the year. The SF president is suing the BBC for its Spotlight programme’s ‘exclusive’ on the Donaldson murder last... Read more »
Stormy weather for wind farm investors
SPARE a thought for investors in Sunflower Design Ltd who claim they are still getting short shrift from the directors of the company. The exasperated backers have been given a... Read more »
Murray’s Twitter Index
READERS will recall an article a few weeks ago about the Murray Tweet Index, an annual ranking of Irish journalists on Twitter by PR agency Murray Consultants. The index assesses... Read more »
Blooming Success
PHOENIX PARK is again set to be choc-a-bloc with garden enthusiasts, foodies and assorted day trippers for the annual Bloom Festival run under the auspices of Bord Bia. While the... 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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