Affairs of the Nation

Maureen Kennelly

Affairs of the Nation

MAYHEM ON MERRION SQUARE

AT LONG last the media (and Government) have caught up with Goldhawk’s investigation into the near €7m splurge on a useless information and communications technology (ICT) project (see The Phoenix... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

PHILIP KING’S MUSICAL NOTES

THE COMPANY founded by Philip King, South Wind Blows Ltd (SWB), best known for the RTÉ music series Other Voices, found itself in the spotlight last week. King’s company was... Read more »
Cillian Murphy

Affairs of the Nation

SNUBBING CILLIAN MURPHY

THERE MAY have been some surprised cinephiles when the Bafta winners were announced last weekend. Where were the gongs for Small Things Like These, produced and starring one Cillian Murphy?... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Gabriel Makhlouf

Affairs of the Nation

CENTRAL BANK’S ISRAELI WAR BONDS

ASTONISHINGLY, THE Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) is enabling the sale of Israel bonds in Europe. As David Landy of Jews for Palestine told a protest outside the CBI: “There... Read more »
Marie O'Brien

Affairs of the Nation

CHINESE ORDER

MICHEÁL MARTIN made sure to get his mug in the papers this week when chumming up with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, who was here to discuss business with foreign... Read more »
Eavan Boland

Affairs of the Nation

TRINITY COLLEGE LOWERS THE TONE   

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (TCD) authorities will feel satisfied that it recently handled some ‘legacy’ racism in a deft manner. In 2022 students agitated that George Berkeley, after whom TCD’s modernist... Read more »
Donald Trump

Affairs of the Nation

EU WANTS WAR

THE INSANE level of militarist, anti-Russian rhetoric that has engulfed EU states, including Ireland, is a classic case of decision makers believing their own propaganda. Worse, it could lead to... Read more »
Jim O'Callaghan

Affairs of the Nation

HUNTING THE MI5 MOLE

IT WILL soon fall to new Fianna Fáil justice minister Big Jim O’Callaghan to fully commence the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act, 2024. It assigns to An Garda Síochána... Read more »
Kevin Myers

Affairs of the Nation

KEVIN MYERS LIVES

In recent years Goldhawk has been able to reveal the central role that Irish journalists have played in new media projects launched in Brussels that are linked to both Viktor... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Vogue WIlliams

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: VOGUE WILLIAMS

WITH HER autobiography, Big Mouth, due out in May and a live show in Vicar Street scheduled for the same month, Vogue Williams’s professional... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Paul Lawless

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: PAUL LAWLESS

AS THE Aontú party began a small but steady rise in the opinion polls throughout last year, the election to the Dáil in November... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Alan English

Fit to Print?

ENGLISH THE LATEST IN ‘SINDO’ EXODUS

THE ANODYNE clichés that departing Sunday Independent editor Alan English delivered to explain his sudden resignation, in a most accommodating interview with The Currency “chief executive” Tom Lyons, indicate a... 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?

ALISON O’CONNOR’S GAZA GUFF

AMID THE welter of approval from media ‘adults in the room’ (current code for Government supporters) for the Government’s abandonment of the Occupied Territories Bill, an especially pointed Sunday Times... Read more »
Will Goodbody

Fit to Print?

HELPFUL HACKS

THE WINNING roles played in the election campaign by ex-political press hacks Sarah Bardon and Ciara Phelan in policing the media as official spokespeople for the FF-FG Government has been... Read more »

Last Refuge

Claire Murray

Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL FEMALE FEALTY

FIANNA FÁIL’s female election candidates have doubled down against sustained criticism from feminists and others of the alleged male control freaks in their party. Several candidates who failed to take... Read more »
Mattie McGrath

Last Refuge

MATTIE McGRATH’S OLD FRIENDS

FOLLOWING REPORTS of talks between Independent TD Mattie McGrath and his former party, Fianna Fáil, that never happened/broke down/are ongoing/were exaggerated in the media/etc, McGrath took a swipe at his... Read more »
Barry Heneghan

Last Refuge

BARRY BOTTLES BILL ON PALESTINE

DYNAMIC NEW Independent TD Barry Heneghan, who came over fierce radical like during the general election, has caused outrage among Palestinian supporters for reneging on a commitment to support the... Read more »
Dara Calleary

Last Refuge

MAYO’S LOST LEADERS

TIME WAS when Mayo Fianna Fáil harboured two would-be taoisigh – Dara Calleary and Lisa Chambers. That was some years ago but even Calleary, now back in Cabinet, no longer... Read more »

Northwind

Paul Givan

Northwind

DUP TO SABOTAGE EXECUTIVE?

