Affairs of the Nation

Keir Starmer Deep State

Affairs of the Nation

SPOOKY STARMER

At long last, Britain’s Deep State can breathe a sigh of relief as the keys to 10 Downing Street are finally in a safe pair of hands – those of... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

RORY GODSON’S TWEET

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS heavy-hitter Rory Godson doesn’t spend much time tweeting but he clearly likes to get some things off his chest. Last month, he was walking down the leafy street... Read more »
Phil Hogan

Affairs of the Nation

PHIL HOGAN’S DOCTORATE

CONGRATULATIONS TO former EU commissioner and current unofficial advisor to Simon Harris, Phil Hogan, who landed an honorary doctorate in science from University College Dublin. Goldhawk was eager to read... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Emmanuel Macron Mali

Affairs of the Nation

MACRON’S FRENCH EMPIRE CRUMBLES

With French president Emmanuel Macron grappling with a complicated loss of power at home, his illusions about restoring the glory days of the French empire have also taken a battering... Read more »
Micheal Martin US Shannon

Affairs of the Nation

FROM SHANNON TO UKRAINE

AN OMNI Air aircraft, N351AX, on contract to the US military, landed at Shannon last weekend from Rzeszow airport in the southeast of Poland. Rzeszow is the main supply airport... Read more »
Sean Sweeney

Affairs of the Nation

SEAN SWEENEY’S TRACK RECORD

THE APPOINTMENT of New Zealander Sean Sweeney, CEO of Auckland’s City Rail Link project, as the head of the big MetroLink rail project in Dublin raised a few eyebrows, especially... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

RICH LIST LIQUIDATION

GOLDHAWK WAS a little surprised to see a company that was previously controlled by the richest man in Ireland, Pallonji Mistry, was wound up by the High Court last month.... Read more »
Linda Doyle Trinity IHRA

Affairs of the Nation

TRINITY’S DEFINITION DILEMMA

HAVING FACED down the college authorities in May over ties between Trinners and Israeli institutions, the TCD Students’ Union and the Trinity Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions group can’t have been overly... Read more »
Ursula von der Leyen

Affairs of the Nation

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S TALL THALES

THE NUMBER and intensity of protests, including pickets and blockades of weapons manufacturer Thales UK plants, have ratcheted up significantly in recent months. The ire of pro-Palestinian and anti-war protesters... Read more »
David Lammy

Affairs of the Nation

LABOUR’S LAMENTABLE LAMMY

New British foreign secretary David Lammy is a keen supporter of Nato. Appointed shadow foreign secretary by Keir Starmer in November 2021, he was quickly reassuring his new pals in... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Jack Chambers

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: JACK CHAMBERS

THE MEDIA consensus – or should that be group think – is that the newly elevated finance minister, 33-year-old Jack Chambers, is Ireland’s very... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Lisa Jordan

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: LISA JORDAN

IT’S BEEN a busy few months for social media influencer and businesswoman Lisa Jordan (aka Just Jordan), with multiple product launches, a swanky new... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Naomi Long Cathal Crotty

Fit to Print?

DOUBLE STANDARDS AT THE ‘IRISH TIMES’

JUSTIFIABLY, AND admirably, newspapers, and TV and radio programmes reported and commented on the recent suspended sentence for soldier Cathal Crotty, who viciously assaulted Natasha O’Brien. Outrage was followed by... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

ULSTER-SCOTS’ PR

TIME WAS when one of the few unionists to see positive benefits in the peace process was ludicrous Lord Laird, who milked the Irish and British taxpayer for millions in... Read more »
Catherine Martin RTÉ funding

Fit to Print?

RTÉ TOLD: DO MORE WITH LESS

RTÉ’s decision to outsource Fair City and The Late Late Show to outside production companies has been greeted with anger by Montrose trade unions who fear, correctly, that it will... Read more »

Last Refuge

Keir Starmer

Last Refuge

STARMER: UNIONIST OR CIVIL RIGHTS CHAMPION

BRITAIN’S NEW prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer (don’t forget the Sir), has made his first visit to the north since taking over in Westminster last week and he was greeted,... Read more »
Michael Collins

Last Refuge

MICHAEL COLLINS TO REPLACE GREENS

AS THE Greens go down in the polls and their ability to play a coalition role looks increasingly doubtful, there is quiet satisfaction in Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil circles... Read more »
Mary Lou McDonald General Election

Last Refuge

TIME NOT ON MARY LOU’S SIDE

Despite government insistence that it intends to run its full term and that there will be no general election this year, there is still feverish speculation that the date will... Read more »
NFP Jean Luc Melenchon

Last Refuge

NEW SPECTRE HAUNTS MACRON

There was a widespread sigh of relief in European Union circles at the astonishing news that the expected far-right dominance in the French parliament had been thwarted. But there was... Read more »

