Affairs of the Nation

Alan Barrett

Affairs of the Nation

WHO FEARS TO SPEAK OF BORDER POLL?

CONCERNED NOISES are emanating from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), the only entity in the southern establishment that has clocked the political dynamics pushing the north towards a... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

PAUL KIMMAGE’S QUESTIONS

IT IS hard to understand why former Ireland rugby captain Jamie Heaslip and his ghost writer, the ubiquitous Matt Cooper, have been giving the outside shoulder to sports hack Paul... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

MARY ROBINSON’S SHRINE

THERE HAVE been some changes to the board of The Victoria House Foundation, the legal entity set up to progress the Mary Robinson shrine in Ballina, Co Mayo – aka... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Patrick Dorgan

Affairs of the Nation

LAW SOCIETY ROW: LIBEL THREATS

THE NORMALLY sedate AGM of the Mayo Solicitors’ Bar Association (the Mayo branch of the Law Society) was enlivened this year when a row about donations to a charity for... Read more »
Andrew Deeks

Affairs of the Nation

UCD REVOLT OVER NEWMAN BOYCOTT

UCD’S CRASS decision to boycott the canonisation of its founder, John Henry Newman, was reversed, the university said, because the government had reconsidered its own decision to ignore the event... Read more »
Karl Brophy

Affairs of the Nation

RED FLAG AGGRO

The recent release of Environmental Protection Agency data for 2018, revealing spiralling agri emissions, seemed like an odd day to unveil a new campaign promoting the most emissions-intensive forms of... Read more »
David Nucifora

Affairs of the Nation

CONFUSION AT CLONGOWES

CLONGOWES WOOD COLLEGE alumni have always and unashamedly prided themselves on providing “leaders in the areas of business, sport, politics and the arts”, and of “becoming men for others”. Naturally,... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

LIMERICK STUDENTS GO LOGO LOCO

Branding fever is once again gripping the University of Limerick (UL), where students are up in arms about a controversial new logo. At the time of writing, nearly 1,900 people... Read more »
Ed Guiney and Andrew Love

Affairs of the Nation

REVIEWING GALWAY’S €10M CINEMA HORROR

FANS OF Goldhawk are well acquainted with the historical horror-show behind Galway’s bijou Pálás cinema, originally promoted by Lelia Doolan’s Solas Galway Picture Palace group and very heavily backed by... Read more »
Tapaas Chakravarti

Affairs of the Nation

CATCHING UP WITH PETER PAN

A RECEIVER has just been appointed to the Irish end of a multi-million euro Indian animation outfit that is behind international TV shows such as Jungle Book, Peter Pan and... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Richard Oakley

Pillars of Society

PROFILE – RICHIE OAKLEY

THE LATEST in a long line of Sunday Business Post editors is Richie Oakley, late of the now-defunct Times Ireland, which crashed and burned... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Ciaran O'Carroll

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD – CIARÁN O’CARROLL

With the arrival from the UK and Europe of Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests on Irish shores, 32-year-old scientist and marketing executive Dr Ciarán O’Carroll... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Samantha McCaughren

Fit to Print?

INM’S BELGIAN BEER INTERVIEWS

SUNDAY INDEPENDENT editor Cormac Bourke’s “new role” as editor of the Irish Independent was announced in the Sindo recently, with Cormac quoted as looking forward to the “new challenge”. The... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

‘SINDO’ BLUSTER

THE REACTION of the Sunday Independent to Boris Johnson’s abandonment of his hard line on Brexit, the north and his former ‘allies’ (the DUP) varied from denial to bluster to... Read more »
Barry Egan

Fit to Print?

