Affairs of the Nation

Ukraine Refugees Ireland

Affairs of the Nation

UKRAINIAN SILVER LINING

WITH AROUND 50,000 Ukrainian refugees now in Ireland, accommodating them has obviously caused some headaches. What is interesting, however, is that millions of euro continues to be allocated to some... 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

KENNEL CLUB’S NEXT DOGFIGHT

FRIDAY NIGHT sees the latest monthly gathering of Irish Kennel Club (IKC) members, many of whom continue to fear a sale of the National Show Centre to moneybags Noel Smyth.... 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

GELDOF’S ‘TENANT’

WHEN MOTORMOUTH, and landlord, Bob Geldof paid a flying visit to Ireland this summer to visit Skibbereen and recall famine atrocities, he presumably checked in on some of his property... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Boris Johnson

Affairs of the Nation

MI6 FIGHT BORIS RETURN

BORIS JOHNSON ended his premiership with a campaign for his political rehabilitation and return via a ‘farewell tour’, showcasing his achievements to the Tory faithful. Does he hope for a... Read more »
Ed Guiney

Affairs of the Nation

ED GUINEY’S MOVIE MARATHONS

IT MAY have come as something of a surprise that the biggest movie hit of the season by far, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick, opened at the two ‘arthouse’ cinemas... Read more »
Leo Varadkar United Ireland

Affairs of the Nation

VARADKAR’S NORTHERN PLOT

WHILE Taoiseach Micheál Martin mulls over his chances of surviving as Fianna Fáil leader until the next election, his replacement as leader of the country in December, Leo Varadkar, is... Read more »
Ruadhan Mac Cormaic Irish Times New Editor

Affairs of the Nation

‘IRISH TIMES’ EDITORIAL CONTEST

THE RACE to become the new editor at the Irish Times will be more complex, political even, than normal with the ascendancy of the commercial side of the house –... 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

SIMON COVENEY’S TRAINING MISSION

GOLDHAWK BOWS to the military genius and alacrity displayed by defence personnel recently when the question of Irish involvement in an EU training mission was leaked to the Irish Times.... Read more »
Simon Coveney Ireland Nato

Affairs of the Nation

FACTS ON THE GROUND

AS PHOENIX readers will know, Ireland’s co-operation with Nato has deepened in recent years. The Defence Forces involvement in Nato’s operational capability concept (OCC) since 2016 is possibly the most... Read more »
Kevin McPartlan Ireland Biofuels

Affairs of the Nation

ZERO CRED

As the climate crisis deepens, it is heartening to see corporate Ireland respond to the emergency. Take the new group, The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH), which is proposing... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Archbishop Eamon Martin

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: EAMON MARTIN

AGED 61 with already a decade of donning the purple behind him and 15 years to go before his retirement in 2037, Eamon Martin... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Aimee Connolly

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: AIMEE CONNOLLY

AT 29, cosmetics queen Aimee Connolly has already achieved a significant level of success, with her Sculpted By Aimee brand generating a striking looking... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Dana RTÉ Eurovision

Fit to Print?

RTÉ BOYCOTTS DANA

THE CRASS behaviour by RTÉ in failing to invite Dana to participate in the RTÉ Concert Orchestra celebration of Eurovision is still confounding those concerned. Dana was the first and... 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?

LYNN RUANE’S PARTY

THE SUNDAY TIMES’ Atticus column recently published a sniffy piece about “Sinn Féin politician” Senator Lynn Ruane, who failed in her complaint to the Press Ombudsman over comments made about... Read more »
Eve Morrison

Fit to Print?

REVISIONIST FEUD

THE FEUD between two media academics and politicos continues at TCD next week when historian Eve Morrison gives a lecture about the November 1920 Kilmichael ambush about which, she claims,... Read more »

Last Refuge

Dara Calleary

Last Refuge

CALLEARY BACK AT COURT

THE UNASSUMING if still ambitious figure of ex-minister Dara Calleary can be seen stalking the corridors of power again, albeit as a mere junior minister. Some believe – or have... Read more »
Clare Daly Mick Wallace Russia

Last Refuge

DALY AND WALLACE TARGETED

MEPS CLARE Daly and Mick Wallace continue to be singled out for special treatment by the media as well as Government politicians. The Irish Mail on Sunday (reflecting its London-based... Read more »
Emma Blain Leo Varadkar Constituency

Last Refuge

LEO TO SWITCH CONSTITUENCY?

SPECULATION SURROUNDS the personal intentions of Leo Varadkar at the next general election and in particular whether he will leave Dublin West for southside constituency Dublin Bay South (DBS). This... Read more »
Paschal Donohoe Finance

Last Refuge

PASCHAL DONOHOE’S VIRTUE SIGNALLING

BENEATH THE Blueshirts bonding bonhomie at their Kilkenny think-in this weekend, there will undoubtedly lurk some malicious thoughts and no small resentment at various leadership personalities.  Chief among these is... Read more »

Hush Hush

Caitriona Heini Irish Arms Industry

Hush Hush

IRISH MILITARY INDUSTRIAL PLAN?

