Affairs of the Nation

Simon Harris

Affairs of the Nation

COALITION LEADERS’ TENSIONS ALREADY

IT’S EARLY days but with Donald Trump creating a daily sense of geo-political crisis, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris are already competing with each other for public attention... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

MR AND MRS IRISH VIKING

BY QUITE some way, the most interesting of the Revenue settlements published last week related to Matthew Gilbert and his company, Matty Irish Viking Ltd (MIV). Gilbert, described as an... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

BREATHNACH’S BROADSIDE

THERE AREN’T many figures on the Galway arts scene as high profile as Páraic Breathnach. He co-founded both the Galway Arts Festival and Macnas, and was awarded an honorary degree... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

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Affairs of the Nation

PROPAGANDA PROBLEM

WITH RENEWAL of Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza this week – several hundred killed and counting – the media should get a grip on what is really horrifying and what... Read more »
Heather Humphreys

Affairs of the Nation

HEATHER TO SET THE PARTY BLAZING?

THE LIST of potential candidates for the Fine Gael nomination for a presidential contest includes former tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald; former European commissioner Mairead McGuinness; MEP Seán Kelly; and a recent... Read more »
Daire Hickey

Affairs of the Nation

RTÉ’S EMPTY CHAIRS

WITH WEB Summit co-founder Daire Hickey kicking off a possible nine-week battle in the Four Goldmines with former pal Paddy Cosgrave this week, he clearly has a lot on his... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

UNSUNG HERO DECLAN RYAN

RYANAIR MONEYBAGS Declan Ryan must be delighted with his latest investment – a publishing (or should that be vanity publishing) business called Irelandia Press. Certainly, the chief executive of The... Read more »
Anne O'Leary

Affairs of the Nation

ANNE O’LEARY’S META HEADACHES

IT HAS been a busy couple of weeks for the boss of Mark Zuckerberg’s sprawling Meta operation in Ireland (and also Ibec president), Anne O’Leary, as workers prepare to fight... Read more »
Marie Anderson

Affairs of the Nation

GANGING UP ON GLENANNE

Marie Anderson, the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, has postponed the release of her Operation Newham report on the UVF’s Glenanne gang. The deferment is in response to the Public... Read more »
Ines Heider

Affairs of the Nation

SUBVERSIVE IRISH LANGUAGE

FOLLOWING GERMANY’S general election, the electoral surge for the far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) received much Irish media coverage. The resurgence of the left-wing Die Linke received much less –... Read more »

Pillars of Society

TOM CLONAN

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: TOM CLONAN

FORMER ARMY officer, journalist, military analyst and Independent senator Tom Clonan is an unusual army vet. A strong advocate of neutrality, he has spoken... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Thalia Heffernan

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: THALIA HEFFERNAN

Being a glamorous model who dates well-known men has garnered acres of column inches and newspaper supplement covers for Thalia Angel Heffernan, the 30-year-old... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Paul Tweed

Fit to Print?

PAUL TWEED’S MIDDLE EAST ROW

EVEN LAWYER to the stars Paul Tweed can claim to have suffered collateral damage in the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. Tweed has been accused (and cleared) of mounting... Read more »
Ian Bailey

Fit to Print?

OLD BAILEY

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised that the Sunday Independent did not put on its front page Senan Molony’s scoop last weekend about a breakthrough in his quest to posthumously convict Ian Bailey... Read more »
Theobald Wolfe Tone

Fit to Print?

TONE-DEAF ‘IRISH TIMES’

THE IRISH TIMES last week published a letter from History Ireland editor Tommy Graham, who was questioning Trinity College Dublin for the controlled process by which it ensured that poet... Read more »

Last Refuge

Bertie Ahern

Last Refuge

FF PRESIDENTIAL PROBLEMS

IN THE absence of a strong leftist-republican candidate, November’s presidential campaign is a contest which Fianna Fáil would surely be favourites to win – if only they had a stand-out... Read more »
Michael McGrath

Last Refuge

GUNS NOT BUTTER: GET READY

THERE ARE various reasons for the more outlandish media and political hyperbole about the monsters Trump and Putin and their iniquitous behaviour but at bottom the rhetoric is about softening... Read more »
Dame Richardson

Last Refuge

THERE AIN’T NOTHING LIKE A DAME

DAME LOUISE RICHARDSON will have been pleased, although hardly surprised, that the Government is moving on her recommendation that it drop the triple lock. Richardson chaired Micheál Martin’s “inclusive” Consultative... Read more »
letters-to-editor

Last Refuge

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

MENTOR McGRATH Dear Editor, I would like to clarify some issues in relation to Barry Heneghan TD. Barry supports the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB) and will be doing so when... Read more »