Northwind

John Finucane Sinn Féin North

Northwind

SF’S TRIPLE CROWN

Whatever about the fall from grace of Sinn Féin in the south, the party goes from strength to strength in the north. The British general election was nothing to do... Read more »

Hush Hush

Justin Barrett NRM

Hush Hush

JUSTIN BARRETT RIDES ON

SOME OBSERVERS feared that a poor showing for new-right movements in Ireland in the local government and European Parliament elections might push a section of these movements towards more extreme... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘SICK’ OF CORK A MIDDLE-AGED man who got involved in an altercation with gardaí in Cork city, shouted that he was “sick” of Cork and wanted to go home. Thomas... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Emer Higgins

Fowl Emissions

EMER HIGGINS’S U-TURN

When running in the 2019 Dublin Mid-West by-election, Fine Gael’s Emer Higgins promised: “If elected, I will demand better public transport for our area.” She explained in a video the... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

KEVIN MCPARTLAN’S HOT AIR

“We stand at a critical juncture where the urgency of our climate crisis demands bold and decisive action”. These were the stirring sentiments in a recent Irish Times business-page article.... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Keith Duggan

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

It was as though Super Joe had recovered from his bout of kryptonite poisoning. Keith Duggan on Joe Biden successfully reading from a teleprompter, Irish Times A well-written book is... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Aubrey McCarthy and JP McManus

High Society

AUBREY’S AWARD

CONGRATULATIONS TO millionaire and philanthropist Aubrey McCarthy, who has just been awarded an honorary lifetime membership of the RDS. This pat on the back... Read more »

High Society

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High Society

JOHN MAGNIER’S MIXED FORM

IT HAS been a successful but mixed couple of weeks for John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and the rest of the loaded Coolmore... Read more »

High Society

Ray Moran

High Society

RAY MORAN’S TURNTABLE

A DECISION is due shortly from the planners in Dublin City Council on an application for the retention of an unusual “vehicular turntable” in the driveway of an impressive three-storey... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Neil Jordan

Behind the Scenes

NEIL JORDAN’S EDITING

AMNESIAC, THE memoir of Neil Jordan, has hit the shelves, accompanied by a predictable glut of author interviews diligently name-checking the likes of Stanley Kubrick, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise and... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

PETER HYNES’S HEADACHE

STILL NO sign of an advert for the position of CEO of Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI), which is in the process of procuring a recruitment agency. Incumbent Rosemary... Read more »

Sport of Kings

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Sport of Kings

SARAH’S SHOTS

SARAH LYNAM, who recently called a premature halt to her own career as a trainer, turned her sights on fellow trainer Paddy Twomey in a radio interview. The recently turned... 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

REBECCA MAY’S WINNER

LIMERICK-BASED corporate events queen Rebecca May finally tasted success as a racehorse owner (and presumably a tasty dividend from the bookies) when the 150/1 shot, Eaglewood, carried her purple and... Read more »
Rachael Blackmore Lady Rita

Sport of Kings

CIRCUIT BREAKER

RACHAEL BLACKMORE’S riding of the Louise Lyons-trained Lady Rita in a Kilbeggan three-mile hurdle last year was presumably on the minds of the directors of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

C&C Patrick McMahon

Moneybags

CHAOTIC C&C’S PROFITS SET TO GET VERY FIZZY

THE C&C saga continues to deliver twists and turns. Less than one year after David Forde stepped down with immediate effect as chief bottlewasher... Read more »

Moneybags

Tony Smurfit DS Smith

Moneybags

TONY SMURFIT’S US DREAM COULD BE A NIGHTMARE

IF THE agreed €7bn takeover of DS Smith group by International Paper (IP) goes through, this could be Tony Smurfit’s worst nightmare, just as... Read more »

Brief Cases

John McGuirk Dundrum House

Brief Cases

JOHN MCGUIRK’S COURT CASES

GOLDHAWK WONDERS if right-wing firebrand and Gript editor John McGuirk has had a chance to peruse the correction published in the latest issue of The Village magazine, given that he... Read more »
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Brief Cases

TWIN OAKS JUDGMENT

A JUDGMENT has just been registered by Fingal County Council for a paltry €4,500 against a company called Castleknock Hospitality but it seems unlikely that this small rates bill will... Read more »
Luke Comer Ban

Brief Cases

LUKE COMER’S BLEMISHED RECORD

MONACO-BASED billionaire property developer Luke Comer is set to begin his lengthy three-year suspension as a racehorse trainer next Monday, although until the last minute it is possible that an application... Read more »
Aubrey McCarthy

Brief Cases

AUBREY MCCARTHY’S B&B

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p18) Goldhawk looks at the awarding by the RDS of honorary lifetime membership to businessman and philanthropist Aubrey McCarthy. He is keeping his fingers crossed... Read more »