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AFFAIRS OF THE NATION

SENATOR WILSON VS LADY KILBRACKEN

October 3, 2019
A FEUD between Fianna Fáil senator Diarmuid Wilson and Lady Kilbracken is now the subject of an inquiry by party leader Micheál Martin, with... Read more »

O’LEARY’S ‘HELL’

October 3, 2019
AS BREXIT neurosis sweeps the country, the citizenry can always turn to the sagacious and comforting insights of Michael O’Leary. The Ryanair boss said... Read more »

JUDGE KELLY VS JERRY BEADES

October 3, 2019
WILL JUDGE Peter Kelly ever be rid of that inexhaustible lay litigant, Jerry Beades, whose legal actions to block Kelly’s appointment as High Court... Read more »

MORE LEFT SPLITS

October 3, 2019
POLITICAL splits on the Left are mirrored by the disintegration of the Take Back the City (TBTC) campaign a year after its headline grabbing... Read more »

FRESH CLIMATE

October 3, 2019
It seems that not everyone was thrilled with last month’s college campus walkout as part of the global ‘climate strike’. Although UCD gave its... Read more »

NIGERIAN ARMS AND BILLIONS

October 3, 2019
Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID), founded by the late Mick Quinn, recently won an €8.6bn award against the Nigerian government, with the support of... Read more »

THE NEW ORDER AT INM

September 19, 2019
BELGIAN PUBLISHERS Mediahuis may find that bending the querulous natives to their will at Independent News & Media (INM) is a little more difficult... Read more »

MYSTERY AT THE BERNARD SHAW

September 19, 2019
A WEEK of social media breast-beating about the decline of Dublin’s nightlife has obscured the reasons for the impending closure of the Bernard Shaw... Read more »

XAVIER MCAULIFFE’S SPEED VANS

September 19, 2019
IT IS hard to believe that a consortium that works for An Garda Síochána providing the roadside speed detection service – GoSafe – is... Read more »

LEO VARADKAR’S NECK

September 19, 2019
YOU’VE GOT to hand it to Leo Varadkar for pure neck. Earlier this month, Boris Johnson let fly with some colourful descriptions of opposition... Read more »

DAVID MCWILLIAMS’S ‘RESEARCH’

September 19, 2019
Readers of the Irish Times website last Saturday may have enjoyed David McWilliams musing on the future of global cities. The celebrity economist takes... Read more »

NOEL GREALISH’S PAL

September 19, 2019
THOSE REMARKS by Noel Grealish TD about “good Christian Syrians” as opposed to African “spongers” were from the heart. A devout Catholic, Noel once... Read more »

COVENEY’S SOLO RUN

September 19, 2019
THE WILY Simon Coveney managed to come out of the Fine Gael think-in last week smelling of roses – at least as far as... Read more »

PAT LENAGHAN’S CHAIRS

September 19, 2019
More bad news for the family of colourful businessman and would-be casino boss Pat Lenaghan, owners of the Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore, Co... Read more »

CORRECTION – MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

September 19, 2019
IN The Phoenix edition of August 23 last, it was incorrectly stated that former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg had funded the Irish pro-tobacco... Read more »

LUCINDA’S EU APOSTASY

September 19, 2019
LUCINDA CREIGHTON’S take on Brexit and the backstop is strange indeed coming from a former minister for Europe who immersed herself in the EU... Read more »

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 »

JAMES GOUGH’S GRIPE

September 5, 2019
JAMES GOUGH continues to be a thorn in the side of the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO). Having taken a successful legal action... 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 »

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 »

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 »

‘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 »

BRIAN MCDONAGH’S ‘FRONT’ COMPANY

August 22, 2019
GRANJA LTD, a company linked to Brian McDonagh – the man at the centre of efforts to stop a proposal by Apple (since abandoned)... Read more »

SHANE ROSS’S RHINOCEROS

August 22, 2019
DESPITE BREXIT, Leo Varadkar’s and Micheál Martin’s unofficial negotiators continue to court the Greens, Labour and the Social Democrats with sweet talk of a... 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 »

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 »

FUNDING THE HARE KRISHNAS

August 22, 2019
THE FOOD Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has been busy in recent weeks, most notably forcing the shut down of spring water production at... 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 »