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June 14 - June 27, 2024
Affairs of the Nation
TOO MUCH DATA, MARIE
LAST OCTOBER the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) received an email from PR and lobbying firm FleishmanHillard to say that its client, Peter Lantry, was “very keen to arrange a... Read more »
PADDY CURRAN’S HEAVY GOING
AMONG THE various interesting local election results thrown up this week, Goldhawk noted the surprise defeat by a short head of Kildare Blueshirt councillor Paddy Curran. Having entered the election... Read more »
PLOT THICKENS IN LISTOWEL
THERE CONTINUES to be more twists and turns on the Listowel Writers’ Week (LWW) board than can be found in any thriller that was discussed at the annual shindig earlier... Read more »
Sponsored Content
ESB’s Ardnacrusha Power Station Reopens for Free Public Tours This Summer
ESB is once again running guided tours at Ardnacrusha Power Station in Co Clare this summer, offering the public a rare opportunity to explore one of Ireland’s most significant... Read more »
JIM O’CALLAGHAN’S INTENTIONS
MICHEÁL MARTIN was not so much elated as tremendously relieved at the local and EU election results, which basically mean he does not have to face down a revolt from... Read more »
PASCHAL DONOHOE’S PATIENT ‘ALLY’
SCENES OF jubilation among Fine Gael candidates and other senior party figures at the Dublin local election count centre in the RDS were captured by the Sunday Times last weekend,... Read more »
THE PIT BULL LOBBY
AFTER THE recent fatal dog attack in Limerick, there will be increased focus on the activities of Heather Humphreys’ new Dog Control Stakeholder Group, chaired by ex-Garda deputy commissioner John... Read more »
COMER BROTHERS’ PR COUP
CONGRATULATIONS TO the minted Comer brothers, Luke and Brian, who earned a quick return from their decision to splash out on some public relations handlers from London. It turns out... Read more »
DARRAGH O’LOUGHLIN’S HANDICAP
A DRAFT copy of the long-awaited Mazars report into financial matters that were described by Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) boss Darragh O’Loughlin as being of “grave concern” has been... Read more »
NEUTRALITY ANNOYS EU, FG AND BRITS
After a European Parliament election campaign dominated by the issue of immigration, which was put centre stage by a cohort of ideologically committed hard-right parties and then amplified by more... Read more »
DUBLIN-MONAGHAN BOMBING FILES
Last month President Michael D Higgins told the survivors and victims’ relatives of the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bomb atrocities that it was “not morally acceptable, nor is it politically feasible, to... Read more »
Pillars of Society
PROFILE: DAN HEALY
THE NOW characteristic line in fighting talk of Dan Healy was already very much in evidence when he blazed in to succeed John McMahon... Read more »
The Young Bloods
YOUNG BLOOD: MARTHA NÍ RIADA
THE OUTGOING president of University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCDSU), Martha Ní Riada (24), is your prototypical student politics type: a permanent fixture at... Read more »
CEA: There is No Such Thing as Director-lite
THE Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) enforces any breach of company law by companies or the directors of a company. Michael Dillon, CEA’s Director of Legal, explains that... Read more »
Fit to Print?
MEDIA AND CHURCH RED FACES
THERE WERE red faces for the north’s justice minister, Alliance leader Naomi Long, and her officials, who can add non-competence to the party’s much-touted non-sectarian halo. Media organisations recently convinced... Read more »
PAUL TWEED’S MATCHMAKER
An intriguing mention in the Irish Times recently reported that dating agency Intro Matchmaking is seeking an injunction against one of its former clients, clothes designer Fionnuala Bourke. The story... Read more »
‘MORNING IRELAND’ REPLACEMENT
NOW THAT the venerable Dobbo’s replacement on RTÉ’s News at One has been appointed – Morning Ireland’s Rachel English – speculation about who will replace English on the morning news... Read more »
Last Refuge
SF: BEHAVE AS IF IN GOVERNMENT
SINN FÉIN is staring at an electoral abyss and the potential loss of a republican generation that could have provided a radical political transformation, not to mention the slowing of... Read more »
FAMILY FORTUNES
THAT EMBARRASSING tale of Louth Fine Gael candidate Marian Dwyer-Agrios withdrawing from the local elections because she had received €30,000 go-away money-cum-works-on-her-house from a local developer (she initially sought €40,000)... Read more »
KATE O’CONNELL’S CHOICES
KATE O’CONNELL is currently weighing up her prospects as a Dáil candidate in at least two constituencies after local and European campaigns in which she soldiered mightily in an effort... Read more »
Hush Hush
NOT ALL RIGHT ON THE NIGHT
DESPITE THE hype, the results of the local government and European Parliament elections were underwhelming for a number of Ireland’s new right-wing parties. A small number of ‘Independent’ new-right councillors... Read more »
