Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

SUE GRAY STILL TO RUN UK?

March 8, 2023
THE MOST powerful woman in Britain – according to various British sources – is Sue Gray and she has now emerged as British Labour... Read more »

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LITTLE MUSEUM, BIG BRANDS

March 8, 2023
CLEVER TREVOR WHITE, director of the Little Museum of Dublin, exudes ethical concern for children, climate and other issues as manifest in various ways.... Read more »

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MODEST ANNE HARRIS

March 8, 2023
THE HEROISM attributed to TD Catherine Murphy by Anne Harris in the Irish Times this week was a study in selfless endeavour untainted by... Read more »

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BRENDAN MULLIN SCORES

March 8, 2023
INTERESTING TO see a judgment for the sum of €163,000 being registered against a property development company by one Brendan Mullin – former Ireland... Read more »

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PRINCE KHALED’S IRISH JET

March 8, 2023
GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that a colourful Saudi prince, Khaled, who owns the most expensive house in the UK, is currently embroiled in... Read more »

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TRICOLOURS AND THE FAR RIGHT

March 8, 2023
SOME OF the boneheads running the Irish far-right scene have stumbled on the contradictions of cosying up to right-wing extremists and criminals from Blighty... Read more »

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CONSULATE’S OSCAR PERFORMANCE

March 8, 2023
THERE IS one possible result at Sunday’s Oscars that may not be top of the wish list for film funding agency Screen Ireland. While... Read more »

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ROBERT QUIRKE’S MALTESE MOOLAH

March 8, 2023
THE Comptroller and Auditor General’s scathing report into the farce surrounding HSE spending on ventilators in the early days of the Covid pandemic reminded... Read more »

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BURNING ISSUE

March 8, 2023
If an outsider were to land in rural Ireland for the first time in recent weeks, what would be their enduring impression of the... Read more »

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BERTIE AHERN’S REAL AGENDA

February 22, 2023
WHETHER INSPIRED by some devious and cunning politician or whether they became obsessed with Bertie Ahern’s presumed presidential ambitions, journalists en masse were diverted... Read more »

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DUNCAN’S DOSH

February 22, 2023
LAST WEEKEND climate activist and environmental campaigner Duncan Stewart got a run-out on Brendan O’Connor’s Radio 1 show on foot of the unpopular decision... Read more »

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MICHAEL O’LEARY ON THE BUSES

February 22, 2023
IN DECEMBER last, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary made one of his trademark outbursts, this time with a target that, even by his standards, was unexpected;... Read more »

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CIARA KELLY’S MORNING MOOLAH

February 22, 2023
AS ONE of star agent Noel O’Kelly’s roster of ‘talent’, doctor-turned-broadcaster Ciara Kelly is proving quite the earner. The Newstalk presenter’s profile on NM... Read more »

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FINTAN CALLS TIME ON BIDEN

February 22, 2023
FINTAN O’TOOLE is probably the most influential opinion former in Ireland and thus far he has laid most blame for the war in Ukraine... Read more »

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SISTERS’ SUMMIT

February 22, 2023
IT LOOKS like Dublin’s Convention Centre will be the hot ticket in May when Executive Women Gathering (EWG), described as “Ireland’s largest female executive... Read more »

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IRISH MEDIA AT WAR

February 22, 2023
A REHASHED article that has effectively been published already by the Irish Times, Irish Independent, RTÉ, BBC and now the Sunday Times again last... Read more »

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IDLIB: IRELAND’S IMPACT

February 22, 2023
THE EARTHQUAKES that hit south-eastern Turkey and north-western Syria caused widespread destruction of property and tens of thousands of death. The region has been... Read more »

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BAD APPLES

February 22, 2023
DAVID BURKE, the specialist author on British intelligence in Ireland, is shortly to release an old-fashioned pamphlet entitled An Orchard of Bad Apples (which... Read more »

