Affairs of the Nation

Bertie Ahern

Affairs of the Nation

BERTIE MOVING BACK CENTRE STAGE?

WHY HAS the question of Bertie Ahern re-joining Fianna Fáil suddenly become an issue and why does the former taoiseach appear willing to return to the fold? More to the... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

RANDOX’S RAP ON THE KNUCKLES

THE Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has issued its latest findings into alleged breaches of its code, including complaints about the seriously profitable Randox operation. After a significant wait,... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

AOIFE GALLAGHER’S INSTITUTE

CONGRATULATIONS TO journalist-turned-analyst Aoife Gallagher, who has managed to generate a huge amount of publicity for her new book, Web of Lies (The Lure and Danger of Conspiracy Theories). She... Read more »
Mary Lou McDonald

Affairs of the Nation

MARY LOU CHILLS OUT MARTIN

MICHEÁL MARTIN, Shane Ross and other journalists have accused Sinn Féin, and Mary Lou McDonald in particular, of having a “chilling… spooked” effect on the media and politicians by suing... Read more »
Irish Times Editor Ruadhan Mac Cormaic

Affairs of the Nation

‘IRISH TIMES’ EDITORIAL WINS OUT

FOR MANY years the commercial side of the house in Tara Street tended to win out over the lofty editorial staff with their crusading self-image. As far back as Douglas... Read more »
Frances Ruane Abbey Theatre Review

Affairs of the Nation

FRANCES RUANE’S NEW DRAMA

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see a tender notice has been published by the Abbey Theatre, seeking applications from consultants to carry out what should prove a most interesting review of... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

CULTURE CLUB

THERE HAS been a flurry of letter writing activity in the Irish Times this month relating to the little-known Irish Banking Culture Board (IBCB), with the main question being, what... Read more »
Caroline Kennedy Tevian Mirrelson

Affairs of the Nation

TEVIAN’S TRAVAILS

A JUDGMENT has just been registered by PR queen Caroline Kennedy against the fabulously named Tevian Mirrelson, who previously came to the attention of the taxman. Mirrelson has an interesting... Read more »
Stuart Gilhooly Law Society Council

Affairs of the Nation

LAW SOCIETY ABSTENTIONISTS

HOW EMBARRASSING. With elections pending to the Law Society Council, members have been informed there will be no such election as not enough solicitors have gone forward for the council.... Read more »
Lynn Sheehan

Affairs of the Nation

OUT OF AFRICA

IRISH WOMAN Lynn Sheehan has just been appointed head of operations of the EU’s advisory mission in Ukraine. This follows her service as chief of staff at the European Union’s... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Chris Heaton-Harris

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: CHRISTOPHER HEATON-HARRIS

LIZ TRUSS appointed Christopher Heaton-Harris, an arch eurosceptic, as her secretary of state for Northern Ireland, after others turned down the post. His number... Read more »

The Young Bloods

The Ditch Eoghan McNeill and Roman Shortall

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOODS: EOGHAN MCNEILL & ROMAN SHORTALL

“All killer, no filler” is how The Ditch’s editorial team of Roman Shortall and Eoghan McNeill describe their modus operandi of publishing stories that... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Sunday Times Demelza de Burca

Fit to Print?

‘SUNDAY TIMES’ CULTURE CULL

SOMETHING OF a cultural counter-revolution is happening at the Irish edition of the Sunday Times, where new staff to replace the allegedly over-paid literati are moving into the positions recently... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

PLUGGING STEPHEN COLLINS

HOPEFULLY PUBLIC ennui with Brexit will not diminish sales of the recently published book, Ireland’s Call: Navigating Brexit, by Irish Times columnist and former political editor Stephen Collins. The newspaper... Read more »
Mark Little New RTÉ Chair

Fit to Print?

RTÉ’S NEW CHAIR

THE SHORTLIST of applicants to replace the chair of the RTÉ board, Moya Doherty, is down to three: super successful broadcaster and digital innovator Mark Little; highly effective tax avoidance... Read more »

Last Refuge

Mary Fitzpatrick Fianna Fáil Dublin

Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL MARCH ON DUBLIN

MICHEÁL MARTIN has hit on a devilishly clever plan to boost Fianna Fáil’s alarmingly low support base in Dublin, with its recent ard fheis confirming poll ratings and other evidence... Read more »
Mary Hanafin

Last Refuge

MARY, MARY AGAIN CONTRARY?

MARY HANAFIN may be poised to perform a political Lazarus act and attempt a return in Dún Laoghaire at the next general election, according to alarming (for Fianna Fáil leader... Read more »
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Last Refuge

TIMMY DOOLEY’S HEALTH WARNING

THAT MOST persecuted section of society, senior HSE managers, were ambushed by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael backbench TDs last June, according to a recent Sunday Independent report. A brief... Read more »
Deirdre Conroy

Last Refuge

DEIRDRE OF THE SORROWS

IS COUNCILLOR Deirdre Conroy some sort of political masochist? As a Fianna Fáil by-election candidate in Dublin Bay South (DBS) last year, Conroy managed to pull in 4.6% of the... Read more »

Hush Hush

Enoch Burke Prison

Hush Hush

ENOCH BURKE PROTESTERS

ENOCH BURKE is now well into his second month in prison after he breached an injunction instructing him to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School, where he works as a... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘SMIRKING’ KARATE KID Speaking at Ennis District Court, Judge Mary Larkin wondered whether a “smirking” defendant who verbally abused gardaí, threatening to “karate kick” them, might be “cured” by a... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Nord Stream Sabotage John Fitzgerald

Fowl Emissions

WHO BOMBED NORD STREAM?

