Affairs of the Nation Archives

AFFAIRS OF THE NATION

GAA GAMES ON GAZA AND ALLIANZ

January 29, 2026

DID THE GAA find that deliberations on its controversial Allianz sponsorship deal were simplified by the existence on its management committee of Joan... Read more »

DAVY’S BIG BOYS’ CLUB

January 29, 2026

JUST WHICH financial firms will get the biggest slice of the estimated €1.5bn in funds set to be released from the control of... Read more »

MICHAEL HACKMAN’S HARD TIMES

January 29, 2026

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with the activities of US real estate moneybags turned movie studio czar Michael Hackman, who has shaken... Read more »

CUSHNAHAN’S CAPERS

January 29, 2026

THE DREADED taxman has just registered a chunky judgment against Goldhawk’s old pal, Dublin accountant Nicholas Cushnahan, whose clients have had their share... Read more »

MAIRIA CAHILL’S IRANIAN INSIGHTS

January 29, 2026

THE BIZARRE world of Iranian dissidents and their western supporters is even more politically eclectic than first appears judging by a recent Sunday... Read more »

IN ANTON WE TRUST

January 29, 2026

NEWSTALK RADIO’S new schedule begins next week with Anton Savage – principal shareholder in PR consultancy and media trainer The Communications Clinic –... Read more »

DENTON: MI5 IN THE DOCK

January 29, 2026

A significant parting of ways has occurred between MI5 and Sir Iain Livingstone, the Scottish police officer who led the final Operation Kenova... Read more »

WILLING WARRIORS

January 29, 2026

General SÉan Clancy, former Irish Defence Forces chief of staff and now chair of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) – see p10... Read more »

KELCY WARREN’S WINGS

January 29, 2026

AT THE start of this month, the Irish Times announced that the man behind a €30m investment in Waterford Airport is Texan oil... Read more »

YULETIDE PROJECT FEAR

January 15, 2026

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... Read more »

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE IN CORK

January 15, 2026

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,... Read more »

ALAN SHATTER ON IRISH ANTISEMITISM

January 15, 2026

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

CILLIAN MURPHY’S CAST

January 15, 2026

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

PATRICK O’DONOVAN’S EMPTY SEATS

January 15, 2026

AS 2026 gets under way, there is no sign of the board vacancies at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Imma) being filled,... Read more »

HATRED’ IN THE KINGDOM

January 15, 2026

AN INTRIGUING tale of antisemitic persecution in Killorglin, Co Kerry, was referred to by the Irish Times before Christmas, which the Jewish Representative... Read more »

READY, AIM …

January 15, 2026

THE Project Fear campaign, designed to strike the fear of God into the citizenry so that they tolerate expenditure of extra billions in... Read more »

STAKEKNIFE: MI5’S CREATURE

January 15, 2026

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

ROB HENEGHAN’S BEACH HOUSE

January 15, 2026

A TIPPING website for gamblers has been displaying some top-quality form and the chief jockey here, Rob Heneghan, must be a happy man.... Read more »

OISIN FANNING’S APPEAL

January 15, 2026

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... Read more »

IRELAND’S ‘REAL’ PALESTINIAN POLICY

December 11, 2025
NEW FOREIGN minister Helen McEntee must be embarrassed at having to suddenly retreat from her initial boast that the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB) would... Read more »

DISUNITED ARTS CLUB

December 11, 2025

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

ENTERPRISE IRELAND UP IN ARMS

December 11, 2025

The fact that Irish company VRAI Simulation recently announced new partnership arrangements with arms manufacturers KNDS and Rheinmetall is significant for both Enterprise... Read more »

TOM KENNEDY’S HOUSE PARTY

December 11, 2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO Tom Kennedy – co-founder of Hostelworld many moons ago – who has offloaded his impressive six-bed pile in Dublin 14 for... Read more »

PATRICK O’DONOVAN’S HOT AIR

December 11, 2025

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.... Read more »

MEDIA MANIA

December 11, 2025

THE MEDIA frenzy triggered by drones in the vicinity of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s flight to Dublin last week was described by the Irish Times... Read more »

VISION IRELAND’S NEW PRESCRIPTION

December 11, 2025

LAST WEEK, the former CEO of Fáilte Ireland and now boss of the RDS, Paul Kelly, resigned from the board of charity group... Read more »

DENTON’S NON-REPORT

December 11, 2025

Operation Denton (OD) has concluded that the UVF carried out the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings without assistance from the UK state, despite a mountain... Read more »

SPECIAL BRANCH EDUCATION

December 11, 2025

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... Read more »

IRISH TIMES PARK LIFE

December 11, 2025

THE Irish Times excelled itself in fighting off the proposal to rename Herzog Park, in a campaign that went beyond the usual liberal... Read more »

IVAN’S SHY COLLEAGUES

November 27, 2025

IVAN YATES – pundit, broadcaster, spin doctor, political tutor, after-dinner speaker, former minister and ex-bookie, among other things – has received plaudits from... Read more »

CATHERINE HEANEY’S HEROES

November 27, 2025

FORMER BLUESHIRT big wig Simon Coveney recently popped up in the Irish Examiner, where he was waxing lyrical about life after politics. He... Read more »

BONO’S EXPENSIVE BOOZE

November 27, 2025

IT’S FULL speed ahead for the proposed Church of Oak whiskey distillery backed by Bono and Paddy McKillen Sr. A new chief executive... Read more »

SHARON MCCABE’S MOVE

November 27, 2025

NOT SURPRISINGLY, the judicial review proceedings lodged by 20 denizens of D6 against the €10bn MetroLink plan garnered plenty of headlines this week.... Read more »

MICHEÁL V BERTIE

November 27, 2025

AN INTERESTING take on why Micheál Martin was so anxious to block Bertie Ahern from becoming Fianna Fáil’s presidential candidate was published, not... Read more »

REPUBLICANS ATTACK NEW RIGHT

November 27, 2025

Over recent years there has been a rapid decline in punishment beatings and kneecappings north of the border. But a recent statement by... Read more »

ALLEGATIONS AND SECRET RECORDINGS

November 27, 2025

THE SETTLEMENT announced last week of the explosive High Court proceedings lodged by racehorse trainer Jim Gorman will have come as a relief... Read more »