Bog Cuttings
BOG CUTTINGS
LAST CHANCE SALOON A Donegal pub owner once more found himself before Letterkenny District Court charged with selling alcohol after hours. Garda Suzanne Gordon described how gardaí received an anonymous... Read more »
Fowl Emissions
DAIRY PR PRODUCE
On being installed as Taoiseach, one of the first actions by the canny Simon Harris was to reassure the agri lobby that his Government had no intention of rolling back... Read more »
NIALL BOYLAN’S HOT AIR
While the local and European elections have thrown up some real surprises, perhaps the least surprising aspect has been the sheer cluelessness of climate-denier candidates and the fact that this... Read more »
The Hot Air Brigade
THE HOT AIR BRIGADE
It’s a great investment for a child to have a pony because they won’t be down the local shopping mall or be hanging around. Gavin Duffy, Sunday Independent Life Magazine... Read more »
High Society
EVANS BEVAN’S ESTATE
HAVING ACQUIRED the impressive Fortwilliam Estate on 400 acres outside Lismore, Co Waterford, just over a decade ago for almost €8m, the wonderfully named... Read more »
JOHN BYRNE SADDLES UP
CONGRATULATIONS TO moneybags horse owner John Byrne, who has ended up in the saddle at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board as senior steward and... Read more »
DECLAN RYAN SELLS UP
THERE WAS a glowing write-up at the weekend in the Business Post for an impressive-looking house on Harcourt Street in Dublin 2, now on the market for €3m. The owner... Read more »
Croke Park’s Newest Hospitality Experience
THIS EXCLUSIVE section blends the hospitality experience of Croke Park with a social, shared space, giving you the best of both worlds to enhance your match-day experience. Located in... Read more »
Behind the Scenes
DOMINO EFFECT
NEW GUIDELINES issued by Revenue – following its successful Supreme Court appeal last October regarding the employment status of Domino’s pizza delivery drivers – look set to have a domino... Read more »
TARKA RUSSELL’S EXIT
SO FAREWELL then to Tarka Russell, who has stepped down from the board of the Glucksman art gallery in UCC after five years. The 30-something London/New York-based gallery director added... Read more »
Sport of Kings
DENIS HOGAN HITS OUT
AS FANS of Goldhawk are aware, trainer Denis Hogan is no stranger to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) stewards and he made his feelings pretty clear earlier this month... Read more »
EOIN O’BRIEN’S DOUBLE TROUBLE
ANOTHER POOR reflection on the regulatory standards in Irish racing was evident when the same appeals body subsequently sat to consider the case of Eoin O’Brien, the winning rider of... Read more »
Moneybags
KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLAYING THE RIGHT GAME
KEYWORDS STUDIOS plc was established in Dublin in 1997 before eventually floating on the AIM market in 2013, driven by then CEO Andrew Day.... Read more »
PROFITABLE RYANAIR’S PROBLEM IN THE COCKPIT
THE RYANAIR results for the full year to March 2024 show a modest 9% increase in passenger numbers to 184 million but a stonking... Read more »
Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern at National Design & Craft Gallery
The highly anticipated Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern exhibition has arrived at Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) National Design and Craft Gallery in Kilkenny. Running from February... Read more »
Brief Cases
MAGNIER & CO DIG DEEP
A COMPANIES Office filing reveals that another €20m has just been pumped into the Curragh racecourse by its assorted shareholders that includes a who’s who in Irish racing. The €82m... Read more »
SUSAN BERGIN BOWS OUT
Given arts and media minister Catherine Martin’s promise to bring forward a proposed new funding framework for RTÉ before the Dáil recess on July 11, it may be a while... Read more »
SAVING MIKE ORMONDE’S HYDE
THE RESCUE process being undertaken by Secret Seasonings Ltd, the insolvent company behind the Hyde bar and nightclub off Dublin’s Grafton Street, is entering the closing strait and process adviser... Read more »
NORMAN CROWLEY’S DEPLETED ENERGY
JOINT LIQUIDATORS Ken Fennell and Brendan O’Reilly of Interpath Advisory have been installed at Crowley Carbon, owned by the media-friendly Norman Crowley. The move must have come as quite the... Read more »
PAT MCDONAGH’S APPEAL
THIS WAS a memorable month for Supermac’s co-founder Pat McDonagh, whose fast-food operation scored a notable win in its long-running trademark dispute with global burger giant McDonald’s. The European Court... Read more »
Dublin Unites to Promote Foreign Investment and Economic Growth
Dublin has long been a hub for global business. But now, a new campaign, “Invested in Dublin: Local Ambition, Global Success”, is showing the world exactly why Dublin is... Read more »
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