Affairs of the Nation

Micheál Martin

Affairs of the Nation

MARTIN RULES OK!

AT 69 YEARS Willie O’Dea appears to be the only so-called dissident in Fianna Fáil with the energy and ability to stand up to Micheál Martin and the supine leadership... Read more »
Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

CONAL HENRY V DAA

THE OPENING address of the new chair of the Shannon Group, Conal Henry, made uncomfortable reading for the powers that be at Dublin airport. Henry nudged DAA back into the... Read more »
Maria Steen

Affairs of the Nation

MARIA STEEN’S MAMMON

WITH A substantial pile on leafy Raglan Road on the market for an optimistic €5.2m (see p19), this could be a big year, property wise, for former estate agent Seán... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

CONOR CLARKSONS TAX BILL

FORMER RACEHORSE owner Conor Clarkson has suffered something of a setback just as he returns to the track. The dreaded taxman has registered a judgment for €20,000 against one of... Read more »
Frances Ruane

Affairs of the Nation

FRANCES RUANE’S AUDITION

INTERESTING TO see that former ESRI director Frances Ruane resigned last month as a director of the registered company behind the Abbey Theatre. Her term as chairwoman has come to... Read more »
Joe Bonner

Affairs of the Nation

FINE GAEL LIBELS

WHAT A litigious lot Meath East Blueshirts are. Last Monday Meath County Council meeting heard Fine Gael’s Cllr Alan Tobin apologise to Independent councillor Joe Bonner for wrongly accusing him... Read more »
Simon Coveney

Affairs of the Nation

EU TRADE THREAT TO ISRAEL

THE ROW over the Northern Ireland protocol is regarded by European Union countries and the commission as a serious threat to the single market. But another dispute arising from the... Read more »
Dutch Doherty

Affairs of the Nation

TALE OF TWO HONEY TRAPS

ANTHONY ‘DUTCH’ Doherty died earlier this year at Dublin’s Beaumont hospital age 71. He was part of an IRA unit – perhaps up to 10 in number – who planned... Read more »
Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

ELEMENT PICTURES’ UK MOOLAH

FOLLOWING THE sale to Fremantle by Conversations With Friends producers Element Pictures, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe have just filed accounts for their London vehicle, Element Pictures UK, which shows... Read more »
letters-to-editor

Affairs of the Nation

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

barristers’ low pay Dear Editor On June 3, 2022, a petition signed by 88 senior counsel and 182 junior counsel was hand-delivered to the Department of Justice alerting the minister... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Patrick Costello

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: PATRICK COSTELLO

IF GREEN Party leader Eamon Ryan thought Cllr Hazel Chu was a pain in the butt in recent times he ought to have known... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Louise O'Neill

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOODS: LOUISE O’NEILL

HER PENCHANT for surfing the zeitgeist and heavy employment of themes around sexuality, consent and power ensure that Louise O’Neill is the recipient of... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Ronan McGreevy

Fit to Print?

BALLOT BOX AND THE TWEET

HOPEFULLY A spirit of harmonious academic dialogue will prevail at the Seán MacDiarmada Summer School this weekend where Irish Times journalist and author Ronan McGreevy – a modern critic of... Read more »
Ivan Yates Nell McCafferty RTÉ Lord Laird Intro Matchmaking NewsBrands Martin McGuinness Dún Laoghaire Pat Leahy Cormac Lucey John Cooney Irish Journalism Awards Steve Aiken Anton Savage John Downing Lucinda Creighton Marina Sologub Eilis O'Hanlon Ian Kehoe Danny McConnell Sindo O'Connor Mediahuis Stephen Collins Book Justine McCarthy Rewriting the Troubles Lynn Ruane Sinn Féin

Fit to Print?

DENIS STAUNTON’S CHINESE TAKEAWAY

THE IRISH TIMES obviously believes it has turned a corner if the planned posting of London correspondent Denis Staunton to Beijing comes to pass. Those familiar with Staunton know that... Read more »
Colm McCarthy

Fit to Print?

