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June 30 - July 16, 2023
Affairs of the Nation
MARTIN’S FORUM ON ‘NOT NEUTRALITY’
IN ITS push back against President Michael D Higgins and other defenders of neutrality, the Irish Times last week blamed an allegedly mistaken Leo Varadkar last March in Brussels for... Read more »
CURRENCY EXCHANGE
AS THE RTÉ saga gathered momentum, The Currency business media website has had its fair share of exposure courtesy of RTÉ. Not surprisingly, things have got a little complicated here.... Read more »
HORGAN & HOGAN
DENNIS HORGAN is a highly regarded aerial photographer who has published assorted well-received books, most recently Ireland’s Guiding Lights, for which he captured aerial images of Irish lighthouses, attracting glowing... Read more »
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The Evolution of Company Secretaries: Navigating Governance in a Dynamic Landscape
Nadine Conlon, President, The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland In the past decade, the role of the company secretary has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from a technical... Read more »
MARTIN BUNGLES SECURITY FORUM
IF MICHEÁL MARTIN believes that his ambition to secure a Brussels sinecure will be enhanced by his forum on international security then his political judgement is a lot more fallible... Read more »
RONAN MCNALLY’S GOOD NEWS
THERE WAS some good news for errant trainer Ronan McNally last week, although he still carries a hell of a handicap. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) had sought to... Read more »
FORUM FREE SPEECH
THE SECURITY forum heard much from its chair, Dame Louise Richardson, about her desire to “ensure freedom of speech” and for “maximum participation” of those at the forum. She was... Read more »
NOEL KELLY’S COMPETITION
WITH “SUPERAGENT” Noel Kelly of NKM in the spotlight as a result of star client Ryan Tubridy’s travails in RTÉ, the turmoil might present an opportunity for rival agency Carol... Read more »
LAWYERING UP AT RTÉ
THE COVERAGE of the Tubridy circus by RTÉ journalists has been extensive and unrestricted by Montrose management but defences have been mounted in more ways than one. Media reports spoke... Read more »
SANDS MAKES WAVES
BROSNAN RACING is a new name in the horseracing game, which announced its arrival on the scene when buying the top lot at the Goffs London Sale last week. One... Read more »
INCITEMENT TO HATE CONSEQUENCES
The recent conviction of James Allchurch — online pseudonym, Sven Longshanks — from Wales has created quite a stir within Irish far-right circles. Allchurch’s online platform, Radio Albion, hosted a... Read more »
‘INDO’ EXPOSES GREEN TD
IN A story that should have wiped Ryan Tubridy off the front pages, Irish Independent political editor Philip Ryan has ruthlessly exposed a Green Party politician for doing exactly what... Read more »
Pillars of Society
PROFILE : SUE GRAY
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer will likely come to power at the next UK general election. In 2019, the threat of a Jeremy... Read more »
The Young Bloods
YOUNG BLOODS: VOGUE WILLIAMS
For someone who started off her TV career on the RTÉ2 reality show Fade Street, which was heavily panned by critics, Vogue Williams has... Read more »
Coillte : Positioning Wood as the Sustainable Building Material of the Future
Coillte‘s forestry strategic vision aims to balance and deliver the multiple benefits of its forests for climate, nature, wood, and people. This is a long-term vision that will see... Read more »
Fit to Print?
‘IRISH TIMES’ SPLIT ON NEUTRALITY?
AFTER SEVERAL days of semi-hysterical reaction from Irish Times hacks to President Michael D Higgins calling out Micheál Martin’s forum on security for what it is – an attempt to... Read more »
IRISH TIMES MARCHES ON
TIME WAS when the Sunday Independent was the would-be Irish Tory trumpet in the media on foreign and domestic politics (think Eoghan Harris on Israel etc), compared to the left-liberal-peace-loving... Read more »
ANGLO-US MEDIA
PREDICTABLE DENUNCIATION of anti-war protesters at Micheál Martin’s security forum came from the Irish edition of the Sunday Times – Whitehall’s favourite Aawrish newspaper. Journalists John Mooney and Claire Scott... Read more »
Last Refuge
IVANA’S FEMINIST RECORD
THE INTERNAL debate about the report on Labour’s near demise currently being held behind closed doors is really a re-run of the now standard argument between Sandymount liberalism á la... Read more »
GREEN ATTACK ON SF
The ongoing pearl-clutching about the prospect of a Sinn Féin government has been joined recently by the Green Party – and where better to do it than in the opinion... Read more »
Hush Hush
UKRAINE-RUSSIA IRISH ARMS LINKS
SPENDING on military hardware and weapons by governments world-wide reached a new high of just over €2 trillion in 2022. Fuelled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ratcheting up... Read more »
Bog Cuttings
BOG CUTTINGS
‘JUST LOST IT’ Bandon District Court heard the case of a man who warned gardaí they would “fucking get it” if they tried to turn off the loud music coming... Read more »
Fowl Emissions
THE POLLUTION PARADOX
“What if someone nurtured nature, planted hedgerows to make room for the birds and bees, and quietly helped reduce emissions by stitching clover into grass… working together with the land... Read more »
DUNCAN STEWART’S SPEECH
Kudos to Dublin City Council and lord mayor Caroline Conroy for the decision to bestow the Freedom of the City to environmentalists for the first time. Architect and environmentalist Duncan... Read more »
The Hot Air Brigade
THE HOT AIR BRIGADE
His lack of concern for the conventions governing the President’s role may well have opened a Pandora’s box. The way is now open for a demagogue, of left or right,... Read more »
High Society
BILL SHIPSEY’S DALKEY BALCONY
A SPRAWLING pile atop a hill in Dalkey has gone on the market with a €4.75m price tag. The owners turn out to be campaigning ex-barrister Bill Shipsey and his... Read more »
VARIETY JONES’S TASTY DISH
THE TWO boys behind the highly regarded Variety Jones restaurant in D8 must have been delighted to see half of page 3 in the Business Post last weekend devoted to... Read more »
BRIAN COTTER’S SWAN NECK
MEDIA-FRIENDLY Brian Cotter – who along with sibling James constitute the self-styled ‘Botox Brothers’ – generated yet more publicity last week when featuring prominently in a couple of different cosmetics... Read more »
Transform Your Outdoor Space with A Room Outside…
Established in 2009 by Liam and Caroline Whelan, A Room Outside has gone from strength to strength to be the leading suppliers of hot tubs, swim spas, outdoor kitchens,... Read more »
Behind the Scenes
LISTOWEL WRITERS’ WEEK SEQUEL
EARLIER THIS month, the first Listowel Writers’ Week (LWW) under the new regime, following something of a clear-out at the long-running literary gig late last year, was well received by... Read more »
Sport of Kings
FINNEGAN’S WAKE
GOLDHAWK was surprised at the minimal coverage of an interesting ruling by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) appeals body, chaired by barrister (and RTÉ board member) Susan Ahern. The... Read more »
BITTERSWEET WEEK
IT COMES as a surprise to many racing fans that multiple champion jockey Colin Keane only rode his first Royal Ascot winner last week, when steering home the Jessica Harrington-trained... Read more »
Moneybags
SHAREHOLDERS CORNERED AT BALMORAL INTERNATIONAL LAND
FANS OF Moneybags are well aware of his reservations concerning the whole Balmoral International Land Holdings (BILH) operation, where the directors and executives have been doing remarkably well for themselves,... Read more »
SMOOTHER ROAD AHEAD FOR GREAT WESTERN MINING
EMMETT O’CONNELL has been working in the Nevada Rockies for the last 20 years looking for gold, uranium and copper. He floated Great Western Mining on the Dublin market just... Read more »
How To Protect Yourself From the Next Banking Crisis
Dave Russell, CEO, GoldCore Ltd This year 88.5% of respondents to Goldcore‘s annual survey told us that they ‘view owning gold as a way to protect against bank failure.’... Read more »
The Hot Water Brigade
‘EXTREMELY CONCERNED’ TV PRODUCERS
AS FANS of Goldhawk are well aware, the Irish TV and movie sector provides rich pickings for the coterie of movers and shakers with the most clout. It was interesting... Read more »
PIZZA YARD SLICED
THE SUDDEN closure of Pizza Yard in Ranelagh should not really have come as a surprise. A message was uploaded last week to the restaurant’s social media pages stating that... Read more »
PROFITABLE PRIDE
WITH THE month-long Pride festivities over for another year, the crew behind the big Dublin Pride parade and various shindigs can start to count the money. As has increasingly been... Read more »
COUNTING ‘THE CURRENCY’
THIS WEEK, the boys from The Currency have been making the news as well as covering it (see p3) but the good news is that the business is making some... Read more »
DESMOND’S SURGICAL STRIKE
A LOW-profile tech company called Intumed Ltd was quietly wound up last month. It turns out to have been heavily backed by Dermot Desmond and although there was no red... Read more »
‘Layers of Dublin Port’ Mapped for First Time in New Conservation Strategy
On April 30, Dublin Port Company (DPC) unveiled its inaugural Conservation Strategy, meticulously documenting the layered tapestry of natural, industrial, and cultural heritage within Dublin Port, spanning over three... Read more »
AINTREE ANTICS
WHILE ZILLIONAIRE Geneva tax resident JP McManus won his third Aintree Grand ...
SUSAN O’REILLY’S ‘APPARITION’
A “STUNNING beachfront house hovering over the water in Howth” has attracted ...
MARK GALLAGHER’S €10M MANSION
THE ADVERTISING by Sherry FitzGerald of a redbrick pile on leafy Ailesbury ...
JOHN MAGNIER’S SILAGE
JOHN MAGNIER, obviously not thwarted by the previous rejection of his acts ...
LYRA V BEYONCÉ
IT HAS been hard to avoid Irish singer Laura McNamara (aka Lyra) ...
CATHERINE MARTIN’S LATEST VACANCY
THE RETICENCE of arts and culture minister Catherine Martin when it comes ...
LARA HICKEY’S CLOSE-UP
THE FILM and TV business has long been one where ‘who you ...
TONY’S FAILED APPEAL
THE RECENT overturning by the IHRB appeals panel of the referral committee’s ...
O’BRIEN’S OBSTACLES
While trainer Aidan O’Brien supplied three of the five runners in Leopardstown’s ...
DES McGAHAN’S BOLTHOLE BLUES
GOLDHAWK SPIED yet another glowing report in the Business Post on the ...