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DOUG TAYLOR’S PRIZE MONEY

February 9, 2023
IT LOOKS like the champagne corks could be popping soon in Ridgewood House, home of colourful millionaire Doug Taylor. The Sunday Times reported at... Read more »

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MARY HARNEY’S MANY HATS

February 9, 2023
THE INCREASINGLY busy former health minister Mary Harney has popped up as a director of yet another Irish pharma business. She continues to find... Read more »

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RONAN McNALLY’S ROUGH RIDE

February 9, 2023
DISGRACED TRAINER Ronan McNally will be well aware of the name Barney Curley, the renowned gambler who hijacked the only phone line available from... Read more »

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OMAGH REVISITED

February 9, 2023
THERE IS a stark difference in how the British government is responding to court orders to carry out inquiries into the Omagh bombing and... Read more »

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MALACHY STEENSON’S EURO PLANS

February 9, 2023
WORKING-CLASS Dub hero Malachy Steenson has recently been at more public protests against migrants than the number of political parties he has joined or... Read more »

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IRISH NEUTRALITY OVER, SAYS ‘EXPERT’

February 9, 2023
THE ASSERTION by Lieutenant General Esa Polkkinen, director general of policy at Finland’s defence ministry, that neutrality is “over” for Ireland and that we... Read more »

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AND THE AWARD DOESN’T GO TO …

February 9, 2023
AMIDST THE hoo-ha about Oscar nominations for five Irish actors, there’s been no talk about whether any of them has been subject to the... Read more »

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FLORIAN HAUFE’S CRIME ACADEMY

February 9, 2023
ON VALENTINE’S Day, a creditors’ meeting is to be held to wind up an entity called the Financial Crime Academy Ltd. This was set... Read more »

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NORMAL PEOPLE

February 9, 2023
PEOPLE ROUTINELY accept risks associated with motoring that they would find intolerable in almost any other walk of life, according to new research. These... Read more »

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GARDA AND HARD RIGHT

January 26, 2023
GARDA COMMISSIONER Drew Harris OBE grabbed the headlines this month when he described some of those involved in the anti-refugee protests as having a... Read more »

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HANDICAPPING MICHAEL HALFORD

January 26, 2023
GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to spot that a company called Copper Beech Racing Ltd has just collapsed into liquidation. This is the business established by... Read more »

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AMNESTY FOR BILL SHIPSEY?

January 26, 2023
INTERESTING TO see that Art for Amnesty (AfA), fronted by ex-legal eagle Bill Shipsey, has advised the Companies Office of a name change to... Read more »

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ROBBIE HENSHAW’S VITAMINS

January 26, 2023
RUGBY INTERNATIONAL Robbie Henshaw, who is set to return from injury, featured heavily at the weekend in the run-up to the start of the... Read more »

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NO BONE FOR NOEL SMYTH

January 26, 2023
REGIME CHANGE came to the Irish Kennel Club (IKC) earlier this month and this could be bad news for Goldhawk’s old pal, Noel Smyth.... Read more »

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DONOHOE: HOLD THE BACK PAGE!

January 26, 2023
THE EFFORTS by Paschal Donohoe, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to resist an exposé of his dodgy election returns was initially supplemented by a... Read more »

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CANCELLING KEVIN HIGGINS

January 26, 2023
THE COMPLIMENTARY obits to the late poet Kevin Higgins last weekend did not quite do justice to the bard’s talent and wit. Nor did... Read more »

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SUZANNE LAURIE’S INSTITUTE

January 26, 2023
WHILE THE health and wellness sector has been thriving in recent years, a Dublin-registered company, owned by Suzanne Laurie and Laurence Dann, that has... Read more »

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FOOD ‘VISIONARY’ McCONALOGUE

January 26, 2023
WITH PRESSURE growing on all sectors to find ways to meet their legally binding emissions reduction targets, recent research conducted by the Irish Farmers... Read more »

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