RIGHT-WING ECONOMISTS COP ON

THE DEBATE engineered by Europhiles and generals aimed at abolishing neutrality egged on by the Irish Times Greek chorus has proved unsuccessful so far, despite the opportunist exploitation of Russia’s... Read more »

Last Refuge

Simon Coveney

Last Refuge

COVENEY ABANDONS HIS CONSTITUENCY

FEVERISH SPECULATION about the future political intentions of Simon ‘Covetous’ Coveney, already rife, have greatly intensified due to not only the usual gossip and rumour about his intentions but also... Read more »
Caroline Conroy

Last Refuge

CARDINAL RICHELIEU’S MISSUS

A RELATIVELY unknown Green Party councillor, Caroline Conroy, is set to become lord mayor of Dublin as a result of the deal struck with the Greens’ 10 Dublin city councillors... Read more »
Mary Lou McDonald

Last Refuge

“PERSONAL ANTIPATHIES”

rise of Sinn Féin in the polls has unnerved many in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael but some of the more hard-nosed handlers in these parties came up with an... Read more »
Josepha Madigan

Last Refuge

‘NEGLIGENT BEHAVIOUR’

NO POLITICIAN in the current Dáil typifies how instant political success can sometimes be followed by rapid decline than Fine Gael’s Josepha Madigan who shot in and out of cabinet... Read more »

Hush Hush

Annalena Baerbock

Hush Hush

GREENS RESILE ON NEUTRALITY

A MAJOR fault line has developed within the Irish Greens. Eamon Ryan and a majority of the parliamentary party seem at odds with the membership, councillors and possibly even its... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘Catch me if you can’ A MAN who shouted “catch me if you can” at gardaí after crashing a scrambler bike in Bailieborough has been warned it’s the last chance... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Gerard Howlin

Fowl Emissions

BERTIE’S OLD SPIN DOCTOR

OUR PUBLIC sphere is peppered with grumpy old men pontificating inexpertly on climate change, pushing pragmatism and pooh-poohing climate action. Goldhawk fans will be familiar with the opinions of Michael... Read more »
Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

Fowl Emissions

CLIMATE CAMP FIRES

“IS IT time to start blowing up pipelines?” That was the incendiary title of a webinar last month, hosted not by a revolutionary guerrilla faction but by the quite respectable... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Mark Dooley

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Free societies need people like Eoghan Harris – courageous contrarians who defy the culture of amnesia. Mark Dooley, European Conservative magazine A little piece of Notting Hill in the heart... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Alex Conyngham

High Society

ALEX CONYNGHAM’S LUXURY YURTS

THERE HAS been plenty of media exposure recently for Alex Conyngham, aka Lord Alexander Burton Conyngham, aka Earl of Mount Charles, thanks to his... Read more »

High Society

IHT CHL The Lion in Winter Racing Royalty Le Brocquy City of Troy Fitzwilliam Square AIRO Dermot Smurfit Ballinacarrig Park Club Cosgrave Fitzpatrick Keith Jameson National Gallery Collection Marissa Carter VG Tom Higgins Neil Jordan Laura Bonner Paul Ward Variety Jones Dtat Eathos Sharon Keegan Angela Scanlon Desmond Canouan Bellair Estate Bobby Flay John O’Conor Portrait of Omai Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile Wedding NGI Board Rachel Flynn JP McMahon Ash Quinn Pamela Laird Abdullah Al Naboodah Boundless Ocean

High Society

JERRY PADIAN’S PATENTS

GOLDHAWK RECENTLY reported on the appointment to the board of the Irish Heritage Trust (IHT) of Blueshirt politician-turned-lobbyist Avril Doyle. Another interesting name to... Read more »

High Society

Sean Davin

High Society

SEÁN DAVIN SELLS UP

A MOST impressive pile on Raglan Road in the heart of Dublin 4 has gone on the market with an eye-popping price tag of €5.25m. The owner should have a... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Avril Stanley

