Affairs of the Nation

Martin Neutrality Mircea Geoana

Affairs of the Nation

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S NEW FRIENDS

AS The Phoenix has repeatedly pointed out, the Government, and in particular Micheál Martin, has in the last year moved further and further away from Ireland’s neutrality. Our engagement with... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

ENDA KENNY’S SPACE MISSION

THE COLOURFUL story of an alleged spy working for the National Space Centre (NSC) in Cork got quite the kicking in the Sindo last weekend, with the claim that Marina... Read more »
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

FRANCESCA’S SWISS ROLE

WHILE THERE has been acres of space devoted to the trials and tribulations of Credit Suisse in the business media in particular, the name of Francesca McDonagh has been noticeable... Read more »
Charles Moore Irish Eoghan Harris

Affairs of the Nation

BARON’S PAEAN TO EOGHAN HARRIS

THE ULTIMATE British Tory journalist, Charles Moore – official biographer of the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher and past editor of the Daily Telegraph, Spectator and Sunday Telegraph (he still writes... Read more »
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

TED CUNNINGHAM’S COURT CASE

THE LATEST development relating to Tipperary farmer Patrick Quirke’s conviction for murdering Bobby Ryan (aka DJ Mr Moonlight) in 2011 has been the subject of much discussion in legal circles... Read more »
Yasmin Seky

Affairs of the Nation

€20M ‘KIN’ CONUNDRUM

WHILE THE crux of the opening episode of RTÉ’s second series of Kin (see review p23) is the €90m cost of the Kinsella family’s deal with a Turkish gang, the... Read more »
Enda McNulty

Affairs of the Nation

ENDA MCNULTY’S PERFORMANCE

IT HAS been hard to avoid the dulcet tones of former Armagh All-Ireland winning full-back Enda McNulty in recent weeks as he has done the rounds on the chat shows... Read more »
IFA Pollution Brian Rushe

Affairs of the Nation

IFA ‘MODERATES’

If you run an industrial operation where there is a risk of pollution, you will require a licence from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Large-scale pig and poultry farms also... Read more »
MI5 Manchester Ken McCallum

Affairs of the Nation

MANCHESTER BOMB: MI5 INCOMPETENCE

MI5 DIRECTOR GENERAL Ken McCallum has said he is “profoundly sorry” that his service did not prevent the Manchester Arena suicide bombing, in which 22 people perished and over 1,000... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Holly Cairns

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: HOLLY CAIRNS

THE NEW leader of the Social Democrats has enjoyed a media reception of the kind normally enjoyed by a triumphant, first-time, incoming taoiseach. Yet... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Chupi Sweetman

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: CHUPI SWEETMAN

A savvy businesswoman, Chupi Sweetman has quite the line in sales patter and a penchant for attaching carefully selected buzzwords to her “ethical” and... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Sunday Times Journalists Aoife Moore

Fit to Print?

‘SUNDAY TIMES’ IMPLOSION

THE PURGE or exodus of seasoned journalists from the Irish edition of the Sunday Times has been well chronicled in these pages, as has their replacement in some cases by... Read more »
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?

SPY GAMES

TWO SHARPLY contrasting takes on alleged Russian ‘spy’ Marina Sologub – booted out by Australian authorities and the subject of much spooky speculation by Sunday Times security correspondent John Mooney... Read more »
Denis O'Brien

Fit to Print?

‘IT’ CENSORS DENIS O’BRIEN

THE IRISH TIMES editorial office is locked in ethical debate about whether to publish a letter on behalf of mega-mogul, Denis O’Brien. His PR handler, James Morrissey, wrote in response... Read more »

Last Refuge

Micheal Martin

Last Refuge

PRESIDENT BIDEN CONGRATS IRELAND

AS TÁNAISTE and foreign minister Micheál Martin embarked on his trip to the US for the annual St Patrick’s Day performance, his press release emphasised Ireland’s support for those fleeing... Read more »
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Last Refuge

O’REILLY V HOURIGAN

THE GREEN Party chairperson and ultra-loyal lieutenant of Eamon Ryan, senator Pauline O’Reilly, is gunning for Neasa Hourigan TD as the latter contributed greatly to the embarrassing swell of support... Read more »
Emily O'Reilly

Last Refuge

‘SERIOUSLY GOOD BIT OF STUFF’

Unnoticed by the Irish media – ie her former colleagues – European ombudsman Emily O’Reilly pulled off the rare feat last week of uniting the far left and the extreme... Read more »

Hush Hush

Nadia Dobrianska

Hush Hush

THE RIGHT STUFF?

