Affairs of the Nation

Simon Coveney

Affairs of the Nation

IRELAND TO ALLY WITH ISRAELI ARMY?

THERE HAS been no coverage by Irish media of a dramatic EU decision that could see EU states – including Ireland – involved in military action abroad alongside the Israeli... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

ALI RYAN’S FIGURES

ALI RYAN, Goldhawk’s favourite celeb spotter, and the chief executive of Goss Media, has been generating her fair share of headlines recently. Less publicised has been a slight setback in... Read more »
Colm Fox

Affairs of the Nation

FOX FAMILY LAWYERS UP

THINGS ARE starting to get rather complicated in relation to the tragic death of detective superintendent Colm Fox almost three years ago. Three new sets of legal proceedings have just... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Sean Haughey

Affairs of the Nation

HAUGHEY TELLS MARTIN TO GO

THE NORMALLY inoffensive Fianna Fáil TD, Seán Haughey, let loose with both barrels against his leader, Micheál Martin, last weekend, remarking sweetly that the Taoiseach was unlikely to lead the... Read more »
Patrick Doran

Affairs of the Nation

PATRICK DORAN’S BIG BUCKS

INTERESTING TO see an Irish-backed operation raising big bucks in the US. One of the principals here turns out to be Patrick Doran, a super rich recent arrival on Shrewsbury... Read more »
Gerry O’Carroll

Affairs of the Nation

KERRY BABIES: COLDEST CASE

THE RECENT settlement between Joanne Hayes’ family and government (€2.5m) coupled with an apology and declaration that the Kerry Babies Tribunal reached incorrect conclusions afforded some justice to the family.... Read more »
Catherine Martin

Affairs of the Nation

CATHERINE MARTIN’S EMPTY CHAIR

MEDIA, TOURISM and culture minister Catherine Martin was effusive in her praise of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) earlier this month when the agency unveiled its new three-year strategy... Read more »
Ailish Kelly

Affairs of the Nation

AILISH KELLY’S ‘ZOOM BOOM’

PRESUMABLY cosmetic surgery queen Ailish Kelly and her daughter, Niamh Murdock, were delighted with a plug – in the Business Post of all places – that they received earlier this... Read more »
Rupert Murdoch

Affairs of the Nation

JUSTINE MCCARTHY’S MISCHIEF

WHAT A curious and perhaps mischievous column Sunday Times journalist Justine McCarthy penned after Donald Trump supporters laid siege to Washington DC’s Capitol building. McCarthy wrote that while much of... Read more »
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Pillars of Society

Bethany Home

Pillars of Society

BETHANY BABY HOME AND THE IRISH TIMES

THE REPORT of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes dominated news coverage recently, especially in the Irish Times which has always... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Jake Browne

The Young Bloods

THOMAS ARNOLD & JAKE BROWNE

If we’re to give them credit for anything around the shambles that was the Goat/Go House, it’s that its co-founders Thomas Arnold and Jake... Read more »

Fit to Print?

John Cooney

Fit to Print?

McQUAID’S LONG SHADOW

STRANGELY, IN his recent Irish Times column titled “McQuaid’s long shadow hangs over baby homes” – and on RTÉ with Claire Byrne – Ireland’s best-known historian, Diarmaid Ferriter, omitted to mention allegations... Read more »
George Nkencho

Fit to Print?

SINDO REVERTS TO TYPE

THE NEED to stand out and be contrarian, even provocative, has become almost de rigueur for many hacks trying to build a profile for themselves. But it’s not what one... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

SUCCEEDING FRANK FITZGIBBON

THE EDITOR’S seat at the Aawrish edition of the Sunday Times is still vacant since the announcement by Frank Fitzgibbon that he was retiring from the hot spot. That was... Read more »
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Last Refuge

Jack Chambers

Last Refuge

CHAMBERS CASHIERED BY COVENEY

FLUSHED, APPARENTLY, with promotional success, Jack Chambers, told the Business Post on January 10 of a catalogue of initiatives he would be driving given his position as “the newly appointed... Read more »
Shane Ross

Last Refuge

BLUESHIRT VENGEANCE

THE NEXUS between judges, legal eagles and politicians was unwittingly underlined by barrister Rossa Fanning’s recent onslaught in the Sunday Independent against ex-minister Shane Ross for his disrespectful criticism of... Read more »
Eoin Ó Broin

Last Refuge

SF COALITION PARTNERS

RECENT REMARKS by Sinn Féin brainbox, housing spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin, about potential coalition government with Fianna Fáil will have been listened to with as much interest by FF members... Read more »
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Last Refuge

CORRECTION

In an article in The Phoenix, 15 January, 2021, headlined ‘HEALTH MINISTER’S FUTURE’, Cllr Rory O’Connor was incorrectly named as Seán O’Connor, and Wicklow Times editor Shay Fitzmaurice was incorrectly... Read more »

Hush Hush

Willie Frazer

Hush Hush

TORY RED HAND

THE ASSASSINATION of yet another collusion campaigner will be commemorated soon – Lurgan solicitor, Rosemary Nelson, March 1999 – but that hasn’t stopped the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) from continuing... Read more »
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Hush Hush

DUP’S ‘PEACE-BUILDING’

DUP LINKED human-rights-abusing countries such as Bahrain, Moldova, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Israel have all received long-term military training from British armed forces, not only on UK territory but... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

