Affairs of the Nation

Micheál Martin

Affairs of the Nation

YULETIDE PROJECT FEAR

GOLDHAWK HAS never witnessed such a full-on campaign by government, media, academia and other power centres as in the run-up to Christmas when propagators of a European army and a... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

PATRICK O’DONOVAN’S EMPTY SEATS

AS 2026 gets under way, there is no sign of the board vacancies at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Imma) being filled, despite applications having been sought six months... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE IN CORK

GOLDHAWK SPIES a juicy-looking gig that is up for grabs in UCC, carrying a very nice €200,000 pa salary package. The position, however, does require the applicants to deal with... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Maurice Cohen

Affairs of the Nation

HATRED’ IN THE KINGDOM

AN INTRIGUING tale of antisemitic persecution in Killorglin, Co Kerry, was referred to by the Irish Times before Christmas, which the Jewish Representative Council is to include in a report... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

READY, AIM …

THE Project Fear campaign, designed to strike the fear of God into the citizenry so that they tolerate expenditure of extra billions in high-tech weaponry, is itself costing many extra... Read more »
Freddie Scappaticci

Affairs of the Nation

STAKEKNIFE: MI5’S CREATURE

The recently published final report of Operation Kenova marks a significant shift from its interim findings regarding MI5’s involvement with Agent Stakeknife, aka Freddie Scappaticci. Contrary to the interim report,... Read more »
Alan Shatter

Affairs of the Nation

ALAN SHATTER ON IRISH ANTISEMITISM

FORMER MINISTER Alan Shatter’s article in the Jerusalem Post last week, headlined “Ireland, Israel, and the Normalization of Antisemitism”, is largely a critique of the Irish Government’s policies on Israel... Read more »
Robert Heneghan

Affairs of the Nation

ROB HENEGHAN’S BEACH HOUSE

A TIPPING website for gamblers has been displaying some top-quality form and the chief jockey here, Rob Heneghan, must be a happy man. Indeed, it turns out that his company... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

CILLIAN MURPHY’S CAST

WHILE JESSIE Buckley is the hot favourite to land the Oscar this year, actual Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy will be back in the headlines shortly thanks to the upcoming... Read more »
Oisin Fanning

Affairs of the Nation

OISIN FANNING’S APPEAL

EVER SINCE stockbroker-turned exploration exec Oisin Fanning’s San Leon company delisted from the London Stock Exchange, it has been hard to get a close read on the status of the... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Ben Tonra

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: BEN TONRA

BEN TONRA, a ‘full professor of international relations’ in UCD, fully backs ending Irish military neutrality. The academic persuader is also linked to arms... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Ryan O'Meara

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: RYAN O’MEARA

AS FIANNA Fáil gears up for the new political year, with members of the parliamentary party jockeying to resolve the issue of the leadership... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Anton Savage

Fit to Print?

BLIND FAITH IN ANTON SAVAGE

COMMUNICATIONS CLINIC MD Eoghan Tomás McDermott declined an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas media committee last November to discuss Coimisiún na Meán’s Media Service Code and the controversy about... Read more »
Alison O’Connor

Fit to Print?

ALISON REVISITS GAZA — AGAIN

GOLDHAWK HAS listened to some sophisticated arguments from those who resist action in support of Palestinians even as they still face daily slaughter but Sunday Times columnist Alison O’Connor deserves... Read more »

Last Refuge

Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

MARTIN V MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

IN CHINA last week Micheál Martin was drawn into commentary on international conflicts in Venezuala, Ukraine, Taiwan and Greenland; human rights in China; and, of course, the Mercosur trade deal.... Read more »
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Last Refuge

FIONNÁN V MICHEÁL

IT’S COME to something when the Irish Independent takes to lecturing Fianna Fáil on its neglect of the party’s primary principle, Irish unity. But Micheál Martin as presented as so... Read more »
Patrick O'Donovan

Last Refuge

FINE GAEL ENFORCER O’DONOVAN

MINISTER for Kulture Patrick O’Donovan has emerged as the hard man of the coalition, on the Fine Gael side of the house at any rate, but hard men should know... Read more »
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Last Refuge

FINE GAEL LEADER’S WAITING ROOM

TÁNAISTE AND Fine Gael leader Simon Harris’s position is regarded by party members as relatively safe for now, even if he ‘could do better’, as the saying goes. But this... Read more »

Northwind

Jon Burrows

Northwind

‘NAYCE’ UNIONISTS

At the end of this month the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) will appoint a new leader. He will be Jon Burrows, a former PSNI chief inspector who only joined the... Read more »

