Affairs of the Nation

Ravil Maganov

Affairs of the Nation

RONAN COLLINS’S RUSSIAN CONNECTIONS

LAST MONTH a US-backed nursing home operator, which surfaced in 2016 with big plans to take a chunk of the market here, was placed in examinership, having previously emerged from... Read more »
Dame Richardson Ukrainian War

Affairs of the Nation

EU ‘WAR ECONOMY’

LAST OCTOBER The Phoenix quoted an impeccable authority on western political and military strategy – the Economist magazine – which warned that the imminent retreat of the US from the... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

JUDGING LUKE COMER JNR

THE MINTED Comer family, who made hundreds of millions of euro from the building sector, has had its fair share of stumbles in the racing world, most notably the suspension... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Derek Richardson

Affairs of the Nation

DEREK RICHARDSON’S SCRUM

THE FORMER owner of bust English rugby union club Wasps – Derek Richardson – is keeping his lawyers busy. As has been reported, he is suing his legal advisers, Kennedys... Read more »
Phil Hogan

Affairs of the Nation

DON’T MESS WITH BIG PHIL

SIMON COVENEY’S flight from Cabinet – before he could be pushed – had as much to do with former EU commissioner Phil Hogan as incoming Taoiseach Simon Harris. Not that... Read more »
Vanishing Triangle

Affairs of the Nation

VIRGIN’S ‘VANISHING TRIANGLE’

THE OMENS weren’t good when The Vanishing Triangle, backed with moolah from the taxpayer, failed to appear in the autumn schedule for Virgin Media Television (VMTV) last year without explanation.... Read more »
Robin Jackson Drew Harris

Affairs of the Nation

BRITISH AGENTS AND DUBLIN BOMBS

May 17 next will mark the 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bomb massacres. One of the key figures in the Dublin leg of that operation was Robin ‘The... Read more »
Colin Duffy

Affairs of the Nation

INTERNMENT WITH TRIAL

The wall of silence by southern media on the recent acquittal of dissident republicans Colin Duffy and Harry Fitzsimons is in marked contrast to the sensational headlines that many carried... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Simon Harris

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: SIMON HARRIS

HOW DID 37-year-old Simon Harris beat off heavyweight contenders Paschal Donohoe and Simon Coveney, as well as Helen McEntee and other ambitious souls, to... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Mark Mehigan

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: MARK MEHIGAN

WHILE HE remains unknown to a large swathe of the country, the multi-talented Mark Mehigan has his fingers in all sorts of pies. He’s... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Hugh O'Connell

Fit to Print?

HUGH O’CONNELL’S LONG GOODBYE

THE EXIT of Hugh O’Connell from Mediahuis, where he was deputy group political editor working for the Sindo and Indo, came at a good time for the Aawrish edition of... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

TARGETING MARTIN MCGUINNESS

RECENT SUGGESTIONS from the Sunday Independent and interpretations by others that the BBC Two’s programme, The Secret Army, shows Martin McGuinness was an informer have their origins in the late... Read more »
Alison O'Connor Justine McCarthy

Fit to Print?

LIBERAL MEDIA DEBATES FAR RIGHT

APPEASEMENT IS a notion that some media columnists are using and debating right now in the face of a right-wing backlash against so-called ‘woke’ politics and legislation to criminalise hate... Read more »

Last Refuge

Justice Minister Helen McEntee

Last Refuge

HELEN McENTEE’S FUTURE

JUSTICE MINISTER (as we speak) Helen McEntee has been pleading via the media and in person with her former rival and now leader, Simon Harris, not to sack her from... Read more »
Ivana Bacik Carol Reynolds

Last Refuge

IVANA BACIK’S NEW GENERATION

LABOUR LEADER Ivana Bacik recently deployed her considerable legal and verbal skills to exonerate the party’s local election Ringsend candidate, Carol Reynolds, who had said that Ireland had “too many... Read more »
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Last Refuge

KATE O’CONNELL THE DISRUPTER

THE CLEAR desire of Simon Harris to add Kate O’Connell as a ‘partner’ to councillor James Geoghegan on the Dublin Bay South (DBS) general election ticket is going to upset... Read more »
Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

MARTIN TO PROVOKE MORE REFERENDUMS?

