Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

‘HUMANITARIAN’ IRISH WAR EFFORT

August 10, 2023
LAST OCTOBER the then foreign minister and defence minister, Simon Coveney, spoke in humanitarian terms when announcing the plan for Irish Defence Forces’ participation... Read more »

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HELEN McENTEE PROJECT UNDONE

August 10, 2023
THE carefully constructed Fine Gael leadership campaign of Helen McEntee was given what appeared to be the kiss of death with her recent walk... Read more »

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AUF WIEDERSEHEN WIRECARD

August 10, 2023
SO FAREWELL then Wirecard Payments Solutions Holdings Ltd, the Irish arm of the uber controversial German outfit, Wirecard AG. It will be finally wound... Read more »

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GEORGINA’S GOOD NEWS

August 10, 2023
GOLDHAWK SPOTTED a rather chunky judgment satisfaction registered in Stubbs Gazette this week. The defendant who has had the debt cleared is one Georgina... Read more »

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KIDS CHARITY SCOOPED!

August 10, 2023
SO farewell then to The Scoop Foundation (Supporting Children Out Of Poverty), a charity that has just been wound up on foot of its... Read more »

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PETER AIKEN’S SIDE BET

August 10, 2023
WHILE IMPRESARIO Peter Aiken is currently engaged in a high-profile boundary dispute (see p18), he will have been keeping an eye on the All... