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Security Forum Micheal Martin

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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 »
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

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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 »
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

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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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Micheál Martin Forum Dame Richardson

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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 »
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

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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 »
Naomi O'Leary Clare Daly

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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 »
Grainne MacAnthony

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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 »
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

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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 »
Neil Sands

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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 »
James Allchurch Mark Collett

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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 »
Brian Leddin

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‘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

Sue Gray

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

Vogue Williams

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 »

Fit to Print?

Irish Times Neutrality Diarmaid Ferriter

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 »
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

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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 »
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?

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 Bacik

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 »
Sadhbh O’Neill

Last Refuge

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 »

Northwind

Naomi Long

Northwind

12TH CULTURAL RITES

Liberty Hall in Dublin city centre is 59 metres high. Last year the gigantic bonfire at Craigyhill outside Larne commemorating King Billy’s landing at Carrickfergus in 1690 was 61 metres... Read more »

Hush Hush

Timoney Technology Jacqui McCrum

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-Defaul

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

Pollution Duncan Stewart

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 »
Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

Fowl Emissions

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

Stephen Collins

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

High Society

Bill Shipsey

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... 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

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... Read more »

High Society

Brian Cotter

High Society

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 »

Behind the Scenes

Maureen Kennelly & Richard Ford

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

Samantha Finnegan Susan Ahern

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 »
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

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

Moneybags

Carl McCann

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... Read more »

Moneybags

Brian Hall

Moneybags

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... Read more »

Brief Cases

Susan Kirby Irish Equity

Brief Cases

‘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 Robert Ryan

Brief Cases

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 »
Dublin Pride Jed Dowling

Brief Cases

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 »
The Currency Ian Kehoe

Brief Cases

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 »
Dermot Desmond

Brief Cases

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 »