ALONG WITH the huge increase in defence funding ‘agreed’ by the Government (a planned rise from €1.1bn to €1.9bn by 2028), there has been a significant push to develop an... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘Who’s Going To Ride Me?’ A 33-YEAR-OLD TV production graduate appeared before Dundalk District Court charged with public intoxication and being threatening and abusive towards gardaí, who had received reports... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Charlie McConalogue Irish Agricultural Emissions

Fowl Emissions

POISONOUS DEBATE

THE IRISH agricultural sector only recently signed up to challenging 25% cuts in overall emissions by 2030. Since the overwhelming bulk of these emissions come from ruminant livestock, you might... Read more »
Climate Disinformation Coillte Climate Action EU Livestock NDC Claude Etchelamendy Ed Brophy Richard Boyd-Barrett Kish Dale Crammond Frank Mitloehner Shell Greenwashing Meta Data Centres Ireland

Fowl Emissions

DAMIEN O’REILLY’S EMISSIONS

ALSO CONCERNED about the tenor of the agri debate is Damien O’Reilly, presenter of Countrywide on RTÉ and columnist with the Irish Farmers Journal, sponsor of his radio show. In... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Fintan O'Toole

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

When my son was 2, I heard him mumbling to himself as he was going to sleep, ‘Mikhail Gorbachev’. It sounded like a promise that the world he would grow... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Paddock Wood Brendan McCabe House

High Society

BRENDAN McCABE’S PRICEY PADDOCK

THE LATEST ‘super-prime’ property to come on the market is the impressive Paddock Wood pile on Killiney Hill Road, famously formerly owned by the... 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

PAMELA LAIRD’S MOXIE

PAMELA LAIRD, a former star of both the Irish version of Dragon’s Den and Alan Sugar’s version of The Apprentice, is rarely far from... Read more »

High Society

Patrick Guinness

High Society

PATRICK GUINNESS’S AQUACULTURE

INTERESTING TO see that an aquaculture company called A Harvest Industry Ltd (AHI) has gone into liquidation. AHI was incorporated in December 2016 and the most surprising player here turned... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

SCENES Pride 2022 IDGTF

Behind the Scenes

MARTIN’S TIMELY GRANT

IT TURNS out that the arts department was particularly eager to support Brian Merriman’s International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival (IDGTF) after the Arts Council (AC) pulled the plug. The timing... 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

DEE FORBES’S PLEADINGS

THE INTRO to RTÉ’s autumn season launch is familiar to perusers of press releases from assorted Irish film festivals, Screen Ireland, IFTA and film industry organisations: “This upcoming season from... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Ross Coakley

Sport of Kings

COAKLEY COMES A CROPPER

YOUNG IRISH jockey Ross Coakley’s career has been on an upward curve since he relocated to England last year but the rider’s momentum has been severely halted by a particularly... Read more »
John Joseph Murphy Tony Hunt

Sport of Kings

MURPHY’S LAW

IT HAS been reported that Cork trainer John Joseph Murphy was recently fined €4,000 by the referrals committee of Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (chaired by Tony Hunt) after one of... Read more »
Kia Joorabchian Crispy Cat Horse

Sport of Kings

RYAN OUT OF AMO

IT HAS been an eventful week for Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing. The increasingly familiar ownership group, run by the UK-based football investor, has suffered from a case of second album... Read more »
Michael Grassick Ryan McElligott IRTA

Sport of Kings

RYAN McELLIGOTT’S NEW JOB?

AFTER 10 years as head of the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (IRTA), Michael Grassick is set to dismount. Although there has been no official announcement yet, Goldhawk understands that Ryan... Read more »

Reviews

Lydia McGuinness New RTÉ Drama

Reviews

NORTH SEA CONNECTION – RTÉ ONE

FOR THOSE who think RTÉ’s drama output is a bit of a cod, it’s perhaps fitting that the national broadcaster’s new Sunday night series is a fishing thriller. Set in... Read more »
Factory Girls

Books|Reviews

FACTORY GIRLS – MICHELLE GALLEN

THE CASTLEDERG author’s debut novel Big Girl, Small Town (2020) features a 27-year-old chip-shop worker trapped in a Co Tyrone backwater during the 1970s. It offers an ominously comic perspective... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

David Horgan

Moneybags

CLONTARF ENERGY’S TINY VALUATION COULD PROVE TEMPTING

LAST MONTH there was bad news for shareholders in Clontarf Energy. The Australian gas well, Sasanof-1, in which the company has a 10% stake... Read more »

Moneybags

Colin Hunt

Moneybags

COLIN HUNT V FRANCESCA MCDONAGH

AT AIB, Colin Hunt reversed his attempt to withdraw cash facilities from 70 branches nationwide after getting a right hammering from commentators and politicians.... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

John Malone Powerscourt Hotel

The Hot Water Brigade

POWERSCOURT POWER PLAY

THE BATTLE of the super-rich landowners of Wicklow over staff quarters on the grounds of American billionaire John Malone’s Powerscourt Hotel has now escalated to An Bord Pleanála, which will... Read more »
ZMG Cyril Murphy Newbridge College Peter Wilson Sporting Emporium Chris Wholey O'Kane God’s Creatures Film Tax Relief Anne Rossi Desmond Live Nation ESCADIA LTD Al Porter Comeback Gordon Elliott Clayton Love Ivan Wilde hot-water-brigade Parnells GAA Lawsuit

The Hot Water Brigade

DUBLIN PARNELLS’ OWN GOAL

LOOKS LIKE the long-established Parnells GAA club in Coolock, D5, might have scored an own goal following a costly lawsuit. Certainly, someone took their eye off the ball to allow... Read more »
Jim McGettigan Ukraine Hotel Contracts

The Hot Water Brigade

RODERIC O’GORMAN’S WAR EFFORT

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p3) Goldhawk examines the awarding of contracts to accommodation providers, particularly hotel owners in relation to the arrival here of 50,000 refugees from Ukraine. There... Read more »
Dan Veniez GRAEME DE RENZY

The Hot Water Brigade

GRAEME DE RENZY’S $16M HEADACHE

GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to learn that his old friend, Graeme de Renzy, is in another spot of bother, this time on foot of a consent order he signed relating... Read more »