The DUP’s two ministers in the northern executive – Paul Givan in education and Gordon Lyons in communities – are under fire from nationalist and Alliance assembly members for what... Read more »

Hush Hush

Derek Blighe

Hush Hush

BLIGHE AND DWYER VS THE LAW

After his elimination at the European election count in June, a bullish Derek Blighe, leader of Ireland First (IF), declared: “This is only the beginning. We’re going to build on... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘A GOOD HEAD OF HAIR’ A man who started filming gardaí before aggressively yelling at them avoided a conviction in Naas District Court. Shane Kelly (19), of Morristown Crescent, Newbridge,... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Alan Matthews

Fowl Emissions

HERE COMES SUMMER

“What’s summer anymore?” That’s the question posed by one of around 200 farmers who took part in a recent research project run by Teagasc, Ireland’s state agri research agency. The... Read more »
Climate Disinformation Coillte Climate Action EU Livestock NDC Claude Etchelamendy Ed Brophy Richard Boyd-Barrett Kish Dale Crammond Frank Mitloehner Shell Greenwashing Meta Data Centres Ireland

Fowl Emissions

DARRAGH MCCULLOUGH’S HERD

Congrats to Meath farmer and agri scribe Darragh McCullough on achieving his 10-year goal of growing his dairy herd to over 500 cows. His account of this success story in... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Pat Kenny

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

As in the pantomime, we suggest that the developers are attempting to stuff an ‘Ugly Sister’s foot’ into Cinderella’s delicate slipper. Pat Kenny on Bartra’s plan to build a nursing... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Princess Zahra

High Society

AFTER THE AGA KHAN

IRISH HORSERACING lost a big supporter with the death of the Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims. His... 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

FRANK MOLONEY’S JET TURBULENCE

THE YEAR has started off with yet more turbulence for the Shannon-based private jet fleet operator Westair Aviation, which has been backed by heavy... Read more »

High Society

Noelle O'Connor

High Society

NOELLE’S CHINESE TAKEAWAY

GOLDHAWK WASN’T too surprised to see a glowing report on the adventures of fake (sorry, sunless) tan queen Noelle O’Connor in the Sindo last weekend. She has big plans and... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Désirée Finnegan

Behind the Scenes

SCREEN IRELAND’S FEMALE LEADS

THERE MAY have been some head scratching among movie makers earlier this month when the Sunday Times Culture mag ran a comment piece under the headline, “What stops women from... Read more »
Tailored Films Screen Ireland Perspectives DCCI Crescine Tarka Russell Lara Hickey Reality Check Sarah McInerney Irish Movies Paul Murray Arts Council Dublin Theatre Festival TWU Macdara Kelleher Richard Boyd Barrett DADC Cillian Murphy Terry McMahon Media Commission Ireland Kerlin Gallery Creative Ireland Section 481 Christine O’Donovan RTÉ Storyland NMI Board Vacancies IASCA Ossie Kilkenny RTÉ Original Programmes

Behind the Scenes

CAITRÍONA CROWE’S MEMO

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p6), Goldhawk reports on the strong level of support (30%) in the near 900 submissions made to the Trinity Legacies Review Working Group (TLRWG) for... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Harry Rogers

Sport of Kings

HARRY’S HEAVY GOING

THE MOST surprising aspect of the High Court action by popular Co Louth trainer Harry Rogers against the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) and BHP Laboratories is that it took... 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

TIM HUSBANDS DISMOUNTS

TIM HUSBANDS (MBE no less) rode off into the sunset from Leopardstown following the recent Dublin Racing Festival (DRF). Husbands had been in the saddle here for five years, after... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Debra Crew

Moneybags

SELLING GUINNESS MAKES SENSE ONLY FOR DEBRA CREW

The buzz in London last month concerned the potential offloading by Diageo of its iconic Guinness brand. Although surprising to some, this is a... Read more »

Moneybags

Seamus Keating

Moneybags

KEATING’S WORRYING LOSS-MAKER INSIDE FD TECHNOLOGIES

OVER 24 years, Brian Conlon built up the hugely successful Newry-based First Derivatives group, now FD Technologies (FDT), into a highly profitable operation in... Read more »

Brief Cases

Judge Robert Haughton

Brief Cases

WEE CARE’S WEDGE

FIGURES JUST filed for the Belfast-controlled Wee Care nursery business, which has significant operations in south Co Dublin, show that founder Ian Buchanan has been scooping big bucks. In the... Read more »
Brittany Stewart and Hamish Khayat

Brief Cases

HAMISH KHAYAT’S OLD NUMBERS

ONE HAMISH Khayat must have been flashing his pearly whites from ear to ear after last weekend’s gushing article in the Business Post. The 34-year-old – who believes it is... Read more »
BHP Laboratories’ fleet

Brief Cases

DERMOT PURCELL’S GOOD GOING

FANS OF the sport of kings will have noted that well-liked racehorse trainer Harry Rogers has been back in the High Court with the state-funded regulatory body, Irish Horseracing Regulatory... Read more »
Marguerite Bolger

Brief Cases

FRANCIS HANRAHAN’S FOOTWORK

THE DREADED taxman has just registered a judgment for €42,000 against a company called Unit 3 Ltd, which is owned by Mount Merrion-based Francis Hanrahan. While dealing with the Revenue... Read more »