Affairs of the Nation

Susan McKay

Affairs of the Nation

SMITH TACKLES ‘GRIPT’ HEAD ON

AS IF the right-wing Gript website had not enough trouble to contend with – its editor, John McGuirk, has been placed on leave of absence and a legal battle with... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

UNITED ARTS CLUB SHAKE-UP

PRESUMABLY ALL the members of the United Arts Club (UAC) eagerly shared the gushing near 3,000-word paean to wealth manager and Renaissance man Tom Clinch, which was published this week... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

BAZ FLANNERY’S FLOP

SOME REVEALING documents have just been filed by the joint liquidators of Co Galway battery company Xerotech, which had raised millions from investors and the likes of Enterprise Ireland. The... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Mark Rutte

Affairs of the Nation

CHAMBERS JOINS MILITARY BIG BOYS

The increasing number of Irish delegates at the annual Bilderberg conference highlights Ireland’s growing importance to the western military-industrial complex. This secretive group is overseen by billionaire industrial oligarchs, bankers,... Read more »
Gerry Adams

Affairs of the Nation

STRANGE RUMOUR AFTER ADAMS’S WIN

EXASPERATION AT the failure of a concerted effort this month to nail Gerry Adams in a London court, with the aid of ‘lawfare’ firm McCue Jury Solicitors (see The Phoenix... Read more »
Maura Derivan

Affairs of the Nation

MAURA DERIVAN’S MEDAL

CONGRATULATIONS TO Goldhawk’s old friend, solicitor extraordinaire Maura Derivan, who has just been awarded something called the Trophee de L’Egalite in recognition of her work promoting gender equality, diversity and... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

ROB HENEGHAN’S GOOGLE LINKS

LAST WEEKEND the Irish Times reported on the removal by Google of links to the paper’s article on racing tipster Rob Heneghan. This had been achieved through the use of... Read more »
Patrick Treacy

Affairs of the Nation

PATRICK TREACY’S ADVENTURES

AS A result of having treated former pop superstar Michael Jackson during his sojourn in Ireland many moons ago, cosmetic specialist Patrick Treacy has been generating an awful lot of... Read more »
Declan Ganley

Affairs of the Nation

DECLAN GANLEY’S IMPERIAL PROPOSALS

As those active in the networks of Ireland’s new right continue to jockey for position, Declan Ganley has been taking an increasingly hands-on role to put right recent political mistakes.... Read more »
Jack Lynch

Affairs of the Nation

JACK LYNCH’S ‘CARTE BLANCHE’ TO UK

Recently declassified files from the 1970s offer an insight into the Cosgrave government’s diffidence in its dealings with Whitehall after gardaí arrested a unit of armed SAS soldiers in an... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Dan O'Brien

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: DAN O’BRIEN

THE DISTANCE between government politicians and voters, recently underlined by state-wide protests, is mirrored by those media commentators who were so anxious to remark... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Aoife Dunne

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: AOIFE DUNNE

The popularity of media outings, podcasts and theatre shows that deal with death, crime and heartbreak suggests that Irish people love nothing more than... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Dana

Fit to Print?

DANA’S DOSH FROM ‘IRISH TIMES’

DANA’S 13-YEAR litigious quest for satisfaction over erroneous media reports on her brother, John Brown, and her alleged role in his quest (successful) to defend himself against child abuse charges... Read more »
Mathias Dopfner

Fit to Print?

TORYGRAPH IS PRO- ISRAEL: OFFICIAL

THE TAKEOVER of the Daily Telegraph newspaper group by German media company Axel Springer has been ratified by British culture minister Lisa Nandy, who declined to refer it to the... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

CONOR GALLAGHER’S GIG

The IRISH Times has for some years boasted of its connections to one or more global investigative outfits although its latest partner, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, turns... Read more »

Last Refuge

Gillian Toole

Last Refuge

SHARON KEOGAN’S INDEPENDENT TEAM

ONE OF the most formidable personalities in the political world of the Dáil, Seanad and even local elections is Independent senator Sharon Keogan, who was busy during the protests that... Read more »
Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

GROUNDHOG DAY FOR YOUNG FF REBELS

ONE PRESUMES that those Fianna Fáil members who organised the latest abortive effort to unseat their leader, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, will do their sums next time out. Efforts by the... Read more »
Willie O'Dea

Last Refuge

WILLIE O’DEA V MICHEÁL MARTIN

WHAT WOULD have been a political thunderbolt occurred earlier this month but it went under the radar as the sudden nationwide protests obscured most other news. But in a most... Read more »

