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October 6 - October 19. 2023
Affairs of the Nation
MORE MEDIA TRANSPARENCY
THERE IS something piquant about the current fury among the once-pampered literati at the Irish Times, who have for long purveyed ethical attachment to transparency at all significant institutions. This... Read more »
ZOMBIE CHANTS
THE LATE Dolores O’Riordan is an unlikely icon for Irish rugby fans outside her native Limerick. But needs must in the face of Ooh Ah…, ‘The Fields of Athenry’ and... Read more »
McGRATH TAKES LEAD FROM TRUSS
MICHAEL McGRATH and Liz Truss are not obvious political bed-fellows but the finance minister appears determined to announce similarly discredited policies of cutting income taxes as those championed by the... Read more »
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IRELAND CLIMATE LAGGARDS — OR NOT?
Later this month, a case taken by six Portuguese youths will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. The case claims that 32 named states... Read more »
CUSSEN’S CUSSED CRITICS
ONE OF the big beasts in the permanent government, Niall Cussen – his last civil service gig was as chief planning officer in the Department of Housing and Planning when... Read more »
ADMIRAL McDOWELL CLAMBERS ABOARD
THE ESCALATION of a planning row over an Athlone marina, which began in 2012, has moved from Westmeath County Council to the District Court, Waterways Ireland (WI), the Oireachtas joint... Read more »
FIGHTING TALK
THE PHENOMENON of members of the Travelling community recording ‘call out’ videos – where they challenge others due to perceived slights, previous confrontations or family feuds – which are then... Read more »
FAR RIGHT DÁIL TANTRUM
The far-right activists who attended the recent Call to the Dáil protest outside Leinster House were an eclectic bunch. While there were National Party, Irish Freedom Party and Ireland First... Read more »
MI5’S SERIAL KILLER
THE PHOENIX reported last May that the BBC was refusing to broadcast The Lost Boys, which has become the documentary du jour, because it linked the disappearance of five boys... Read more »
Pillars of Society
PROFILE: NÓIRÍN HEGARTY
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Nóirín Hegarty is stepping down as Ireland editor of the Times and Sunday Times Ireland after less than two years in... Read more »
The Young Bloods
YOUNG BLOOD: BECKY KEALY
SMALLER PARTIES can be easily crushed by the juggernauts of the major political players but, with the possibilities of government formation so finely balanced,... Read more »
5 Ways SMEs Can Improve Cash Flow Through B2B Payment Technology
Cash flow is critical for any SME, impacting their ability to thrive or even survive. Mishandling cash flow can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and potential business failure. The... Read more »
Fit to Print?
GARDAÍ ACCUSED OF PRIVACY BREACH
AN INTRIGUING case that Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny is taking against not only Mediahuis title the Irish Independent but also An Garda Síochána is one for breach of privacy,... Read more »
“PARTITIONIST” ALISON
What an unusual angle Alison O’Connor deployed in defending beleaguered Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in her Sunday Times column last weekend headlined, “Garda commissioner Harris’s biggest crime? Being a Protestant”.... Read more »
DANA’S LENGTHY LEGAL SAGA
THE LENGTHY legal journey that Dana – the singer and former MEP and presidential candidate, aka Rosemary Scallon – has embarked on over defamatory media reports regarding her brother John... Read more »
Last Refuge
SHINNERS AT THE GATE
THE FIRST line of defence from the Government and its Greek chorus in the media against the increasing likelihood of Sinn Féin coming to power is that the combined poll... Read more »
‘IRISH TIMES’ AND MICHEÁL MARTIN
THE IRISH TIMES appears to have offered itself as a surrogate platform for internal political and leadership debate in Fianna Fáil given the absence of same inside the once Republican... Read more »
TÁNAISTE’S LONG WAR
THE WESTERN-NATO pact driving the Ukraine war with Russia has long been seen as primarily an American initiative. But cracks are appearing in this western front, with signs of weariness... Read more »
POLEMIC ON CHILDCARE PROVIDERS’ ‘STRIKE’
LONG-TIME socialist, union activist and Siptu researcher Michael Taft can hardly be accused of being soft on the ‘right-of-centre’ FFG-led Government. So given the recent ‘strike’ of some childcare providers... Read more »