Hush Hush

Malachy Steenson

Hush Hush

IRISH RIGHT WING AND VENEZUALA

THE US military operation that saw Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife kidnapped revealed a similar analysis that Ireland’s new right shares with Fine Gael. Eighteen months ago Fine... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

TRAIN WRECK Drogheda District Court heard the case of a Dublin man who became abusive towards gardaí last St Patrick’s Day. The officers received reports of a man passed out... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Eamon Ryan

Fowl Emissions

TOO MUCH INFORMATION

RESEARCH PUBLISHED by University College Cork in early December pointed to the “alarming” climate impact of the glut of data centres being built in Ireland. Report author Prof Hannah Daly... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

MERCUSOR MANURE

Eamon Ryan is also out of step with the mainstream environmental movement in broadly supporting the Mercosur agreement between the EU and South America. While there is much to debate... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Bono

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

The Gorgeous, Unglamorous Work of Freedom. Notes from an “actualist” on what liberation requires. Title to Bono’s article in The Atlantic Cloud Dancer is setting the tone in the interiors... Read more »

High Society

High Society

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High Society

PALMERSTON ROAD RELOAD

RETIRED FINANCE suit Michael Cullen and his wife, Marian, stuck their impressive six-bed abode in D6 on the market with a very hefty €5.25m... Read more »

High Society

Simone Rocha

High Society

SIMONE’S STYLISH NUMBERS

WITH THE Christmas consumer spending blitz receding into the background, London-based designer Simone Rocha presumably managed to shift plenty of her expensive clobber, having... Read more »

High Society

Ger Aherne

High Society

BRIGADIER GENERAL AHERNE’S NEW RECRUITS

WHILE THE wheels continue to move slowly at the planned new museum at 12 Lower Fitzwilliam Street in D2, there are signs of activity at the joint promoters of the... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Pat Kiely

Behind the Scenes

PAT KIELY’S GOOD NEWS

CULTURE MINISTER Patrick O’Donovan launched the latest taxpayer crutch for the nation’s voracious television producers, saying: “This new tax credit is about backing Irish storytellers, producers and crews, while ensuring... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

MUSEUM PIECES

NO GREAT surprise to see board seats on national cultural institutions being advertised a few months after the vacancies arose, as is the case this month with the National Museum... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Simon Munir

Sport of Kings

TALK THE PR TALK

THE MUCH-HYPED Talk The Talk, owned by Isaac Souede and Simon Munir, has been the subject of chat and PR bluster since his recent stumble in Leopardstown’s Paddy Power Future... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

SAM EWING’S SUCCESS

LAST MONTH Barry Connell’s Marine Nationale ran a most impressive race, albeit ending in defeat, in Leopardstown’s Grade 1 Paddy´s Rewards Club Steeplechase but the big winner at the post-Christmas... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Ian Perks

Moneybags

AILING TULLOW OIL COULD OFFER GAMBLE ON OIL PRICE

AFTER THE sudden exit last February of Rahul Dhir as Tullow Oil’s CEO and his interim replacement by CFO Richard Miller, next out the... Read more »

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Ian Ireland

Moneybags

IRELAND DELIVERS AT DONEGAL INVESTMENT GROUP

HAVING SOLD off five of its business operations, it looked likely that Donegal Investment Group (DIG) was set to concentrate on its remaining worldwide... Read more »

Brief Cases

Pat Moore

Brief Cases

LOADED LUAS OBJECTORS

FOLLOWING ON from the high-profile judicial review proceedings lodged (briefly) by assorted well-heeled D6 denizens in response to plans for the MetroLink service, a separate obstacle has emerged in relation... Read more »
Conor Harrington

Brief Cases

CONOR HARRINGTON’S GIANT STEPS

WITH THE Irish film sector in the spotlight right now, courtesy of Jessie Buckley et al, it is interesting to note that a number of companies associated with the successful... Read more »
Dermot Desmond

Brief Cases

DERMOT DESMOND’S MIXED BAG

IT IS, unsurprisingly, rather difficult to say just how much billionaire Dermot Desmond made from the recently announced audacious sale of British nursing home chain Barchester but the signs are... Read more »
Hollie Maguire

Brief Cases

MEDAVAL’S TAXING TIMES

THE TAXMAN has registered yet another judgment against a medical accreditation company based in Sandymount, D4. This represents more bad news for the hapless directors here, Con Creedon and his... Read more »