Affairs of the Nation

Micheál Martin

Affairs of the Nation

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S HOUSING SCAPEGOATS

CONSIDER THE recent astonishing sequence of events in Brussels, Strasbourg, Ireland and New York, which will have a potentially multibillion-euro effect on housing in the EU and Ireland, even if... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

AMNEST’S FINANCES

GIVEN THE current state of play in the Middle East, it is not surprising that Amnesty International Ireland (AII) has been issuing statements on the Gaza genocide. Another statement that... Read more »
Patrick O'Donovan

Affairs of the Nation

O’DONOVAN’S BUM NOTES

THERE HAVE been late additions to the list of recipients for the Grassroots Music Venues Support Scheme, which was unveiled earlier this year by culture minister Patrick O’Donovan. With €½m... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Katherine Zappone

Affairs of the Nation

ZAPPER’S ZIGZAGS

FORMER MINISTER, TD and senator Katherine Zappone is one of the most accomplished operators that ever climbed the greasy pole into Cabinet. The MO of this most resourceful politician does... Read more »
Deirdre Veldon

Affairs of the Nation

THE CULLEN-VELDONS DEPART

THERE HAVE been four managing directors at the Irish Times in the last five years and the departure of the latest MD, Deirdre Veldon, has provoked sighs of exasperation from... Read more »
Rafael Sanctuary

Affairs of the Nation

SANCTUARY’S ROUGH RIDE

THERE WAS plenty of media interest last month in the colourful spat between international showjumper Michelle Kenny and her business partner, the wonderfully named Rafael Ariza Sanctuary. The court action... Read more »
Ben Gilroy

Affairs of the Nation

BEN GILROY V GOOGLE

GOLDHAWK SPIES more legal proceedings issued by the colourful Ben Gilroy – anti-eviction campaigner and founder of right-wing political party Liberty Republic (which has gone rather quiet since last November’s... Read more »
Charlie Haughey

Affairs of the Nation

CHARLIE V GARRET: NO SMOKING GUN

IN 2007, Michael McDowell – the then tánaiste, justice minister and leader of the Progressive Democrats – told Dáil Éireann that gardaí knew the source of the Star pistol used... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

SIMON HARRIS AND THE ARMS TRADE

The recent Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) biennial defence and security trade exhibition in London indicates how militarisation is becoming an issue for Ireland, as well as Germany and... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Catherine Connolly

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: CATHERINE CONNOLLY

CATHERINE CONNOLLY’S ‘game changing’ presidential campaign finally got off the ground this month. This was despite having to face down attempted sabotage from old-guard... Read more »

The Young Bloods

CMAT

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: CMAT

DESCRIBED BY the Guardian as “pop’s gobbiest, gaudiest star”, singer-songwriter CMAT has a penchant for sharing her opinions on a wide range of topics. It’s a tactic that... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Bob Geldof

Fit to Print?

GELDOF WAIVES AWAY THE ÁRAS

LIKE GROUPIES throwing their underwear at a real rock star, the fawning behaviour of various hacks at the feet of Bob Geldof as they urged him to save Ireland and... Read more »
Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

Fit to Print?

HUMPHREYS’ ‘ORANGE’ LINK

THE IRISH TIMES was quick to publish a denunciation of the Irish Mail on Sunday for questioning presidential candidate Heather Humphreys and hubby Eric about any Orange links they had... Read more »
Finn McRedmond

Fit to Print?

FIONNUALA’S FANTASIES

FORMER CAMBRIDGE young Tory, now Irish Times columnist Tory, Finn (Fionnuala) McRedmond likes to lecture the Irish for being no better than the British anti-Irish media. “In reverting to base... Read more »

Last Refuge

Maria Steen

Last Refuge

STEEN GRIPPED BY NEW RIGHT

THE OUTRAGE displayed by Maria Steen’s allies and supporters at Michael McDowell’s failure to return her calls as she lobbied him for a presidential nomination was a master class in... Read more »
Ruth Coppinger

Last Refuge

CONNOLLY’S COLONIAL COMRADES

THE MAIN bone of contention for some in Sinn Féin at Catherine Connolly’s presidential nomination (see p14) was whether she was serious about her commitment to a united Ireland. This... Read more »
Janice Boylan Irish Military Mali Coolock Says No IFP Hermann Kelly Timmy Dooley Aontú Mal O’Hara Fintan O’Toole Josepha Madigan Eoghan Harris Ukraine War Micheál Martin Middle East Philip Ryan Seán Clancy Simon Coveney Hugo MacNeill Mountbatten Neasa Hourigan Green Party Martin NPT Ivana Bacik Independents Limerick Hospital Overcrowding Barry Cowen

Last Refuge

EU: THE REAL CON

WITH DONALD TRUMP dissing the European Union and also declaring climate change to be one big con, it’s worth looking at the real cons being played by the EU when... Read more »
Sean Martin

Last Refuge

FF COUNCILLORS VOTE DOWN MARTIN’S ‘SHARED ISLAND’

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S attack on local councils over housing policy is not the only cause for local dissent with the Taoiseach and his northern policy has, in effect, been roundly trashed... Read more »