Last month’s sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea was another godsend for the captains of the US gas industry who had surely thought things just couldn’t... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

OSSIAN SMYTH’S DATA ISLAND

The CEPA energy security review commissioned by Eamon Ryan stresses the urgent need to reduce Ireland’s energy consumption and politely notes that data centres are the “main driver” as demand... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Una Mullally

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

I don’t say “Up the ‘RA” because I think it diminishes and collapses complex things into an edgy soundbite. Una Mullally, Irish Times I am good at getting focused and... Read more »

High Society

Brendan McDowell Ekin Su Cülcüloğlu

High Society

BRENDAN’S BLING

LAST MONTH Blanchardstown shopping centre got a taste of bling when cosmetics entrepreneur Brendan McDowell shipped in the 2022 Love Island bombshell winner, the suitably glamorous Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, for the... Read more »
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High Society

RACHEL FLYNN’S SWEET DEAL

INTERESTING TO see a filing in the Companies Office showing that food investment firm BiaVest pumped €700,000 into former Vogue magazine digital marketing exec Rachel Flynn and hubby Brian Nolan’s... Read more »
Danielle Ryan

High Society

DANIELLE RYAN’S LATEST FOUNDATION

GOLDHAWK was interested to come across an outfit called The Form Foundation, which turns out to be the latest arty incarnation for busy actor, businesswoman, philanthropist and multimillionaire Danielle Ryan... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

The Vanishing Triangle AnneMarie Naughton

Behind the Scenes

VIRGIN’S ‘VANISHING TRIANGLE’

GIVEN THE popularity of the ‘true crime’ genre, including efforts “based on a true story”, it’s perhaps not surprising that the disappearances of some young women in Ireland’s so-called ‘vanishing... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

CATHERINE MARTIN’S MUSEUM PIECES

AFTER 15 months, arts minister Catherine Martin has finally got around to filling the vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), coincidentally during the Dublin Festival... Read more »

Sport of Kings

John Egan Hayley Turner

Sport of Kings

JOHN EGAN’S APOLOGY

VETERAN IRISH jockey John Egan has enjoyed something of a renaissance in his riding career over the past few seasons in Britain, where he has also been helping to mould... Read more »
Amo Racing Michael O'Callaghan

Sport of Kings

O’CALLAGHAN’S CRYPTO LOSS

TRAINING FOR Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing delivers access to some top-class horses but it also brings plenty of headaches when it comes to dealing with the boss’s erratic behaviour. Curragh... Read more »
COLIN Keane Billy Lee

Sport of Kings

PHOTO FINISH FOR TITLE

JOCKEY COLIN Keane started the flat season back in March as the heavy favourite to land his third champion title in a row but he clearly has a fight on... Read more »
Yearlings Sale Hissa al Maktoum

Sport of Kings

MAGNANIMOUS MAGNIER

GIVEN THE focus on high inflation figures and the impact on the cost of living, it is unclear to some observers whether the amount of money being paid for flat... Read more »

Reviews

Emma Donoghue Haven

Books

HAVEN – EMMA DONOGHUE

WHILE SHE has written successfully in many genres over the past 20 years, Emma Donoghue has repeatedly turned to historical fiction. Her latest novel is an imagined story about the... Read more »

Moneybags

Dermot Crowley

Moneybags

IMPRESSIVE DALATA RESULTS DON’T IMPRESS MARKET

AFTER DALATA Hotel Group founder Pat McCann exited the company last year, the reins were handed over to Dermot Crowley. The market is starting to see the impact of the... Read more »
Petroneft David Sturt

Moneybags

END OF THE (PIPE) LINE FOR PETRONEFT?

IN 2006 Denis Francis floated off Petroneft Resources, with its focus on exploring for oil in the Tomsk Oblast region of central Siberia. The company seemed to manage reasonably well... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Mike Webster

The Hot Water Brigade

MIKE WEBSTER’S ‘BRIGHT FUTURE’

THINGS CAN change pretty fast in the tourism business as Mike Webster, chief executive and founder of Killarney-headquartered hotel booking engine Arvoia, can surely attest. In April this year, a... Read more »
Paul Howard

The Hot Water Brigade

PAUL HOWARD’S PAIN

BETWEEN FORGETFUL politicians failing to declare rental income and the usual bleating before last month’s Budget 2023 about the ‘exodus’ of small, private landlords from the market, there has been... Read more »
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The Hot Water Brigade

CLAYTON LOVE’S HAT-TRICK

LAST WEEK’S liquidation of Piton Properties Ltd (PPL) represents the third strike for Cork merchant prince Clayton Love, Neill Love and Sarah Cronin. Earlier this year, Blackpool Developments Ltd was... Read more »
Fiona McHugh

The Hot Water Brigade

FIONA MCHUGH’S DISAPPOINTING DISH

FORMER SUNDAY TIMES editor Fiona McHugh continues to have unhappy experiences with her own businesses, with the liquidation of a Rathmines restaurant and bar her latest setback. McHugh was previously... Read more »
Enda Woods Feichín McDonagh

The Hot Water Brigade

ENDA WOODS’S ‘GLASS BOX’

GOLDHAWK’S EYE was caught by an increasingly costly planning dispute in leafy Killiney between private equity titan Enda Woods of Signature Capital and a couple of his high-flying legal eagle... Read more »