Affairs of the Nation

Micheal Martin

Affairs of the Nation

IRELAND’S ‘REAL’ PALESTINIAN POLICY

NEW FOREIGN minister Helen McEntee must be embarrassed at having to suddenly retreat from her initial boast that the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB) would be one of the very first... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

TOM KENNEDY’S HOUSE PARTY

CONGRATULATIONS TO Tom Kennedy – co-founder of Hostelworld many moons ago – who has offloaded his impressive six-bed pile in Dublin 14 for a rather pretty penny. Happily for Kennedy,... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

DISUNITED ARTS CLUB

THIS WEEKEND’S members’ Christmas lunch at the venerable United Arts Club (UAC) on Upper Fitzwilliam Street could be the most fun in years, given that there is plenty for the... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Brendan O'Connor

Affairs of the Nation

MEDIA MANIA

THE MEDIA frenzy triggered by drones in the vicinity of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s flight to Dublin last week was described by the Irish Times as an effort to “disrupt” his passage.... Read more »
Patrick O'Donovan

Affairs of the Nation

PATRICK O’DONOVAN’S HOT AIR

WHO’S BEEN giving Patrick O’Donovan media training? Donald Trump seems like a reasonable guess, judging by recent performances from the Fine Gael minister. The approach adopted by the culture and... Read more »
Madeleine Delaney

Affairs of the Nation

VISION IRELAND’S NEW PRESCRIPTION

LAST WEEK, the former CEO of Fáilte Ireland and now boss of the RDS, Paul Kelly, resigned from the board of charity group Vision Ireland (VI), formerly the National Council... Read more »
Harold Wilson

Affairs of the Nation

DENTON’S NON-REPORT

Operation Denton (OD) has concluded that the UVF carried out the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings without assistance from the UK state, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. The Phoenix... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

ENTERPRISE IRELAND UP IN ARMS

The fact that Irish company VRAI Simulation recently announced new partnership arrangements with arms manufacturers KNDS and Rheinmetall is significant for both Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

IRISH TIMES PARK LIFE

THE Irish Times excelled itself in fighting off the proposal to rename Herzog Park, in a campaign that went beyond the usual liberal agenda and resembled an old-style Sindo campaign... Read more »
Justin Barrett

Affairs of the Nation

SPECIAL BRANCH EDUCATION

OCTOBER’S DISTURBANCES at the Citywest Hotel in Saggart following the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl are just the most recent outbursts in a series of racist riots across... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Kevin Bakhurst

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: KEVIN BAKHURST

RTÉ DIRECTOR GENERAL Kevin Bakhurst attended in person the Geneva meeting of the European Broadcasting Union that saw RTÉ confirm its boycott of next... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Julie Haynes

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: JULIE HAYNES

CORK INFLUENCER Julie Haynes is known as Twins and Me on social media, where she has 225,000 followers on Instagram and 185,000 on TikTok.... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Susan McKay

Fit to Print?

‘IRISH TIMES’: REPEAT OFFENDER

IS THE Irish Times intent on provoking a third Press Council/Ombudsman hearing in 15 months about its erroneous reportage of child abuse? The paper has already lost a Press Council... Read more »
Mark Mellett

Fit to Print?

BRITISH MEDIA DEMAND WE FIGHT

ISN’T IT time some Government politician or public personality did a de Valera and demanded silence from British and EU militarists and their warmongering demands of the Irish? If only.... Read more »
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Last Refuge

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Last Refuge

PASCHAL’S PYGMIES MUST WAIT

WHO DOES Kevin Cunningham think he is? An article by the managing director of polling company Ireland Thinks had the audacity to suggest in last weekend’s Sunday Independent that Simon... 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

LABOUR PAINS

IRISH TIMES coverage of the left alliance – the putative broad front that aims to replace the centre-right Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael/Lowry front in Government – has been less than welcoming.... Read more »
Laszlo Molnarfi

Last Refuge

MOLNÁRFI’S HORSESHOE MOMENT

FORMER HEAD of Trinners students’ union László Molnárfi has been causing trouble in the Irish far left after his expulsion from the very far-left Red Network. Originally formed within People... Read more »
Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Last Refuge

PUTIN OUTFOXES EU AT UNITED NATIONS

THE VISIT to Ireland of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was preceded by an interesting vote at the United Nations, which showed that while EU countries, including Ireland, like to claim... Read more »

Northwind

Padraig O'Tiarnaigh

Northwind

MINORITY RULES OK!

