Affairs of the Nation

Helen McEntee

Affairs of the Nation

MARTIN’S CORE OF IRISH NEUTRALITY

AS THE Government prepares to scrap the triple lock – once described by Taoiseach Micheál Martin as the “core” of Irish neutrality – the mantra from Government and foreign minister... Read more »
Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

EOIN HAYES’S FLYER

CONTROVERSIAL SOCIAL Democrats TD Eoin Hayes circulated a colourful brochure to his Dublin Bay South constituents last month, where he referred to his “eventful first year in the Oireachtas”. Some... Read more »
Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

DAVID DUFFY’S GAME PLAN

WHILE LEINSTER Rugby continues to lick its wounds after yet another defeat in the Champions Cup last month in sunny Bilbao (a fifth final defeat in a row), there are... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Holly Cairns

Affairs of the Nation

HOLLY’S CHOICES

THE SINDO’S jubilant front-page welcome for Holly Cairns’s statement, in which she appeared to be pulling the Social Democrats back from the left alternative at the next general election, was... Read more »
Simon Harris

Affairs of the Nation

CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS

A GENUINE West Brit is Gript writer and home-loving woman Laura Perrins, a barrister from Balbriggan who emigrated to Britain but returned after 20 years with her hubbie and four... Read more »
David Holohan

Affairs of the Nation

DAVID HOLOHAN’S NEW GIG

GOLDHAWK IS delighted to announce that the successful candidate for a brand new senior executive role at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT) is the outgoing chairman of... Read more »
Paul Collins

Affairs of the Nation

PAUL COLLINS’S RESCUE PROCESS

AS FANS of Goldhawk are aware, Paul Collins has proved a controversial figure due to his companies’ involvement in the International Protection Accommodation Service (Ipas). He fronts Remcoll Capital, where... Read more »
Sean O'Callaghan

Affairs of the Nation

QUESTIONS OVER CORCORAN KILLING

THE LAST edition of The Phoenix (22/5/26) reported that Sean O’Callaghan – a Garda informer operating within the IRA – set a trap for fellow informer John Corcoran to deflect... Read more »
Deirdre Hargey

Affairs of the Nation

MOD KEEPS HARLAND & WOLFF AFLOAT

The January 2025 takeover of Harland & Wolff by Spain’s state-owned shipbuilder, Navantia, epitomised just how precarious the position of loyal Belfast has become. Last month details were revealed of... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Niamh Uí Bhriain

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: NIAMH UÍ BHRIAIN

As the crisis at Gript Media deepened in the last week of May over the suspension and then resignation of founding editor John McGuirk,... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Tomas Brennan

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: TOMAS BRENNAN

YOUNG TOMAS Brennan has been beavering away over the last year buying up not one but two stock market listed companies in the US... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Norah Casey

Fit to Print?

NORAH CASEY’S WAY WITH WOMEN

PUBLISHER AND “passionate advocate for women’s rights” Norah Casey has landed in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) following allegations from journalist Andrea Smith while working for Casey’s Woman’s Way magazine.... Read more »
Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

Fit to Print?

IS BURKE BACK?

MEDIA MANIPULATORS in both Government parties have become more assertive in the last 12 months and commentaries after the recent by-elections saw the promotion of two ministers, one Fianna Fáil... Read more »
Sally Hayden

Fit to Print?

SALLY HAYDEN’S NEW PRIZE

A PLEASING Irish Times article on yet another plaudit for “award winning Irish Times journalist Sally Hayden” recently was inspired by her latest book, This is also a love story,... Read more »

Last Refuge

Mary Lou McDonald

Last Refuge

MARY LOU’S LITTLE PROBLEM

SINN FÉIN and its president, Mary Lou McDonald, have some national problems to sort out in the Republic as a whole following the recent by-elections, including how to deal with... Read more »
Ivana Bacik

Last Refuge

BACIK’S UNITED LEFT CONUNDRUM

THE GYRATIONS of Labour leader Ivana Bacik on the issue of left unity or an electoral left alternative cannot be explained solely by the recent by-elections or the political arguments... Read more »
Sue Gray

Last Refuge

SUE GRAY HASN’T GONE AWAY

AN OLD Chinese proverb says that, if you sit on a bridge long enough, the body of your worst enemy will come floating down the river. Sure enough Sue Gray... Read more »
Darragh O'Brien

Last Refuge

DARRAGH O’BRIEN’S €50M SPIN

TRANSPORT MINISTER Darragh ‘Del Boy’ O’Brien’s name continues to crop up in media and political speculation about the next leader of Fianna Fáil but he had a depressing month of... Read more »

