Affairs of the Nation

Pat Finucane Chris Heaton Harris

Affairs of the Nation

OMAGH REVISITED

THERE IS a stark difference in how the British government is responding to court orders to carry out inquiries into the Omagh bombing and the assassination of Pat Finucane. The... Read more »
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

DOUG TAYLOR’S PRIZE MONEY

IT LOOKS like the champagne corks could be popping soon in Ridgewood House, home of colourful millionaire Doug Taylor. The Sunday Times reported at the weekend that his outsourcing company,... Read more »
Malachy Steenson

Affairs of the Nation

MALACHY STEENSON’S EURO PLANS

WORKING-CLASS Dub hero Malachy Steenson has recently been at more public protests against migrants than the number of political parties he has joined or supported (Workers Party, Irish Republican Socialist... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Esa Pulkkinen

Affairs of the Nation

IRISH NEUTRALITY OVER, SAYS ‘EXPERT’

THE ASSERTION by Lieutenant General Esa Polkkinen, director general of policy at Finland’s defence ministry, that neutrality is “over” for Ireland and that we should double or treble our defence... Read more »
Gerry O'Brien

Affairs of the Nation

AND THE AWARD DOESN’T GO TO …

AMIDST THE hoo-ha about Oscar nominations for five Irish actors, there’s been no talk about whether any of them has been subject to the same limitations imposed on their less-exalted... Read more »
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

FLORIAN HAUFE’S CRIME ACADEMY

ON VALENTINE’S Day, a creditors’ meeting is to be held to wind up an entity called the Financial Crime Academy Ltd. This was set up here to deliver lectures on... Read more »
Ronan McNally Ithaka Horse

Affairs of the Nation

RONAN McNALLY’S ROUGH RIDE

DISGRACED TRAINER Ronan McNally will be well aware of the name Barney Curley, the renowned gambler who hijacked the only phone line available from Bellewstown Racecourse in 1975 to orchestrate... Read more »
Mary Harney

Affairs of the Nation

MARY HARNEY’S MANY HATS

THE INCREASINGLY busy former health minister Mary Harney has popped up as a director of yet another Irish pharma business. She continues to find a way to make her experience... Read more »
Liz O'Donnell

Affairs of the Nation

NORMAL PEOPLE

PEOPLE ROUTINELY accept risks associated with motoring that they would find intolerable in almost any other walk of life, according to new research. These unconscious biases in turn have major... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Pillars of Society

SPECIAL REPORT: WAR IN UKRAINE

IS NATO HELPING UKRAINE TO FIGHT RUSSIA OR IS IT USING UKRAINE TO FIGHT RUSSIA? THE BLOC could help end the conflict at any... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Kieran Cuddihy

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOODS: KIERAN CUDDIHY

WHILE RADIO presenter Kieran Cuddihy is known for his strong opinions, it’s hard to shake off the feeling that he sometimes tries hard to... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Hadageo Ltd Neil Francis

Fit to Print?

‘IRISH TIMES’ TICKS OFF ‘SUNDAY TIMES’

THE TRANSFORMATION of the Irish edition of the Sunday Times from heavyweight editorial to low-brow human-interest stories is a direct result of London’s slash-and-burn policy. Irish editor Nóirín Hegarty can... Read more »
Ian Mallon

Fit to Print?

RARE SPORT AT THE ‘EXAMINER’

BORN-AGAIN HACK Ian Mallon, formerly a senior editorial exec with Independent News and Media (INM) and then a public relations pro with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and Union... Read more »

Last Refuge

Garret Patrick Kelly Eamon Ryan is hoping that the Green party will benefit from the ‘climate emergency’ being at the top of the global political agenda, but closer to home he has his work cut out trying to make headway on domestic bread-and-butter issues.

Last Refuge

GREENS DIVIDE ON NEUTRALITY

THE ONGOING mystery continues surrounding the Green Party’s policy on defence, security and neutrality – for long the most sacred of Green principles – with no announcement from the party... Read more »
Election Expenses Ray McAdam

Last Refuge

EXPENSIVE TDs’ EXPENSES

THE HASTE with which Government parties and a concerned media seized on Sinn Féin’s election expenses errors to bury the saga of Paschal Donohoe’s embarrassment meant that exchequer funding for... Read more »
Sinn Féin RTÉ Brendan Griffin

Last Refuge

BRENDAN GRIFFIN’S EXIT

LEO VARADKAR may only have himself to blame for the departure from Fine Gael at the next election of the party’s only TD in the five-seat Kerry constituency, the ambitious... Read more »

Hush Hush

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘WIDE AND HAIRY’ A MEATH man appeared before Cork District Court charged with public intoxication and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour, following an altercation with gardaí outside Blarney Woollen... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Think Local Jana Lunden