Following Orders Letterkenny District Court heard the case of a man who compared customs officials to Nazi officers when stopped at a checkpoint. Michael McGee, of Glenleigham, Fintown, was stopped... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Eamon Ryan

Fowl Emissions

CETA: RYAN RULES

BACK IN 2017, when Green Party leader Eamon Ryan was front and centre in the civil society campaign against CETA, the EU-Canada trade deal, his party adopted a policy that... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

NOT SO CUDDLY CANADA

CANADA HAS a fairly benign image here, personified by heart-throb prime minister Justin Trudeau, but its corporate sector is far from cuddly. Quite a few of the Canadian firms operating... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Kathryn Thomas

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

It’s not only billionaires who can work and travel at the same time. Kathryn Thomas, Irish Independent But somehow, Tubridy’s spiel doesn’t drag. If anything, the subatomic weightlessness of his... Read more »

High Society

John Power

High Society

JOHN POWER’S NEW HAT

THERE HAVE been a couple of new riders introduced on the board of the Curragh Racecourse Ltd, including Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) senior suit Paul Dermody and Limerick solicitor John... Read more »
Consuelo O’Connor

High Society

MICHEAL MAUGHAN’S EXIT

GOLDHAWK NOTES that moneybags Michael Maughan has stepped down from the board of the Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland, where there are now only six directors left in... Read more »
Swiftwood

High Society

NOEL McMAHON’S PENTHOUSE

SOME PROPERTIES that went on the market during the pandemic have been receiving a second round of media plugs, using the lockdown theme to draw in potential punters. For example,... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Eva Kenny

Behind the Scenes

EVA KENNY’S APPOINTMENT

CULTURE MINISTER Catherine Martin was busy in the run-up to Christmas, filling some vacancies on the board of IMMA, although there is only one new face. There are other seats... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

THE TAXMAN GIVETH

WITH THE taxman having just published details of fourth quarter 2020 beneficiaries of the generous film and TV tax incentive Goldhawk wondered about the cost to the taxpayer of the... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Joseph O'Brien

Sport of Kings

JOSEPH O’BRIEN’S JUMPING

JOSEPH O’BRIEN must be looking forward to the resumption of flat racing this spring after enduring a challenging time with his jumps string in recent times. Although a Galway Plate... Read more »
Georg von Opel

Sport of Kings

COOLMORE’S GERMAN PAL

THE COOLMORE gang seems to have cemented a strong relationship with a German billionaire named Georg von Opel. This looks to have resulted in a very nice bit of business... Read more »
David Mullins

Sport of Kings

MULLINS BOWS OUT

IT IS very rare when a 24-year-old multiple Grade 1 and Grand National-winning jockey decides to hang up his boots without the excuse of injury or weight issues but that... Read more »
Charles Byrnes

Sport of Kings

DRONE MOAN

THE LENGTHS some dodgy overseas punters will go to in order to get an edge in their betting has been highlighted by the recent suspension of trainer Charles Byrnes. Although... Read more »

Reviews

Leonard and Hungry Paul

Books

LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL – (RÓNÁN HESSION)

THE NEW One Dublin One Book offering this year is the debut novel by musician Hession (aka Mumblin’ Deaf Ro), which was first published in March 2019. It’s a strange... Read more »
Sh!t Happens

Reviews

GET MY SH!T TOGETHER – RTÉ PLAYER

ALONGSIDE COVID, a silent epidemic has been quietly building in recent times – that of half-arsed lockdown programming on the RTÉ Player. Following on from the dire socially distanced dating show Love... Read more »

Moneybags

Peter Jackson

Moneybags

FLUTTER ROLLS THE DICE IN THE USA

AS THE US sports betting sector gradually opens, there is clearly a huge market emerging as individual states legislate for online sports betting. This is proving a slow process, however,... Read more »
Patrick Coveney

Moneybags

GREENCORE’S SHARES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE

PADDY COVENEY has now been CEO of Greencore for more than a decade. His core objective was to turn the group into “a leading international manufacturer of convenience food” but... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Conor McGregor

The Hot Water Brigade

CONOR MCGREGOR’S LENDERS

CONOR MCGREGOR, who is battling a million-euro assault claim in the High Court, reportedly made more than €5m in his humbling defeat to Dustin Poirier last weekend. The defeat will... Read more »
Judge Aileen Donnelly

The Hot Water Brigade

ANTHONY FITZPATRICK’S ‘OBJECTIVE BIAS’ CLAIM

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with a legal saga surrounding the liquidation of Star Elm Frames Ltd (SEF), which was the subject of a winding-up petition in June 2016... Read more »
Jim Farrell

The Hot Water Brigade

HRI HANDICAPPED

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see the Irish Examiner reporting that Horse Racing Ireland, (HRI) has claimed to the Public Accounts Committee that it dropped €390,000 as a result of the... Read more »
David McKeown

The Hot Water Brigade

TIKTOK TENANTS

ELSEWHERE in this issue Goldhawk takes a look at the TikTok players who set up the so-called The Go House before going offline in the run-up to Christmas. The operation,... Read more »
Stephen Evans-Freke

The Hot Water Brigade

CASTLE FREKE’S VIEWS

GOLDHAWK favourite millionaire Wall Street banker, Stephen Evans-Freke, has suffered a setback in his efforts to block the demolition of a former hotel and the construction of nine houses near... Read more »