Affairs of the Nation

Vladamir Putin

Affairs of the Nation

PUTIN’S CAPTURED BRITISH ‘TOURISTS’

HOW STRANGE that, despite their copious coverage of the war in Ukraine, RTÉ and the major Irish media – print and broadcast – haven’t bothered to mention the most revealing... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

PLAYGROUND FALL

THE DREADED taxman has just registered a judgment for €70,000 against a company called Playground Music Ltd (PML), which was behind Andrson, an exciting new music business established a few... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

CENSORING THE RUSSIANS

WITH MOMENTUM building for Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations, it will be interesting to see how developments are reported here. A recent essay published on the website of the state’s media regulator,... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

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Affairs of the Nation

SPY GAMES

THE RECENTLY reported revamp of the Irish Military Intelligence Service (IMIS) is part of an overall military effort to close the gap with the big boys in Europe, who in... Read more »
Trevor White

Affairs of the Nation

CLEVER TREVOR’S GENIUS

NO DOUBT Little Museum of Dublin (LMD) founder and curator Trevor White is delighted with the amount of media coverage being devoted to his much-loved and well-funded project on St... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

DERMOT DESMOND’S BUMPY RIDE

DERMOT DESMOND was shooting his mustachioed mouth off this week on the subject of the MetroLink and why it will be a total waste of money and “out of date... Read more »
Hillary Clinton

Affairs of the Nation

IAN HYLAND’S BAD CALL?

GOLDHAWK’S FAVOURITE publisher-turned-event-organiser, Business & Finance boss Ian Hyland, has been spreading his wings of late, most recently with the acquisition of the Windmill Lane Pictures business. Much of his... Read more »
Marie Anderson

Affairs of the Nation

FEAR OF RACISM OR MI5 COVER-UP?

The British media is claiming that the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other forces in England and Wales failed to halt the crimes of grooming gangs because of concerns they... Read more »
John McGuirk

Affairs of the Nation

MYERS AND McGUIRK ON TUAM

AS WORK commenced at the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, some of Ireland’s right-wing commentators have distinguished themselves. Kevin Myers and John McGuirk went to great lengths to offer alternative... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Leo Varadkar

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: LEO VARADKAR

FORMER TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar’s metamorphosis from Tory boy to wet centrist, from Blueshirt to Irish republican, and from anti-abortionist to virtually a woman’s right... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Nick Delehanty

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: NICK DELEHANTY

RIGHT-WING activist and small businessman Nick Delehanty is running for president, declaring in a statement to right-wing news website Gript that “we have major... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Kitty Holland

Fit to Print?

KITTY HOLLAND V JOHN WATERS

THE END game in the seven-year defamation action by Irish Times journalist Kitty Holland against ex-IT journalist and anti-abortion activist John Waters is closer, if not completely finalised. Last month... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

LONDON CALLING

DONALD TRUMP’S threatening mind games in moving nuclear submarines close to Russia is worrying enough but when two of Britain’s most jingoistic newspapers, the Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday,... Read more »
Dan O'Brien

Fit to Print?

IIEA ECONOMIC GURU WARNS IRELAND (II)

WITHIN DAYS of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) chief economist Dan O’Brien having his invitation rescinded to speak to the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee, he has spoken... Read more »

Last Refuge

Mary Lou McDonald

Last Refuge

WILL MARY LOU BACK CONNOLLY?

SINN FÉIN strategists may claim they are engaging in mature reflection about their choice of presidential nominee but the reality is that the widespread consultation of members led to confusing... Read more »
Bertie Ahern

Last Refuge

BERTIE AHERN TO LOSE OUT

THAT SUNDAY INDEPENDENT poll showing Bertie Ahern ahead even of Micheál Martin in a Fianna Fáil presidential candidate survey (by the somewhat embarrassing score of 24% to 19%) may have... Read more »
Benjamin Netanyahu

Last Refuge

DON’T FUND THE GENOCIDE

WHILE THE Dáil argues about the Occupied Territories Bill, Palestinian supporters in Galway have decided to make the global local by organising a boycott of the Leonardo group of hotels,... Read more »
Ivana Bacik

Last Refuge

‘COMRADES’ MICHAEL D AND CATHERINE C

GIVEN THE alarming prospect of leader Ivana Bacik’s support for Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign being rejected by her own party, Labour’s members grudgingly, and definitely not unanimously, decided to accede... Read more »