Hush Hush
IRELAND’S DISCREET NATO INVOLVEMENT
REPMUS IS an annual Nato exercise that takes place in Portugal’s Troia Bay. While there have been many congratulatory media reports about the Irish Naval Service’s recent involvement in the... Read more »
Bog Cuttings
BOG CUTTINGS
‘KING OF IRELAND’ A MAN who claimed to Judge Cormac Dunne that he was “the king of Ireland” appeared before Navan District Court having taken a number of cases against... Read more »
Fowl Emissions
DATA CENTRES SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Simon Coveney is the latest big hitter in the data centre PR crusade. He is the keynote speaker at DataCentres Ireland conference in the RDS next month and Goldhawk feels... Read more »
The Hot Air Brigade
THE HOT AIR BRIGADE
Like Donald Trump, Mickey is entirely transactional. Joe Brolly on Mickey Joe Harte, Sunday Independent They’re basically the Jedi Knights of the army, really. Independent TD Cathal Berry on the... Read more »
High Society
PETER GLEESON’S PILE
THE LATEST multimillion-euro pile to come on the market is Melfort on leafy Shrewsbury Road in D4. This turns out to be the humble abode of moneybags Peter Gleeson, who... Read more »
FEMALE ARTISTS
THE NATIONAL Gallery of Ireland (NGI) has expanded its collection through the acquisition of Rachel Ruysch’s ‘Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn’ (1742) and it should not come... Read more »
CHARLIE CULLEN’S SWISS CHRONOGRAPHS
NO DOUBT Charlie Cullen was delighted with the plug for the Swiss Watch Club in the Sunday Times last month. Unfortunately, the article was published immediately before a judgment was... Read more »
Post Card Brewing Company: A Passion for Craft Beer and Community
Post Card Brewing Company is renowned for its passion for beer, an attribute shared by many in the vibrant Irish craft beer scene. Specialising in small batches with modest... Read more »
Behind the Scenes
MOOLAH IN MONAGHAN
THE NEWS that the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for artists, which is located in Annaghmakerrig, is to benefit to the tune of €1.5m for a brand-new studio courtesy of the arts... Read more »
Sport of Kings
RONAN McNALLY’S TIPS
WHILE HE may have begun serving an eight-year ban from training, Ronan McNally is obviously keen to maintain an involvement in the sport by setting up a tipping service. Having... Read more »
RAY GREHAN’S RESULT
PROPERTY DEVELOPER Ray Grehan has had his fair share of tumbles off the track in his high-profile business career but one of his race horses must have caught him by... Read more »
Moneybags
SMURFIT KAPPA SHAREHOLDERS FACE UNEASY FUTURE
FANS OF Moneybags will be aware that he has long highlighted the lack of a trans-Atlantic presence for Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), a state of affairs that, rather late in... Read more »
AMINEX FINALLY READY FOR THE BIG TIME?
THE REAPPOINTMENT last month of Bob Ambrose as a director of Aminex is a real signal that the potential game-changer well – Chikumbi-1 (CH-1), which had originally been planned for... Read more »
Gold Will Continue to Smash Through 2024 For The Sake of Investors
Gold is smashing its way through 2024. Not only did it have its best six-month start to a year (since 2020) but it also broke through a new price... Read more »
The Hot Water Brigade
SUPERPAT’S BIG SCREEN
THE EFFORTS of Pat ‘Supermac’s’ McDonagh to bring a bit of New York’s Times Square to Galway’s Eyre Square have fallen flat again. SuperPat has been trying for some time... Read more »
BÉBHINN FLOOD’S FASHION FAUX PAS
THIS WEEK sees the creditors’ meeting for a company called The Design House (Bespoke) Ltd, which was incorporated a decade ago by fashion designer/entrepreneur Bébhinn Flood, who was previously shortlisted... Read more »
JOHN TEELING’S NEW ADVISORS
JOHN TEELING has been delivering some premium quality profits from his whiskey endeavours for the last two decades but the performance of some of his other companies has been closer... Read more »
NIAMH PARKER’S RETWEETS
AFTER MONTHS of relative silence, it was interesting to see one of Goldhawk’s favourite tech gurus, Allan Beechinor, pop up again – this time on the Revenue’s latest list of... Read more »
Luxury Meets Sustainability: The NEAT Fusion Automated Gate System
In an era where sustainability and luxury are no longer mutually exclusive, NEAT Gates has seamlessly combined the two with their revolutionary NEAT Fusion automated gate system. Located in... Read more »