Northwind

Timothy Gaston

Northwind

HEATED EXCHANGES ON RACIAL EQUALITY

Last week a large banner was erected at a children’s playpark in Moygashel, a village near Dungannon. There was a dividing line on the banner and on one side it... Read more »

Hush Hush

Justin Barrett

Hush Hush

JUSTIN BARRETT ON THE ROPES

A series of clashes on the streets with antifascists have meant that Justin Barrett and members of his party, Clann Éireann (CÉ), have to be quite circumspect about their activism.... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

DRUNKEN DEFECATION A Donegal man appeared before Bandon District Court following an incident in the town on April 17. Sergeant Tom Mulcahy told the court that gardaí received reports of... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Danny McCoy

Fowl Emissions

ENGINEERS: WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

The government has of late been lurching aimlessly in its energy policy, with Micheál Martin’s curious late-career dalliance with nuclear energy being just its most recent iteration. Mind you, our... Read more »
Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

Fowl Emissions

GULF STREAM GUFF

There are many scary climate scenarios facing Ireland, none more so than a collapse of the Gulf Stream, which would play havoc with the global climate. So what to make... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Niall Boylan

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Well done to Independent Ireland Noel Thomas who, in the end, sadly became a victim of the voting system. Niall Boylan, X JFK and his lover Marilyn Monroe were murdered... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Rosemary Coleman

High Society

ROSEMARY COLEMAN’S REDBRICK

FANS OF Prime Time on RTÉ may recall a show that examined the surge in young children following advanced skincare routines involving anti-ageing and... 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

CHIEF JUSTICE ON THE MOVE

THERE WAS a glowing account in the Business Post of a property in south Co Dublin that has just gone on the market with... Read more »

High Society

Kevin Blake

High Society

KEVIN BLAKE’S HEAVY GOING

WITH THE various thoroughbreds under starter’s orders for the blue riband contest at Epsom this weekend, it presumably comes as no surprise that one of Coolmore’s Aidan O’Brien-trained nags finds... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Lynn Scarff

Behind the Scenes

MUSEUM PIECE

THE CLOSING date for applications for the job of director of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) has passed and Cathal O’Donoghue’s board will be hoping for a prompt decision,... 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

ASHFORD’S PLOT SPOILER

FOUR YEARS ago Goldhawk reported that the Wicklow-based veteran of the Ireland-China hardware trade, Joe O’Connell of Universal Innovations, had quietly put his lucrative movie business, Ashford Studios, on the... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Joseph O'Brien

Sport of Kings

O’BRIEN’S GIGS

BIG NEWS for trainer Joseph O’Brien, whose speedy rise to the top continues courtesy of Barry Mahon and the team in the minted Juddmonte operation, which has now entrusted the... 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

IRTA V IHRB

THERE WERE fun and games at the Curragh last month when the Irish Racehorse Trainers Association (IRTA) took aim at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) over the impact of... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Donal Murphy

Moneybags

DCC WILL FIND IT HARD TO SEE OFF €6BN BID

FANS OF Moneybags will not be too surprised that, fuelled by a £5bn takeover approach, the share price for DCC has jumped by a... Read more »

Moneybags

Tony Smurfit

Moneybags

TONY SMURFIT’S WESTROCK WOES

TWO YEARS on from the acquisition/merger by Smurfit Kappa with the North American WestRock operation, the signs are that there is an awful lot... Read more »

Brief Cases

Justin Carthy

Brief Cases

JUSTIN CARTHY’S RETURN

FOR THOSE who thought that Celtic Tiger Ireland had been quietly buried, the reappearance of Goldhawk’s old friend, Justin Carthy, around the betting ring suggests otherwise. Back in 2005, a... Read more »
Gareth Sheridan

Brief Cases

GARETH SHERIDAN’S AIR MILES

THE SINDO’S celebrity stalker, Niamh Horan, managed to pry some rich details out of former presidential hopeful and Nutriband boss Gareth Sheridan and his Mormon wife, Heidi, last weekend. Not... Read more »
Ciaran Gleeson

Brief Cases

GLEESONS GROUNDED

IT HAS been a turbulent year for Ciarán and Gillian Gleeson of the well-regarded Gleeson’s pub and guest-house in Blackrock, south Co Dublin. The couple have been having a spot... Read more »
Kay Mulcaire

Brief Cases

KAY MULCAIRE’S BOUTIQUE BLUES

NO DOUBT the local businesses in Adare are looking forward to some crumbs from the table of Geneva-based tax resident JP McManus in the run-up to next year’s Ryder Cup... Read more »