Northwind

John O'Dowd

Northwind

NO CASH TO APPEASE NI FUEL PROTESTERS

The north has also had its fuel protests, largely copycats of those in the south, but they were much less disruptive and unsuccessful. More are planned for this weekend although... Read more »

Hush Hush

Laoise de Brun

Hush Hush

RIPPLE EFFECT OF ORBÁN’S DEFEAT

The end of Viktor Orbán’s rule in Hungary will have a direct effect on the network of activists, think tanks and media outlets on the populist right that have benefited... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

LAOIS ‘NAZIS’ A 64-year-old Dublin man told Judge Andrew Cody that he would “light a candle” for him after being granted legal aid and having his case adjourned during a... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Michael Healy-Rae

Fowl Emissions

HEALY-RAE’S FOREST FABLES

Michael Healy-Rae’s resignation last week as junior minister for forestry came as a blow to his fans in Ireland’s commercial forestry industry. Happily, however, his legacy and support live on... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

RADIO INTERFERENCE

Installing a fossil fuel boiler in your home now “is like putting a steam engine in your car”. That was the message from building guru Dermot Bannon recently on Brendan... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Jim Gavin

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

I‘ve no regrets over what I did and what I was asked to do. Jim Gavin on his disastrous presidential run, RTÉ Radio 1 The result is an ongoing, lived... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Damien Tansey

High Society

DAMIEN TANSEY’S MANY HATS

CONGRATULATIONS TO Sligo legal-eagle Damien Tansey, who has just acquired the personal injuries practice of Tom MacSharry, following the latter’s appointment to the Bench.... 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

EAMONN ROTHWELL’S MOOLAH

IT HAS been pretty smooth sailing this year for Irish Continental Group (ICG) boss Eamonn Rothwell, with the listed ferry operator having announced dividends... Read more »

High Society

Triermore House

High Society

HANBURY’S €9M MANSION

ONE OF the biggest property sales of the year looks set to occur as a result of the placing on the market of Triermore House and Stud (including 328 acres)... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Eimear O'Connor

Behind the Scenes

FIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

INTERESTING TO see the unsuitable Collections Resource Centre of the stretched National Museum of Ireland (NMI) making headlines last week, with chairman Cathal O’Donoghue noting the operation “presents a significant... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

McPHERSON’S MOVIE

A plan to adapt Conor McPherson’s The Weir into a film using the cast of the recent stage revival, led by national treasure Brendan Gleeson, also features other familiar faces.... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Luke Comer

Sport of Kings

COMING FOR COMER

HAVING INITIATED legal proceedings against billionaire Monaco resident Luke Comer, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) has now taken the next legal step to get the case to the starting... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

DARRAGH O’LOUGHLIN’S MORALE

“MORALE IS good.” That was the assessment of IHRB chief executive Darragh O’Loughlin in a recent interview in the Irish Field in the run-up to his four-year anniversary in the... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Tomás Ó Midheach

Moneybags

FBD SHARES ROCKET BUT COMPANY BUT STILL UNDERVALUED

FBD FOCUSES on the Irish farming community and in this context has been successful, boasting gross insurance premiums last year of €500m and profits... Read more »

Moneybags

Edmond Scanlon

Moneybags

STRUGGLING KERRY SHARES SET TO BOUNCE BACK

KERRY GROUP boss Ed Scanlon has not done an awful lot wrong, although the company’s share performance would certainly suggest otherwise. These have fallen... Read more »

Brief Cases

Kelcy Warren

Brief Cases

KELCY WARREN’S CASTLE?

GOLDHAWK’S FAVOURITE Irish-based billionaire oil baron, Kelcy Warren – a major funder of Donald Trump and the Maga movement – has been (very) quietly building up his assets here. In... Read more »
John McGuirk

Brief Cases

JOHN MCGUIRK’S LEGAL DRAMAS

THERE IS rarely a dull moment when John McGuirk is around and the right-wing firebrand and editor (suspended for now) of Gript has been in the news again this month... Read more »
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Brief Cases

COLIN DAVIDSON V OLIVER SEARS

THERE COULD be a queue around the bock at the Four Goldmines next week when an interesting legal action is set to kick off between outspoken art gallery owner/agent and... Read more »
Caren Walsh

Brief Cases

AIRO’S GOOD GOING

THE ANNUAL report of the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO) has just been finalised and it comes at an opportune time, just as a new prize-money regime kicks in... Read more »
Tomas Brennan

Brief Cases

BRENNAN’S BREAD

THE BRENNAN family from Wexford continues to grow its US share portfolio. They have been trying for a number of years to gain traction with a property investment vehicle called... Read more »