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S move to legislate for the abolition of the triple lock could run into political, constitutional and even EU legislative trouble, judging by statements uttered by Martin himself and... Read more »

Northwind

Jeffrey Donaldson

Northwind

DONALDSON UNDONE

When the news broke at 1.00 pm on Good Friday that DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson had been charged with historical sex offences including rape, there had already been a... Read more »

Hush Hush

Alex Kaplan Derek Blighe

Hush Hush

MONEY TO BURN

With European and local elections fast approaching, many candidates to the right of Fine Gael are declaring their intention to stand with the Irish Freedom Party (IFP), Ireland First (IF),... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

A GIANT TOOL A 24-year-old man who ran down North Main Street, Cork, waving a pitchfork in the early afternoon of July 3, 2023, was sentenced to three months in... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

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

Fowl Emissions

COLOMBIA 3 MINING PROFITEERS

“ACTIVIST LUKE Holland has authored this report for Prime Time…” This was the rather odd introduction, read by Sarah McInerney, to an excellent and harrowing report last week from the... Read more »
Sperrin Mountains Kevin McAleer

Fowl Emissions

UNCLE COLM’S CONCERNS

There’ve been some high-profile interventions in the long-running battle to prevent Canadian firm Dalradian digging up the Sperrin Mountains in Tyrone to mine billions worth of gold. Last year campaigners... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Bambie Thug

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

We firmly believe in the unifying power of music, enabling people to transcend differences and foster meaningful conversations. We feel it is our duty to create and uphold this space,... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Christine Davies Aerial view of Ballybla farm

High Society

CORRECTING CHRISTINE DAVIES

THERE WAS some bad news for the glamorous Christine Jane Davies, owner of the sprawling Ballybla House and estate outside Ashford in Co Wicklow... Read more »

High Society

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High Society

JOHN MAGNIER’S CEREMONY

THE ASSOCIATION of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO) has just published its annual report for 2023, showing income of €270,000, the majority of which (€169,000)... Read more »

High Society

Killian Poynton

High Society

KILLIAN POYNTON’S HIGH NET WORTH CLIENTS

GREEN BIRD Ltd, a company catering to the needs of so-called “high net worth individuals”, has found itself on the end of a judgment from the dreaded Revenue. Established by... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Brendan Lynott

Behind the Scenes

SMOCK ALLEY’S BAD REVIEW

WITH DUBLIN City Council (DCC) preparing to take over Smock Alley Theatre (SAT) in Temple Bar, the board of the linked Gaiety School of Acting next door will be hoping... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

EN POINTE!

THE DECISION by Anne Maher’s Ballet Ireland (BI) to withdraw a piece choreographed by Israeli Ohad Naharin from its Bold Moves programme raised eyebrows, given the predominantly conservative character of... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Darragh O'Loughlin

Sport of Kings

APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

THE REVELATION last month that the IHRB had been described by consultants in 2021 as “not fit for purpose” was dismissed by the agency on the grounds that the new... 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

SEAMIE HEFFERNAN DISMOUNTS

MEYDAN RACECOURSE Dubai was the location on Saturday afternoon where the spotlight really shone on Rebels Romance. Ballydoyle’s champion, Auguste Rodin, who had been so impressive at Dundalk under regular... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Myles O'Grady

Moneybags

MYLES O’GRADY PUTS LID ON BOI SHARE PRICE

IT WAS pretty eyebrow-raising that when Bank of Ireland (BoI) released its full-year results for 2023, showing pre-provisional and pre-exceptional profits that had almost... Read more »

Moneybags

Urs Jordi

Moneybags

ARYZTA’S RECOVERY NOW BAKED INTO SHARE PRICE

A COMPANY that has effectively disappeared off the radar here is Aryzta, which is not surprising given its Swiss quote, but there remains significant... Read more »

Brief Cases

Derek Dalton Noel Moran

Brief Cases

NOEL MORAN’S CAR TROUBLE

THERE WAS a potentially expensive setback in the High Court last month for Noel Moran of Noel Moran Recovery, when his damages claim against a company called Blackstar Management, concerning... Read more »
Steve Parkin

Brief Cases

HEAVY GOING FOR FOLEY AND PARKIN

“WE’RE NEARLY like family and I treat him like a brother,” was a recent remark by the minted founder of Clipper Logistics, Steve Parkin, about his advisor, Joe Foley, owner... Read more »
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Brief Cases

CYRIL MURPHY’S NETWORK ERROR

A MOBILE network data firm marked out as a future star player in the sector, Equiendo Ltd, has just had its connection cut and is to be wound up next... Read more »
Johnnie Cooke

Brief Cases

CATCHING UP WITH JOHNNIE COOKE

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p19), Goldhawk takes a look at an operation called Green Bird, which was established by one Killian Bewley Poynton to provide concierge services to super... Read more »