Behind the Scenes

STANLEY’S DIVIDENDS

THIS WEEKEND sees the return of the Body & Soul festival at Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath, which, according to the Irish Times, provides “the perfect opportunity to reignite your festival... Read more »
Tailored Films Screen Ireland Perspectives DCCI Crescine Tarka Russell Lara Hickey Reality Check Sarah McInerney Irish Movies Paul Murray Arts Council Dublin Theatre Festival TWU Macdara Kelleher Richard Boyd Barrett DADC Cillian Murphy Terry McMahon Media Commission Ireland Kerlin Gallery Creative Ireland Section 481 Christine O’Donovan RTÉ Storyland NMI Board Vacancies IASCA Ossie Kilkenny RTÉ Original Programmes

Behind the Scenes

DÉSIRÉE FINNEGAN’S DELAYED RELEASE

FANS OF Goldhawk will recall that Désirée Finnegan’s Screen Ireland had quietly commissioned a €75,000 ‘inaugural’ report into the cultural impact of the Section 481 tax bonanza for film and... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Joe Keeling

Sport of Kings

JOE KEELING’S CRITICS

NO MATTER the apparent PR value of any gesture especially one of real scale, there will always be a critic or two waiting in the turf. Joe Keeling’s recent announcement... Read more »
Brendan Duke Adrian Murray Mick Bailey

Sport of Kings

KEVIN DOYLE’S OWN GOAL

THERE WAS a twist in the tale of ex-footie star Kevin Doyle’s ballsy bloodstock investment when it transpired that Doyle’s half-brother to Altior was ‘bought back’ by the former international... Read more »
Aidan O'Brien

Sport of Kings

BALLYDOYLE’S YOUNG GUNS

AIDAN O’BRIEN will be banking on some big performances from his squad of two-year-olds at Royal Ascot this week to boost morale in Ballydoyle. The master trainer was, no doubt,... Read more »
Paddy Twomey

Sport of Kings

PADDY TWOMEY’S TOP FORM

TIPPERARY TRAINER Paddy Twomey’s business has been on a steep upward curve this past couple of years and the progress has been amplified further this season, with Twomey operating at... Read more »

Reviews

NORA - NUALA O’CONNOR

Books

NORA – NUALA O’CONNOR

THE CHOSEN book for this year’s One Dublin One Book initiative is a richly fictionalised biography of Nora Barnacle’s life and times. Having already written accounts of poets Emily Dickinson... Read more »
Simon Delaney

Reviews

ON THE ROADS WITH SIMON DELANEY – RTÉ ONE

AS PROGRAMME pitches go, a road safety series fronted by Simon Delaney is hardly the most electrifying. On The Roads… is also part of RTÉ’s ongoing attempt to rectify its... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Dalton Philips

Moneybags

LOADSAMONEY AT DISASTROUS DAA

THE SCENES at Dublin airport last month have shone an international spotlight on Dublin Airport Authority (DAA). In front of the Dáil committee the... Read more »

Moneybags

Michael Stanley

Moneybags

CAIRN HOMES SHARES STILL STRUGGLING DESPITE UNDERVALUATION

DESPITE AN audacious incentive package that resulted in the vesting of more than 80 million so-called founder shares following the float in 2015, Cairn... Read more »

Briefcases

David Coulson

Briefcases

DAVID COULSON’S ROUGH SEAS

THE MARINA company owned by the former CEO of Grafton Group – Ballsbridge-based Mick Chadwick – has just registered a judgment against Dalkey’s David ‘Tramyard’ Coulson. The judgment, for a... Read more »
Crohan O'Shea

Briefcases

CROHAN O’SHEA’S BARGAIN MANSION

A MANSION overlooking Killiney Bay (“on Dublin’s Riviera” according to the Business Post last month) is currently on the market for no less than €7.9m, which looks pretty steep by... Read more »
Pat McDonagh

Briefcases

FAST-FOOD FRACAS

IN RUSSIA, McDonald’s made headlines when it was replaced in Moscow by franchisee Alexander Govor’s homegrown version of the burger chain, Vkusno i Tochka. Back at home there are problems... Read more »
Alan Torpey

Briefcases

ALAN TORPEY’S TURBULENCE

THE EXAMINERSHIP this week of the Ryco book cover company is the second major setback for this firm. Its enterprising principal, Malta-based Irish number cruncher Alan Torpey, has had his... Read more »