NADIA DOBRIANSKA, the Irish-speaking Ukrainian refugee, has over the last year maintained a high profile in the Irish media. In recent months, for example, she has appeared in articles in... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

LESSONS LEARNED ANDREW DEMPSEY (39) pleaded guilty before Naas District Court to using abusive language to gardaí and committing a public order offence outside a Kildare school. Judge Desmond Zaidan... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

IPCC Report Eamon Ryan

Fowl Emissions

IRELAND WORST POLLUTER IN EU

At first glance, there was nothing radically new in the release this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of its synthesis report, which draws together the various... Read more »
Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

Fowl Emissions

IRISH TIMES HOT AIR

Times are tough in the print media, but there was still a collective gasp at the decision of the Irish Times last weekend to run a half-page advert headed “Look... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Fintan O'Toole

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE – RUGBY BALLS

I am, like most of the country, mesmerised by this Irish rugby team – but also enraptured by how unIrish it is, how it shuns all the Irish melodramas of... Read more »

High Society

Jonathan Swift

High Society

NOT SOLD ON SWIFT

THE MOST high-profile of the items acquired by the state at the 2021 auction of the contents of Howth Castle was a full-length portrait of Jonathan Swift picked up for... Read more »
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High Society

OUR MAN IN THE CARIBBEAN

Sindo READERS were this month treated to a colourful article from long-time scribe Liam Collins, who had been, er, “wintering in Barbados” and ended up on the tiny island of... Read more »
Hobart Collection William Laffan

High Society

A PRIVATE AFFAIR AT IMMA

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that an exhibition kicks off in Imma next month focused on the Mary and Alan Hobart Collection. Entitled Championing Irish Art, all of the featured... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

David Harvey

Behind the Scenes

IMMA’S NEW CHAIR

THERE IS set to be a change at the top in Imma, with broadcasting entrepreneur David Harvey stepping down as chairman after seven-and-a-half years. Although he was reappointed by arts... Read more »
Susan Bergin Marlowe Mullingar Film Studio RTÉ Self-Employment

Behind the Scenes

NEIL JORDAN’S ‘MARLOWE’

IT’S NOT necessarily a good look for a film when the names in the credits immediately after the lead actor are those of the director’s wife and his film’s producer.... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Davy Russell

Sport of Kings

DAVY’S DAY TO FORGET

PLENTY OF people were surprised when Davy Russell announced his intention to temporarily return to race riding less than three weeks after retiring from the saddle in December following a... Read more »
A Dream To Share Brian Gleeson

Sport of Kings

GLEESON HAS HIS CAKE…

RTÉ AND ITV racing presenter Brian Gleeson knows how to strike a deal and they probably don’t come any sweeter than the one involving his former horse, A Dream To... Read more »
Cheltenham Winners Willie Mullins

Sport of Kings

SURPRISE RESULT FOR MULLINS

TATTERSALLS CASHED in on Cheltenham fever by holding a select auction of Irish point-to-point winners in the winners’ enclosure following racing on the Thursday. After witnessing so many scenes of... Read more »

Reviews

Kin Sam Keeley

Reviews

KIN 2 – RTÉ ONE

AFTER A slow start to the first season, gangland series Kin proved a rarity for RTÉ – a drama that achieved a significant level of both critical and audience traction. While the... Read more »

Moneybags

Albert Manifold

Moneybags

CRH’S SHARE PRICE COULD DOUBLE AFTER US MOVE

AS CRH boss Albert Manifold looks towards his legacy, the CEO is rebranding the group as an American business by moving its so-called primary listing to New York. In doing... Read more »
Eamonn Crowley

Moneybags

PTSB MISSING OUT ON ULSTER BANK JAM

IT WAS surprising to read media reports earlier this month with headlines such as “Permanent TSB swings to €267m pre-tax profit amid gain from Ulster Bank deal”, presumably inspired by... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Anne Heraty

The Hot Water Brigade

ANNE HERATY’S HEIRLOOM

GOLDHAWK’S FAVOURITE jeweller Chupi Sweetman is profiled in this issue (see p17), having raised a fair whack of moolah for her eponymous brand. It turns out that some familiar faces... Read more »
National Menopause Summit Davina McCall

The Hot Water Brigade

SISTERS’ MANSION HOUSE SUMMIT

THIS WEEK a conference called the National Menopause Summit kicks off at the Round Room in Dublin’s Mansion House, fronted by Davina McCall no less. All of the €170-a-pop tickets... Read more »
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The Hot Water Brigade

JEREMY HUNT’S FILM PLOT

ONE-TIME arts minister John O’Donoghue likened film production incentives to a “Dutch auction”, whereby governments compete to give away the most money to film and television producers. Now that the... Read more »
Barry Napier

The Hot Water Brigade

BARRY NAPIER’S SATISFACTION

CONGRATULATIONS Are in order for telecoms entrepreneur Barry Napier of Cubic Telecom fame, who has just satisfied a whopping €1m judgment from AIB. As revealed by Goldhawk (see The Phoenix... Read more »
Adrian Martin

The Hot Water Brigade

CHEF ADRIAN’S CULINARY FLOPS

HE HAS been touted as a “hot young chef” for several years but is the ambitious and television-friendly Adrian Martin displaying a penchant for biting off more than he can... Read more »