Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

MARIA BAILEY FOR THE CHOP

September 5, 2019
WHAT A confusing series of leaks there has been about Maria Bailey and the Fine Gael general election ticket in Dún Laoghaire in the... Read more »

MARY MCALEESE’S LATEST GIG

September 5, 2019
WHAT IS it with Trinity College Dublin, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the preference for chancellors named Mary? Last month, the Irish Times... Read more »

REAPPOINTING ROSE

September 5, 2019
WHILE THE decision by Shane Ross to quietly extend the tenure of Shannon Airport chair Rose Hynes did not come as a shock, not... Read more »

SF DEMOCRACY DEBATE

September 5, 2019
THE CHALLENGE to Sinn Féin’s vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, from Assembly heavyweight John O’Dowd could become a test of the party’s willingness to embrace political... Read more »

ABC ANSWERS ELUSIVE

September 5, 2019
ONE QUESTION that arises from Independent News & Media’s (INM’s) decision to withdraw from the Audited Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is whether it was... Read more »

BEWARE CLAMPERS

September 5, 2019
DUBLIN CITY Council (DCC) has finally signed a new contract with parking enforcement (clamping) company Dublin Street Parking Services Ltd (DSPS). This should ensure... Read more »

JAW-JAW AND WAR-WAR

September 5, 2019
US VICE-PRESIDENT Mike Pence set the scene for two upcoming conferences on war when he praised the “security partnership” between Ireland and the US... Read more »

EXPERTS GULLED BY FRAUDSTERS

September 5, 2019
AN Irish Independent report last June of an accident claim dismissed as “not credible” by a High Court judge greatly understated Judge Michael Twomey’s... Read more »

‘IRISH TIMES’ WOMEN: THERMIDOR!

August 22, 2019
INCENDIARY OUTRAGE has been the reaction of some Irish Times male hacks to the document supported by most of their female colleagues conveying the... Read more »

ROSE OF TRALEE FESTIVAL’S RED INK

August 22, 2019
WITH THE 60th Rose of Tralee hooley kicking off this weekend, the build-up has been marred somewhat by the decision of the Irish greyhound... Read more »

IT’S THE ‘SUN’ WOT WON IT

August 22, 2019
RUPERT MURDOCH’S News Corp has probably done more for project Brexit than Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and David Cameron put together. Now it looks... Read more »

EMILY AND BETTY AND ORLAGH

August 22, 2019
IT WILL be interesting to see if three members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) – the current chief commissioner and... Read more »

BURKIAN EXPANSION

August 22, 2019
THIS WEEK saw the official social media launch of gript.ie, a conservative online media platform that features some familiar faces. Not surprisingly, there is... Read more »

IRA KIDNAP DISPUTE

August 22, 2019
FORMER RTÉ executive David Blake Knox (DBK) has provoked a reaction from more than one quarter with his recently published book, The Killing of... Read more »

JIM FARRELL’S SECURITY SITUATION

August 22, 2019
GOLDHAWK WAS intrigued to see the name of his old friend and security expert, Jim Farrell, crop up in an ex-parte (one side only)... Read more »

PAT HICKEY’S MEDAL RUN

August 8, 2019
IT IS not surprising that the photo of former Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) boss Pat Hickey having a chinwag with his good friend,... Read more »

MEDIAHUIS LEGAL DEBUT

August 8, 2019
THE WEEK in which Mediahuis received High Court approval of its INM takeover also saw a slew of legal problems and potentially huge damages... Read more »

EMILY LOGAN’S APPOINTMENT

August 8, 2019
IT EMERGED at the weekend that justice minister Charlie Flanagan has stripped away the red tape previously wrapped around the re-appointment of serving commissioners... Read more »

MICHAEL NUGENT’S LUNCH DATE

August 8, 2019
INTERESTING TO see Atheist Ireland (AI) founder and High Priest Michael Nugent lending his impressive intellectual ballast to yet another unpopular cause. Last week,... Read more »

BAHRAIN BLAST

August 8, 2019
The recent executions in Bahrain of three Shi’ite activists were met with opprobrium from human rights groups and civil unrest in the Middle Eastern... Read more »

HEATHER’S HOUSE

August 8, 2019
SPARE a thought for Mark Thornburgh, who stumped up over E170,000 to help his sister Heather Perrin – the only Irish judge ever to... Read more »

‘MACHO BOYS CLUB’ AT THE ‘IRISH TIMES’

July 25, 2019
THE MOST shocking news likely to be (not) reported in the Irish Times for years is the document drawn up by women in the... Read more »

DECLAN CREGAN’S US TROOP MOVEMENTS

July 25, 2019
INTERESTING TO see that US customs and border pre-clearance at Shannon Airport is being expanded to include corporate jets from the Kingdom of Saudi... Read more »

MADIGAN’S FANTASY

July 25, 2019
FORMER LEINSTER and Ireland out-half Ian Madigan has been having a tough time of late, but there has now been some good news on... Read more »

PAULA TIERNAN’S PAST

July 25, 2019
IRATE CIRCUIT Court judge Jacqueline Linnane claimed earlier this month that some solicitors should be more selective with the clients they take on. This... Read more »