Affairs of the Nation

Micheál Martin

Affairs of the Nation

PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY TARGETS MARTIN

THE PRO-ISRAELI master plan to depict Irish support for Palestinians as some national antisemitic rage was boosted by the ever-helpful Irish Times this week, which published yet another article by... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

AILING A5

The proportion of the €600m subvention announced by esrtwhile transport minister Eamon Ryan for the ailing A5 road project that will end up in the hands of lawyers is set... Read more »
Peter Mandelson

Affairs of the Nation

APCO’S IRISH LINK

MORGAN McSWEENEY’S part in Epstein buddie Peter Mandelson’s appointment to the top Brit posting to Washington has overshadowed a separate No 10 scandal involving a dodgy dossier into London journalists... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Tom Parlon

Affairs of the Nation

STATE’S ATROCIOUS CLIMATE REVIEW

With just months to go before Ireland takes over the presidency of the European Union, the Government has received a sharp rap on the knuckles from the United Nations for... Read more »
Vincent Kearney

Affairs of the Nation

BBC’S ROLE IN DIRTY TRICKS

The mainstream media was astonished to learn that MI5 had an office inside the BBC that monitored journalists. This “discovery” emerged from a legal action brought by Vincent Kearney against... Read more »
Virginia Giuffre

Affairs of the Nation

WEB OF DISTRACTION

In the last edition of The Phoenix (27/2/26), we highlighted how author and researcher Whitney Webb became the target of a dirty tricks operation designed to distract from her work,... Read more »
Freddie Scappaticci

Affairs of the Nation

SCAPPATICCI’S PAY DAY

Freddie Scappaticci, a member of the IRA, became an agent for British Army intelligence in 1978. He eventually became second in command of the feared Internal Security Unit, known as... Read more »
Philip Dwyer

Affairs of the Nation

PHILIP DWYER’S CO-STARS

A recent video posted by Philip Dwyer on his X and Telegram accounts highlights a series of legal cases faced by some of Ireland’s most prominent right-wing activists such as... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Gary Gannon

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: GARY GANNON

THE SOCIAL Democrats’ conference last month may have been a youthful affair by comparison with the average Oireachtas party conference but it still had... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Lorcan Price

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: LORCÁN PRICE

THE APPEARANCE of barrister Lorcán Price at the US House of Representatives judiciary committee in September 2025 and last month attest to his increasing... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Kevin Bakhurst

Fit to Print?

BAKHURST V UNIONS AND OPPOSITION

A LEFT alliance of sorts was created by RTÉ unions and the media spokespersons of Dáil opposition parties at a recent meeting in Buswells Hotel near Leinster House. The meeting... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

UNITED IRELAND INEVITABLE?

THE SURRENDER of legendary unionist politician John Taylor (aka Lord Kilclooney) to the forces of republican darkness has unnerved some of his colleagues and it was left to unionist commentator... Read more »
Liz Kearney

Fit to Print?

KEARNEY’S ‘SINDO’ WAR RESPONSE

IMMEDIATE MEDIA reaction to the US-Israeli attack on Iran was predictably biased, supportive even, with little opprobrium at the unbridled violence of the high-tech weaponry unleashed. But there were some... Read more »

Last Refuge

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Last Refuge

CRUELLA MACNEILL SCOOPS THE FG POT

BAD NEWS for Fine Gael but impressive results for aspirant party leader Jennifer Carroll ‘Cruella’ MacNeill are contained in the breakdown of figures in Superdraw 2025, the Blueshirts’ main fundraising... Read more »
Patrick O'Donovan

Last Refuge

O’DONOVAN DEFERS (UN)FRIENDLY GAME

PHOENIX READERS and ministerial colleagues in both Government parties will be aware that Patrick O’Donovan, Fine Gael’s culture, communications and sport minister, does not suffer rivals gladly, be they real... Read more »
Gerard Craughwell

Last Refuge

WILL CRAUGHWELL MOVE ON TEHRAN?