Northwind

Keir Starmer

Northwind

DUBLIN CAVES IN ON LEGACY

On September 19 the press gathered in Hillsborough Castle, just outside Lisburn, to hear Tánaiste Simon Harris and northern secretary Hilary Benn announce the newly agreed Legacy Framework between Britain... Read more »

Hush Hush

Hermann Kelly

Hush Hush

RIGHT-WING SPLIT

JUST AS negotiations between various right-wing parties and Independent activists regarding the formation of a united right-wing party were concluded recently, news of a major split in the Irish Freedom... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

CROSSED A LINE Fermoy District Court heard the case of a man with type one diabetes who was charged with abusing a traffic warden following an altercation that was attributed... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Martin Heydon

Fowl Emissions

HEYDON ARGUES FOR EXCEPTIONAL IRISH

AT THE UN General Assembly on September 23 Donald Trump took aim at climate regulation, telling over 150 world leaders that climate change was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated... 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

DRAINING THE SHANNON

“Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink,” went the famous line in ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’. Published in 1798, the poem may also describe water provision in... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

John Banville

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

I know I write beautiful sentences, but they are to other people, not to me. It would be fatal if I loved my own work. John Banville’s humility, Irish Times... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Nigel Flegg

High Society

MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL

CONGRATULATIONS to Nigel Flegg, who has landed one of the most prestigious jobs in the Irish cultural sector, having been appointed as chief executive... 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

JOE ELLIOT’S GARDEN

LAST WEEKEND it emerged that veteran rock-n-roller Joe Elliott was in yet another dispute with his neighbour over ambitious plans for his garden in... Read more »

High Society

Claremont in Shrewsbury

High Society

SUTHERLANDS SELLING UP

INTERESTING TO see a modern three-bedroom house in the gated ‘Shrewsbury’ development off Merrion Road coming on the market. Not surprisingly, the Irish Times described the recently developed (2010) exclusive... Read more »
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

CORRIGAN’S CASH

MOUTHY CELEBRITY chef Richard Corrigan has just published accounts that, not surprisingly, show turnover for his operations in Ireland was down last year. The good news is that, despite the... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

David Cleary

Behind the Scenes

MOLI’S SCARY PLOT

ALMOST 20 months on from when it first emerged that the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) on St Stephen’s Green was in financial disarray, the operation continues to haemorrhage money... 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

NCH VACANCY

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p18) Goldhawk looks at the appointment of a new chief executive at the National Concert Hall (NCH). There has not, however, been any appointment of... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Ben Harvey

Sport of Kings

INTERVIEW WITH THE JOCKEY

THREE JOCKEYS – Ben Harvey, Alex Harvey and Tom Harney – were each fined €400 by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board’s (IHRB) referrals committee following an investigation into comments made... 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

THE REAL WHACKER

ENGLAND-BASED trainer Patrick Neville has just been adjudged a bankrupt at Darlington court. According to the Racing Post, the petition had been lodged by creditor Rebecca Dennis, a former associate... 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

GOOD FRIDAY GOING

LEOPARDSTOWN RACECOURSE’S interim boss, Vicki Donlon, oversaw a 12% rise in attendance at the recent Championship Weekend race day, before exiting the south Co Dublin track to take up her... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Lynne Embleton

Moneybags

IAG SHARES SET TO SOAR BUT AER LINGUS LAGS

IT IS a decade since the giant International Airlines Group (IAG) took over Aer Lingus for €1.4bn. This deal would possibly never have flown... Read more »

Moneybags

Joe Purcell

Moneybags

A NEW CHAPTER FOR MINCON

A NEW chapter beckons for Irish engineering firm Mincon, which specialises in rock drilling tools. Last May, company founder Paddy Purcell announced his retirement... Read more »

Brief Cases

Pavlo Kyrylenko

Brief Cases

THE O’REILLYS’ UKRAINE ADVENTURE

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p19), Goldhawk looks at the upcoming sale of a D4 property part-owned by low-profile couple Eva and Ian Sutherland (son of Peter). While the Sutherland... Read more »
Rahat Perveen and Waseem Saeed

Brief Cases

WASEEM SAEED’S EXPANDING MENU

LATER THIS month, the former Dylan McGrath restaurant, Rustic Stone, on Dublin’s South Great George’s Street is scheduled to re-open as a gastro pub following the sale at the start... Read more »
Clodagh Robinson

Brief Cases

DOUBLE ACT

SEAN HANNIGAN and Clodagh Robinson of the Double Property Group boast an impressive property portfolio, with the company’s website proclaiming total assets worth €49m and annual income of €10m. And... Read more »
Niamh Ui Bhriain

Brief Cases

NIAMH’S NEXT GIG

WELL-KNOWN campaigner Niamh Uí Bhriain will surely have been disappointed that her fellow pro-life advocate, Maria Steen, failed to get the nod to run for the Áras this month. The... Read more »
Des McGahan

Brief Cases

DES MCGAHAN’S PRICE WATCH

GOLDHAWK NOTES that the asking price for the truly impressive Ballinacurra House outside Kinsale continues to slide, much to the chagrin of former owner Des McGahan, who continues to insist... Read more »