Affairs of the Nation

Leo Varadkar Nightclub Alan English

Affairs of the Nation

KISS AND TELL?

THE MEDIA handling of that video showing incoming Taoiseach Leo Varadkar kissing a man in a nightclub combined a mixture of fear, ethical simplicity and conservatism. But in the end,... 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

ROCHE BELOW PAR

THE AGM of Rosslare Golf Club last week proved rather eventful, with former senior newspaper man Michael Roche finding himself ousted as chairman. Roche was a no-nonsense exec at Independent... 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

A LOTTO MONEY

IRELAND’S NATIONAL Lottery has been in the spotlight recently as a result of the introduction of legislation relating to gambling and on foot of significant criticism of the manner in... 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

MCNALLY’S NAGS

CONTROVERSIAL HORSE TRAINER Ronan McNally is planning heavy going for the stewards of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) when his punishment is dished out in the new year. McNally... Read more »
COP15 Ireland Malcolm Noonan

Affairs of the Nation

BIO-BOYCOTT

THOUGH YOU would struggle to find a mention of it anywhere across Ireland’s media, the most important international conference on nature and biodiversity this decade is currently taking place in... Read more »
Rena Maycock

Affairs of the Nation

RENA MAYCOCK’S MANY HATS

THE MULTI-TALENTED Rena Maycock was celebrating last week when she was informed that the state had become a major backer of her fledgling child-protection tech company. There is, however, still... 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

NOT-SO-RICH FOOD

ALTHOUGH IT was announced nearly three years ago that high-profile Michelin-starred restaurant L’Ecrivain in D2 was to close down for good, it was only this week that a creditors’ meeting... Read more »
Terry Clune

Affairs of the Nation

LEO KICKS TO TOUCH

THERE HAS been plenty of water under the bridge since Goldhawk highlighted the hugely expensive arbitration process that was left hanging over IDA Ireland and the taxpayer after the surprise... Read more »
Citizens Information Board Heather Humphreys

Affairs of the Nation

TOO MUCH INFORMATION?

HEATHER HUMPHREYS has been social protection minister for two-and-a-half years but appears to have been unaware until recently of the convulsions inside the Citizens Information Centres (CICs), in particular the... Read more »
Dolores Cahill Hermann Kelly

Affairs of the Nation

KELLY’S HEROES

HERMANN KELLY, leader of the Irish Freedom Party (IFP), has been reinvigorated in recent weeks. Not only has he led his party activists and associates into protests against refugee accommodation... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Malachy Steenson

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: MALACHY STEENSON

TO SOME, Malachy Steenson is a political buffoon who careers around Dublin’s north inner city posturing as a modern James Connolly and other republican... Read more »

The Young Bloods

John Cummins

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: JOHN CUMMINS

WHILE MAJOR attention focuses on whether the establishment parties can fend off the Sinn Féin challenge, a more intriguing battle is that between Fine... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Derek Linster

Fit to Print?

‘IRISH TIMES’ AND CHILD ABUSE

ON NOVEMBER 21 last, the Irish Times published a brief report on the passing of 81-year-old Derek Linster (also known as Derek Leinster). It noted that he had “campaigned for... 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?

MEDIAHUIS SUED

RTÉ AND Sunday Independent journalist Brendan O’Connor has arrived late to the privacy party being reluctantly hosted by Mediahuis, owners of the Indo and other titles in the group formerly... Read more »
Ryan Tubridy

Fit to Print?

RTÉ’S ‘TOY SHOW’ DIRGE

MEDIA PREVIEWS of Toy Show The Musical were ecstatic, describing the lavish and very expensive production as the “perfect recipe… an instant Christmas classic” (Irish Examiner) and “Pack the tissues!... Read more »

Last Refuge

Leo Varadkar

Last Refuge

VARADKAR AT RISK FROM COVENEY FANS?

A STATE of fear and paralysis descended on Fine Gael members, especially at senior level, as that video of incoming Taoiseach Leo Varadkar kissing a young man at a gay... Read more »
Sinn Féin RTÉ Brendan Griffin

Last Refuge

RTÉ DEFIES GOVERNMENT TDS

WHAT BEGAN as a run-of-the-mill targeting of Sinn Féin by Government members of the Oireachtas joint committee on the media developed into an embarrassing own-goal last week. Instead of yet... Read more »
Micheal Martin

Last Refuge

IS MARTIN NOW SAFE AS LEADER?