Northwind

Doug Beattie

Northwind

MIAMI MURDERS: LOYALISTS CELEBRATE

July 31 was the 50th anniversary of the Miami Showband massacre in which members of the notorious Glenanne gang – made up of UVF, RUC and UDR members – killed... Read more »

Hush Hush

Stephen Ryan

Hush Hush

IRELAND’S NEUTRAL NATO PARTNERSHIP

In the same month that the Government underlined its plans to ditch the triple lock governing the deployment of Irish troops overseas, the deepening partnership of Ireland’s Defence Forces with... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

HAVEN’T GONE AWAY? Dundalk District Court head the case of a man who stuck his middle fingers up at gardaí on mobile patrol, leading to his arrest. Daniel Madejski (31)... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Billy Kelleher

Fowl Emissions

TRUMP ENERGY DEAL

Ursula von der Leyen’s recent trade deal capitulation to Donald Trump was humiliating on several grounds but the most farcical element was her promise that the EU would buy $¾... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

LUKE O’NEILL’S RESTAURANT ADVICE

Media coverage of AI is strong on hype but invariably ignores its disastrous climate impacts. Listeners to Brendan O’Connor’s radio show last Sunday were treated to a half-hour of breathless... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Michael O'Leary

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

I would certainly want to be fairly remunerated. At a time when Premiership footballers are earning £25m a year… I wouldn’t necessarily think I should be earning that kind of... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Oonagh O'Hagan

High Society

OONAGH O’HAGAN’S BACKER

THERE HAVE been some developments at the business of Goldhawk’s favourite ‘celebrity pharmacist’, Oonagh O’Hagan, with a big injection of moolah from her hubby... 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

WEE CARE WOES

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see a closure order being served on the kitchen and staff canteen of RTÉ’s creche in Montrose due to extensive... Read more »

High Society

Neill Hughes

High Society

NEILL HUGHES’ SECOND SHOT

LAST MONTH a most impressive Co Dublin property was advertised with a chunky €9.25m price tag. Emsworth in Kinsealy will presumably be of interest to those who also took the... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Vona Groarke

Behind the Scenes

VONA GROARKE’S GOOD NEWS

GOLDHAWK RECENTLY reported on the appointment of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction – an Arts Council-fronted gig dished out every three years to a worthy... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Philip Rothwell

Sport of Kings

DREAL DEAL DELIVERS

DREAL DEAL, a horse with an interesting past and who was once trained by Ronan McNally, returned to something like his best form at Killarney recently, winning the €45,000 Boylesports... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

PHILIP ROTHWELL’S ALL-CLEAR

PHILIP ROTHWELL also made headlines at Ballinrobe recently, albeit for all the wrong reasons. His charge, Coolboy Christie, owned by the Geesala Racing Group syndicate and ridden by Tiernan Power... 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

KIA’S CONSISTENT FORM

HISTORY OFTEN repeats itself and ‘Glorious Goodwood’ – or not so glorious this year – once again saw the big-spending owners of Amo Racing remove some of their high-profile horses... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Donal Murphy

Moneybags

DCC’S SHARE PRICE UNDERVALUES COMPANY

IT IS hard to fully grasp CEO Donal Murphy’s conversion last November to stripping DCC down to its energy division by dumping the other... Read more »

Moneybags

Seamus Keating

Moneybags

FD TECHNOLOGIES SALE LOOKS LIKE THE DEAL OF THE DECADE

IT LOOKS like the CEO of FD Technologies (FDT – previously First Derivatives), Seamus Keating, pulled a rabbit out of the hat when flogging... Read more »

Brief Cases

Justin Green

Brief Cases

PROFESSOR GREEN’S GIGS

GOLDHAWK SPOTTED some corporate activity by PR operator Justin Green, who will be familiar to fans of The Phoenix for his militant approach to those pesky music hacks who crossed... Read more »
Robyn Richford

Brief Cases

DENIS O’BRIEN’S RADIO INTERFERENCE

IN RECENT weeks billionaire Denis O’Brien has been shouting his mouth off about the likes of Ian Drennan (boss of the Corporate Enforcement Agency), whose position “should be called into... Read more »
Pat McDonagh

Brief Cases

PAT MCDONAGH’S BAD NEWS

IT’S NOT too often that Pat ‘Supermacs’ McDonagh reports losses of €½m but one of his multitude of investment companies, Cave Projects Ltd (CPL), has just delivered less-than-tasty figures. In... Read more »