JOURNO AWARDS EGO FEST

DIGITAL-SAVVY hacks got into the Newsbrands Journalism Awards website some weeks ago (the gong circus is to be held in the Mansion House in a fortnight) and accessed the articles... Read more »

Last Refuge

Niall Collins

Last Refuge

COLLINS, DOOLEY: FF FALL-OUT

THE POLITICAL hit on frontbenchers Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins may be temporary as far as Fianna Fáil is concerned. However, Micheál Martin will be worried about the direct transfer... Read more »
Imelda Munster

Last Refuge

SINN FÉIN GONE TO THE DOGS

Sinn Féin’s business spokesperson, Imelda Munster, certainly reveals an aptitude for business, but the Louth TD has also found herself in the firing line over the party’s dramatic U-turn on... Read more »
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Last Refuge

MARIAN HARKIN TO RESCUE FG?

FORMER MEP Marian Harkin will either save Fine Gael in Sligo-Leitrim or sink them, with feelers going out to her from a desperate FG that has so far failed to... Read more »
Richard Boyd Barrett

Last Refuge

BOYD BARRETT AND CO FACING WIPE-OUT

IF SINN FÉIN is worried about dropping six or more of its 23 Dáil seats at the general election, the Trotskyist Solidarity/People Before Profit (PBP) should be worried about a... Read more »

Northwind

Leo Varadkar

Northwind

AUGUSTINE POLICY

The taoiseach told Today FM in a recent phone-in that he’d like to see a united Ireland in his lifetime, “but it must be a warm place for unionists and... Read more »

Hush Hush

John McMichael

Hush Hush

LOYALIST THREATS

THERE IS something ironic about PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne’s unprecedented political intervention last week, with his warnings about loyalist violence in the wake of Brexit. This was preceded by... Read more »
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Hush Hush

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S NEW UNIT

THERE ARE some harsh findings in the spending review on the Pálás cinema in Galway just published (see p6). Not surprisingly, the original promoters of the troubled project – Solas... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

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Bog Cuttings

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Lunged at ALL-IRELAND STAR A DRUNKEN man picked on a garda who has five All-Ireland senior football medals to his name, solicitor Pat Enright told Listowel District Court. When Jeff... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Mark Ruffalo

Fowl Emissions

RYAN WOBBLES ALREADY

After years as a fringe resistance movement in Kerry and Clare, the battle against Shannon LNG has suddenly gone implausibly mainstream, with a Hollywood star and the pope entering the... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

‘IRISH TIMES’ CLIMATE ISSUE

The ubiquitous ‘energy security’ bogeyman was enlisted for a recent survey by the Irish Offshore Operators’ Association, which asked was “finding more Irish natural gas more secure than importing from... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Cathy Kelly

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

While Agatha Christie is known as the queen of crime, Cathy Kelly has built a reputation as the queen of romance. Pavel Barter, Sunday Times O’Connell’s ‘fusion’ bears little resemblance... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Jess Ryan

High Society

JESS RYAN’S BEAUTY BUSINESS

EARLIER THIS year one of Ireland’s top retailers, Arthur Ryan – the power behind Penneys/Primark – passed away. His daughter, the glamorous Jess Ryan,... Read more »

High Society

Consuelo O’Connor

High Society

JOHN GIVEN’S HOUSE

FORMER Goodbody solicitor John Given has parachuted into Philip Lee law firm as a senior partner. He is one of the more interesting legal... Read more »

High Society

Pierre le Brocquy

High Society

PIERRE LE BROCQUY’S GRIPE

THE ROW over RTÉ’s decision to offload some artworks, most famously two by Louis le Brocquy, rumbles on. It is not surprising to see Louis’ son and former agent, Pierre... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Sinead O'Connor

Behind the Scenes

SINÉAD O’CONNOR’S TAX BILL

IT HAS been hard to avoid Sinéad O’Connor (aka Shuhada’ Davitt) recently and her media outings have successfully generated huge interest in her return to the stage after a four-year... Read more »
Jillian van Turnhout

Behind the Scenes

ALL ABOARD AT ARTS COUNCIL

THE LONG-overdue appointment of new Arts Council directors is to be welcomed. The incoming trio includes Claudine McMahon, Vodafone Ireland’s head of, er, talent, who can boast a two-year stint... Read more »
John Arkins