Fowl Emissions

FAR-RIGHT ECO MILITANTS

“BUILDING RESILIENT communities” is the tagline for Think Local, a one-day conference at the Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe later this month that claims to be “Ireland’s first community-led sustainability conference”.... 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

ED BROPHY’S LOBBYING

IT’S SURELY a sign of a very persuasive lobbyist if the person being lobbied ditches their government job and steps through the revolving door to join the lobbyist’s firm. In... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Panti Bliss

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

“I’d go absolutely mental sitting in the [Phoenix] Park with nothing to do.” Irish voters may be devastated to learn that the presidency is not a gig that would suit... Read more »

High Society

NGI Board Adrian O'Carroll

High Society

NATIONAL GALLERY’S NEW FACES

GOLDHAWK HAD been getting curious about whether arts and culture minister Catherine Martin was ever going to get around to appointing the four new directors to the board of the... Read more »
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High Society

CATHERINE KEANE’S €7.5M PILE

ONE OF the most expensive houses to come on the market lately is Lonsdale on leafy Temple Road in Dartry. This is an area of the capital that would have... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

David Harvey Sinéad O'Sullivan

Behind the Scenes

DAVID HARVEY’S FULL SQUAD

ARTS MINISTER Catherine Martin has a tendency to take her time to fill board vacancies but the good news is that she has finally managed to fill four seats at... Read more »
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

UPLIFT LETDOWN

APPOINTMENTS TO the forthcoming Media Commission, two Dáil committee hearings, and related media policy reports and press releases all jostled for public attention in mid January. Some items fell through... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Jim Bolger

Sport of Kings

BOLGER’S BIG GUNS

DESPITE A slowdown in winners and representation in the major races last year, octogenarian handler Jim Bolger has no plans to bow out any time soon, judging by his new... Read more »
Gordon Elliot

Sport of Kings

ELLIOTT’S STRATEGY

MICK O’LEARY’S re-engagement as an owner of national hunt horses has been welcomed by trainers and breeders and, given the significant clear out of many of his older horses over... Read more »
Cheltenham Whip Rules

Sport of Kings

WHIPPING UP A STORM

FEBRUARY 13 sees the introduction across the Irish Sea of new, more stringent rules regarding the use of the whip. Given Cheltenham is set to take place four weeks after... Read more »
John Reddington

Sport of Kings

REDDINGTON’S RIDE

LONDON-BASED Irish property developer-turned amateur jockey John Reddington has become well known in recent years for his particular style in the saddle when riding his own horses. The enthusiastic 50-something-year-old... Read more »

Reviews

MY FATHER’S HOUSE - JOSEPH O’CONNOR

Books|Reviews

MY FATHER’S HOUSE – JOSEPH O’CONNOR

SINCE THE success of his 2002 bestseller, Star of the Sea, Joseph O’Connor has settled into writing historical fiction about real Irish people, including JM Synge and Bram Stoker. His... Read more »

Moneybags

Barryroe Offshore Energy Larry Goodman

Moneybags

BARRYROE OFFSHORE DEAL IS OFF THE WALL

CENTRAL TO the current developments at Barryroe Offshore Energy (BOE) (formerly Providence Resources) are the roles of energy minister Eamon Ryan and substantial shareholder Larry Goodman, the latter of whom... Read more »
George Weston

Moneybags

PENNYS OWNER ABF UNDERRATED BY THE MARKET

THE WESTON family, George Weston in particular, pulled off quite the coup when they sold off their Selfridges/Brown Thomas/Arnotts department store group for £4bn last year. These operations were acquired... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Loretta Dignam

The Hot Water Brigade

LORETTA DIGNAM’S HEALTHY OUTLOOK

IT HAS been a mixed few weeks for Loretta Dignam’s Menopause Hub, which announced the opening of its first clinic in Cork at the end of 2022 but then had... Read more »
Hugh Wallace

The Hot Water Brigade

HUGH WALLACE’S PERSONAL GUARANTEE

WITH THE popular Home of the Year programme back on RTÉ from Valentine’s Day for its ninth series, there was plenty of love on show at the weekend for judges... Read more »
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The Hot Water Brigade

ANNE ROSSI’S LIQUIDATION

DUBLIN BEAUTICIAN Anne Rossi came a cropper in Dublin District Court this month as a result of an action taken by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). This was not... Read more »
Orla Feely Crane Foundation

The Hot Water Brigade

CRANE POWER

STILL NO sign of the €5m being dished out to some lucky grant manager on behalf of a body called the Crane Foundation. The name may not ring too many... Read more »
Mount Herbert

The Hot Water Brigade

GEORGE DUNNE’S BIG HOUSE

A HOUSE in Bray, Co Wicklow, has just come on the market with the vendor seeking a hefty €3.4m. The Irish Times write-up noted that the owner of the sprawling... Read more »