WHILE WESTERN leaders, including Donald Trump, wring their hands about the absence of an alternative to the clerical regime in Iran, waiting in the wings is field marshall and senator... Read more »
Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

COUNCILS ‘NO’ TO TRIPLE LOCK POLICY

THERE IS more trouble for Micheál Martin’s plan to do away with the triple lock as Dublin City Council (DCC), by a substantial majority, joins the growing list of councils... Read more »

Hush Hush

Sean Clancy

Hush Hush

GENERAL CLANCY’S NATO STANCE

It was inevitable that once the US and Israel launched their war on Iran that calls for increased militarisation of the EU would intensify. Over recent months the momentum for the... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

LOST HIS RAG AN Offaly man, who was in Sligo for Rag Week, got himself in hot water with gardaí who found him kicking the door of a local takeaway... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Hadja Lahbib

Fowl Emissions

GIBBONS WARNS THE EARTH

In March last year, EU preparedness and crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib warned all Europeans to ensure they have adequate supplies of critical necessities – fresh water, food, medicines etc... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

BORD BIA SOURS ON IFA

During the 28-day sit-in by Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) members at Bord Bia HQ demanding the removal of its chair, Larry Murrin, the IFA managed to disrupt the work of... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Enoch Burke

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

You have mocked God. Enoch Burke to judge Brian Cregan after the imprisonment of his mother and sister for contempt of court, as quoted in the Irish Times [The nomination... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Johnny Dineen

High Society

PAUL BYRNE’S LATEST PUNT

RACEHORSE OWNER Paul Byrne’s Fitzwilliam Sports, a ‘boutique’ betting service previously only available to VIP clients, is now open to the masses following 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

ANDERSON’S D4 PILE

CINEMA MOGUL Paul Anderson is in the midst of winding up an entity called Panoramic Cinemas (Ireland) Limited where, Goldhawk has noticed, there is... Read more »

High Society

Brian O'Driscoll

High Society

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL’S HECKLES

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL surely found a more hospitable crowd at last month’s Ireland Funds annual ‘rugby lunch’ than he had in October, when he was heckled while on stage during a... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney

Behind the Scenes

ED GUINEY’S FULL PLATE

SPARE A thought for intrepid Element Pictures producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe. With the Oscars on March 15, they are up for their fourth Best Picture nomination, for Yorgos... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

WINDMILL LANE’S CREDITORS

AT THE start of last year, Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd (WLP) – the audiovisual post-production business established under James Morris’s leadership – collapsed into liquidation, sending shockwaves through the sector.... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Barry Connell

Sport of Kings

CONNELL’S HUMBLE PIE

BARRY CONNELL, the ever-bullish stockbroker-turned-racehorse trainer, has been enjoying a diet of humble pie recently. Having seen his stable star, Marine Nationale, narrowly beaten (after a horrendous mistake) by Solness... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

KHAN WHIPPED

JIM BOLGER’S 55-year-old apprentice, Ikbal Khan, found himself in more trouble with Dundalk’s Bowler Hat Brigade following the recent running of the Bar 1 Betting ‘Download Our App’ Handicap. Khan... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

LUKE COMER’S TROUBLE

BILLIONAIRE LUKE Comer has once again found himself in trouble with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). On this occasion the former trainer, who had his training licence suspended by... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Ger Rabbette

Moneybags

UNIPHAR’S GLOBAL MOVES COULD PROVE LUCRATIVE

Uniphar was the best-performing Irish stock on the Dublin Market last year, with its shares doubling from €2 on January 2, 2025, to €4... Read more »

Moneybags

Eddie Byrne

Moneybags

I-RES IN LINE FOR BOOST FROM RENT REGIME CHANGE

IT IS often difficult to know what is going on in I-Res, the Irish residential properties Reit, but CEO Eddie Byrne, who has been... Read more »

Brief Cases

Jay Bradley

Brief Cases

JAY BRADLEY’S FABERGÉ EGG

THERE WAS hardly a news outlet in Ireland or Britain last month that could resist the tale of the stolen Fabergé egg, nicked by a handbag snatcher in the Dog... Read more »
Josepha Madigan

Brief Cases

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S LOBBYING

LAST MONTH the Irish Independent provided an exceedingly comprehensive answer to a question that nobody was asking: What are the former TDs of the last Dáil “doing after a life... Read more »
Liquidator Aidan García

Brief Cases

PADDY BYRNE’S LIQUIDATOR

COLOURFUL HOUSE builder Paddy Byrne is still up to his neck in controversy. He’s fighting with Kildare County Council over his approach to restoring a terrace of railway cottages and... Read more »
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Brief Cases

GANLEY IN THE SHADE

DECLAN GANLEY has been involved in a life-or-death campaign (at least in the feverish language he’s been using on X) against a solar farm near his Galway home. He’s part... Read more »
Paul Nolan

Brief Cases

DISNEY WORLD DEATH CASE

There was some relief for Dublin businessmen Paul Nolan and John Cooke, who operate the Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant, located in the Walt Disney World resort in Orlando. ... Read more »