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS appear to be unanimous in their view — a view spun with assiduous intent by the party’s handlers — that Micheál Martin’s leadership of FF is now safe... Read more »

Hush Hush

Richard Boyd Barrett European Army

Hush Hush

IRISH AMBIGUOUS ARMY

MICHEÁL MARTIN lost his cool with Cork TD Mick Barry of Solidarity in the Dáil recently. Barry was questioning the presence of Nato assessors in Kilworth, Co Cork, looking to... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

VIGILANTE INJUSTICE DANIEL SHEEHAN (22), of 45 Churchfield Avenue, Churchfield, Cork, appeared before Cork District Court charged with verbally abusing a gardaí who was arresting a man involved in an... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Sinn Féin Climate Darren O'Rourke

Fowl Emissions

SF’S CLIMATE NO-CHANGE POLICY

THIS YEAR Sinn Féin received some serious political flak for staying schtum on the thorny issue of setting emissions targets for agriculture to mitigate the sector’s significant role in climate... 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

GOLDEN DALE

CONGRATULATIONS TO incoming director of Meat Industry Ireland Dale Crammond, who has spun through the revolving door of being a senior inspector in the Department of Agriculture dealing with greenhouse... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Darren Kennedy

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

I’m a huge fan of Japanese culture and design. Not many people know this, but when I took part in Celebrity Mastermind, my specialist subject was the geisha! What can... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Suzanne Jackson Linda Stinson

High Society

LINDA STINSON’S COMPETITION

RTÉ HAS been keeping the red tops suitably topped up with the drip-feed of details about the array of ‘talent’ set to feature on... 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

FAIRYTALE WEDDING

THE OIRISH Mail on Sunday was eager to plug the “fairytale wedding” of TV presenter Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile and moneybags Alan Maloney. Readers were... Read more »

High Society

Aerial view of Ballybla Farm

High Society

CHRISTINE DAVIES’S ‘VISION’

THE FORMER Squire of Abbeyleix House, David Davies – president of the Irish Georgian Society – sold his listed Co Laois demesne to the Collison bothers last year and ‘downsized’... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Madeleine O'Sullivan Listowel Writers’ Week

Behind the Scenes

PLOT THICKENS AT LISTOWEL WRITERS’ WEEK

GOLDHAWK HAS been struck by coverage of the Arts Council-inspired restructuring of the Listowel Writers’ Week (LWW) organisation, including the disbanding of the long-standing volunteer committee. Front and centre has... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

Sport of Kings

ELLIOTT’S FRONT NINE ADVANTAGE

THE IRISH national hunt season has provided entertainment over the last few weeks and viewers of RTÉ’s coverage of the sport every Sunday for several weeks in a row have... Read more »
Paddy Twomey

Sport of Kings

RORY COLLINS’S CATALOGUE

MEATH BREEDER and owner Rory Collins has cashed in several of his racing jewels in recent weeks with mixed results. The Ennistown Stud owner offered a few high-class two-year-old fillies... Read more »
Declan Queally

Sport of Kings

BONUS BLUES

FOR MANY, jockey Tom Queally will always be associated with steering the mighty Frankel to all of his successes on the racecourse 10 years ago and it is fair to... Read more »
Michael O'Leary Plantation Stud

Sport of Kings

O’LEARY’S SPENDING SPREE

DESPITE THE general economic gloom, cost-of-living crisis, inflation concerns etc, etc, the market for high-end flat bloodstock is reaching boiling point and one moneybags keen to make the most of... Read more »

Reviews

Louise Kennedy Novel - Trespasses

Books

TRESPASSES – LOUISE KENNEDY

THIS DEBUT novel by Louise Kennedy – the latest winner of An Post’s Book of the Year award – is the much-hyped follow-up to her short fiction collection, The End... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Eamonn Crowley

Moneybags

PTSB MISSES SECOND PAYDAY BUT SHARES STILL FLYING

EAMONN CROWLEY, the chief executive of Permanent TSB (PTSB), is a lucky chap. The bank’s former boss, Jeremy Masding, jumped ship in July 2020... Read more »

Moneybags

Teeling, John

Moneybags

ARKLE INVESTORS BETTING ON GLENCORE MOVE

ARKLE RESOURCES, previously known as Connemara Mining, has been engaged in mineral exploration in Ireland for just on 20 years and has worked up... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Laura Whitmore Muff Liquor Company

The Hot Water Brigade

LAURA WHITMORE’S MUFF MOVE

AN IRISH lass who has been making waves in London in recent weeks is TV presenter Laura Whitmore. Having fronted the insanely popular Love Island for three seasons, she has... Read more »
Colm Lyon

The Hot Water Brigade

LIKEWHERE’S LOADED PASSENGERS

A TRAVEL tech outfit called LikeWhere, founded by Simon Dempsey and Luke Middlewick, is set to officially crash-land next week. It turns out the boys were able to convince some... Read more »
Simone Rocha

The Hot Water Brigade

SIMONE ROCHA’S REWARDING GAZE

WHILE Laura Whitmore has been attracting headlines across the Irish Sea, another Irish player making an impact there is fashion designer Simone Rocha, who has started making some serious moolah.... 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

BAH HUMBUG AT SUPERVALU

ESCADIA LTD, the company that was associated with a large SuperValu supermarket in Ardee Co Louth – controlled by Margaret Lanney and her son, David – finds itself facing a... Read more »
Catherine Martin Media Commission

The Hot Water Brigade

CLOCK STARTS ON FILM LEVY

WITH THE Seanad’s final passing of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022 on December 6, a revamp of the online and broadcast media environment is now awaiting Michael... Read more »