The Palestinian flag few over Belfast city hall on November 30, albeit a day later than planned because of a legal challenge from a member of extreme unionist party the... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

DEARTH OF A SALESMAN A MAN who appeared before Dundalk Circuit Court on a charge of cocaine possession for the purpose of sale or supply complained to gardaí when arrested... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Micheal Martin

Fowl Emissions

MARTIN’S PRIORITIES

Scientists have for decades speculated about what would happen should the powerful system of submarine ocean currents that keep north-western Europe habitable collapse. The system, known as the Atlantic Meridional... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

THE FULL IRISH

Congratulations to Fine Gael’s team of MEPs, all of whom are members of the right-wing European People’s Party (EPP) grouping in the European Parliament. The EPP has enjoyed great recent... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Twink

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

I kept The Late Late Show alive! I was the only woman they ever had who could talk, be funny, sing, dance. And why not now at Christmas with the... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Grainne Barry

High Society

GRÁINNE BARRY’S BLUES

IT HAS been a forgettable few days for the multi-talented Gráinne Barry, head of operations at London-headquartered Stats Perform, which describes itself as “the... 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

MISTRY MYSTERY

EARLIER THIS year, Goldhawk was very surprised to see a company previously controlled by the richest man in Ireland, Pallonji Mistry, was wound up... Read more »

High Society

Jenni Timony

High Society

JENNI TIMONY NOT QUITE IN THE PINK

NO DOUBT a popular gift this season will be the Head To Toe Luxe Gift Box from Jenni Timony’s athleisure brand, FitPink. Priced at €153 (for a fleece, leggings, T-shirt... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Rosetta Cucchi

Behind the Scenes

WEXFORD OPERA’S BIG PRODUCTION

WITH THE curtain having come down on the 2025 Wexford Festival Opera (WFO), the focus now turns to next year’s 75th anniversary shindig, which should be quite the affair. The... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Joe Donnelly

Sport of Kings

DONNELLYS’ HOLLOW SEASON

LOADED OWNERS Joe and Marie Donnelly watched on last season as their horses suffered numerous setbacks and some bad luck. Now their focus is on Cheltenham 2026, where they will... 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

TATTERSALLS TALES

DESPITE SPENDING over £11m for four mares at the recent Tattersalls Newmarket Mare Sale, Coolmore’s MV Magnier failed to secure the top lot. This distinction fell to Sugar Whiskey Trading,... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Eamonn Crowley

Moneybags

SELLING PTSB IS THE WRONG MOVE

IT IS difficult to understand why Paschal Donohoe was so keen to back PTSB boss Eamonn Crowley’s “commencement of a formal sales process” for... Read more »

Moneybags

Dalton Philips

Moneybags

GREENCORE WILL SUFFER FROM UK MARKET DEPENDENCE

DALTON PHILIPS has now got Greencore’s operating profits back over the level they stood at in pre-pandemic 2019 but he still has some way... Read more »

Brief Cases

Rory and Hilary Godson

Brief Cases

RORY GODSON’S DECLARATION

LOTS Of coverage of the nod received by strategic communications suit Rory Godson from the City of London Corporation, which bestowed the Freedom of the City on the moneybags. It... Read more »
Alan Clancy

Brief Cases

ALAN CLANCY’S HANGOVER

BARELY A month after Goldhawk revealed that bar and nightclub supremo Alan Clancy had exited the board of the company behind the swanky new Díon venue on the top two... Read more »
Kelcy Warren

Brief Cases

KELCY WARREN’S RUNWAY

THE NAME doing the rounds in Co Waterford of the mysterious investor understood to be offering to pump €30m into William Bolster’s Waterford Airport is one Kelcy Warren. He turns... Read more »
ZMG Cyril Murphy Newbridge College Peter Wilson Sporting Emporium Chris Wholey O'Kane God’s Creatures Film Tax Relief Anne Rossi Desmond Live Nation ESCADIA LTD Al Porter Comeback Gordon Elliott Clayton Love Ivan Wilde hot-water-brigade Parnells GAA Lawsuit

Brief Cases

ELITE TAX BILL

AN EMBARRASSING-looking judgment has just been registered by the Revenue Commissioners against a company called, er, Elite Accounts & Tax Services Ltd (EATS). The business was set up in 2016... Read more »
Sean Mulryan

Brief Cases

SEAN MULRYAN’S CRITICS

WHEN BALLYMORE boss Sean Mulryan was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in September (see The Phoenix 16/10/25), his press release claimed the award recognised his “transformative contribution... Read more »