Northwind

Caoimhe Archibald

Northwind

DYSFUNCTIONAL STORMONT

The Stormont executive repeatedly demonstrates that it is dysfunctional – and it’s not just the failure to agree on policies, leading to stagnation and stand-offs, or that nothing is achieved.... Read more »

Hush Hush

Michael McKevitt

Hush Hush

THE FIRST ITEM…

When a gunman approached the taxi of Sean O’Reilly in Dunmurry, Belfast, in late February, he was aiming to kill the former republican prisoner. Despite five shots being fired, O’Reilly... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

KICKING OFF Letterkenny District Court heard the case of a woman who kicked the door of a Garda station and engaged in threatening and abusive language with gardaí. Eimear Ferry,... Read more »

Bird's Eye View

Elon Musk

Bird's Eye View

X MARKS THE DROP IN STANDARDS

AS THE US slumps ever deeper into authoritarianism, the leading role played by social media in spreading hatred and division is coming into ever sharper focus. The chief purveyor of... Read more »
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Bird's Eye View

DATA DELUGE

Won’t anyone think of the data centres? Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s heartfelt plea to end the “demonisation of data centres” came shortly after his supplicating visit to the White House to... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Joanne Byrne

High Society

PRESENCE PAY DAY

PR QUEENS Joanne Byrne and Sinéad Ryan are winding up their successful Presence Communications PR and celebrity company after more than 20 years but... 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

CATHERINE FULVIO’S HIDDEN RECIPE

SO-CALLED celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio’s latest dish was an undercooked offering served up on RTÉ to celebrate Paddy’s weekend – Catherine Fulvio’s St Patrick’s... Read more »

High Society

Ardbraccan House

High Society

CHARLES NOELL III SELLS UP

THE SQUIRE of Ardbraccan House in Co Meath, US moneybags Charles E Noell III, has stuck the splendid estate on the market with a tasty €10.15m price tag. It doesn’t... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Lottie Ryan

Behind the Scenes

LOTTIE RYAN’S RADIO SILENCE

RADIO STATION 2FM unveiled yet another new schedule (yawn) to a largely indifferent public and yet again poor old Lottie Ryan has been left out in the cold. Gerry Ryan’s... 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

ART ATTACK

COVERAGE OF the arts took a bit of a hit this week, with the Business Post editor announcing the dumping of the Arts & Living supplement and its replacement by... Read more »

Sport of Kings

JP McManus

Sport of Kings

CHELTENHAM CHALLENGES

THERE WERE plenty of interesting match-ups at Cheltenham last week, notably reigning champion Galopin Des Champs failing in his attempt to win three Gold Cups when finishing behind the supplemented... 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

ERIC’S APPEAL

FOLLOWING THE lacklustre run of Mount Ferns in Clonmel last month, the race-day stewards clamped down and fined trainer Eric McNamara €6,000, suspended his jockey son, Conor, for a hefty... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Hugh Maguire

Moneybags

GLANBIA’S SHARE-PRICE CORRECTION LOOKS OVERDONE

THE OUTLOOK was positive when CEO Siobhán Talbot headed into the sunset early last year, having scooped a phenomenal remuneration package of €8m for... Read more »

Moneybags

Ger Rabbette

Moneybags

UNIPHAR’S PRESCRIPTION IS HARD TO READ

UNIPHAR CHAIRMAN Maurice Pratt and CEO Ger Rabbette have overseen a major transformation of the company over the last 15 years and today it... Read more »

Brief Cases

Jennifer Zamparelli

Brief Cases

JENNIFER ZAMPARELLI’S BIG BUCKS

IT HAS been hard to avoid the glamorous mush of Jennifer Zamparelli over the past week as the media went Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) crazy in the run-up to... Read more »
Michael Hackman

Brief Cases

LIGHTS, CAMERA, NO ACTION

TROUBLING NEWS from across the water for the many promoters of new Irish film studios – or ‘media campuses’ as they are now styled. Pinewood Film Studios was given planning... Read more »
Tony Bloom

Brief Cases

TONY BLOOM’S FORM

A LOT of people will have taken note of the remarkable 100/1 win last week by Poniros in Cheltenham’s JCB Triumph Hurdle, which saw moneybags Tony ‘The Lizard’ Bloom pocket... Read more »
PJ Lynch

Brief Cases

SWAN FRUIT CONTINUES TO ROT

FANS OF The Phoenix will not have been surprised by the Sindo’s article last weekend headlined, “Fraud Squad probes fruit and veg firm that’s been liquidated for a decade”. This... Read more »