Behind the Scenes

JOHN ARKINS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

HALLOWEEN MAY not be the most auspicious date on which to close submissions for the audit by the Work Relations Commission (WRC) of the “Independent Film & Television Drama Production... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Jason Morris

Sport of Kings

THE QUEUE FOR DUNDALK

HAVING TAKEN remedial steps to improve the racing surface ahead of the winter season, Dundalk Racecourse again finds itself in the crosshairs, albeit through no fault of its own. It... Read more »
John Magnier has been thrust into the spotlight thanks to a legal dispute over the 750-acre Barne Estate in Tipperary, while Moya Doherty had a problem with her neighbour.

Sport of Kings

COOLMORE’S CONTRASTING FORTUNES

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S quest to win Australia’s richest race will have to wait another year after his crack sprinter, Ten Sovereigns, trailed in last of the 12 runners in The Everest... Read more »
John Gosden

Sport of Kings

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S FIREPOWER

THIS YEAR Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum’s Godolphin has been enjoying a significant resurgence. And alongside this operation are all the huge British-based racing outfits such as Juddmonte, Shadwell and King... Read more »
Pat Kelly

Sport of Kings

COSTLY ‘COSTLY DIAMOND’

TRAINER Pat Kelly’s record in taking on the stewards took a dent when his appeal over a running and riding incident didn’t go entirely his way. Kelly and jockey Paul... Read more »

Reviews

Jamie Heaslip - All In

Books

ALL IN – JAMIE HEASLIP (GILL AND MACMILLAN)

“I REALISED I had a problem in my relationship with the media and that I contributed to that, and I couldn’t just blame individual reporters or the media in general... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Stephen Vernon

Moneybags

GREEN REIT BONANZA FAR FROM A DONE DEAL

THE IMMINENT exit from the market of Green REIT represents an eye-watering killing for founders Steve Vernon and Pat Gunne, who will have taken... Read more »

Moneybags

Anne Heraty

Moneybags

BOOMING CPL CAN’T RECRUIT BIG SHAREHOLDERS

ANNE HERATY and her husband, Paul Carroll, are the dominant shareholders in the CPL recruitment group, with a combined 35% shareholding, which gives them... Read more »

Brief Cases

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Brief Cases

EUGENE MCCOOL’S COURTROOM SAGA

THERE WAS more High Court heartache recently for Goldhawk’s old pal Eugene McCool in the seemingly endless U11m scrap between his company, McCool Controls and Engineering Services Ltd (MCES), and... Read more »
Habib Gheewala

Brief Cases

HABIB GHEEWALA’S IRISH ASSETS

GOLDHAWK spotted a couple of interesting property companies where Goldman Sachs-backed vulture fund Beltany Property Finance DAC has just appointed receivers. Stars and Stripes Ltd and Beckland Ltd turn out... Read more »
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Brief Cases

SWAN DIVE

CARLOW businessmen John, Niall and Alex Swan have a very important date with insolvency specialist PJ Lynch next week in the Four Goldmines. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that Lynch... Read more »
Phil Geraghty

Brief Cases

PHIL GERAGHTY’S BUM NOTE

THE MUSIC might be about to stop at one of Limerick nightclub impresario Phil Geraghty’s companies. The taxman has filed a petition with the High Court to have Savage Management... Read more »
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Brief Cases

ANGELA OMAN’S APPEAL

SPARE A thought for Angela Oman, who has spent a fair few bob on legal costs over the last couple of years to no avail. Back in the good times,... Read more »
Mark Wright

Brief Cases

MARK WRIGHT STEPS DOWN

THERE HAVE been some predictable developments following on from the lodging of legal proceedings featuring members of the Wright family in Howth (see The Phoenix, 9/8/19). The case was lodged... Read more »
John Malone

Brief Cases

JOHN MALONE’S HOTEL RATES

THE HIGH Court has just issued a ruling that looks set to have significant implications for low-paid workers. The case involved staff in a Dublin 2 hotel that is controlled... Read more »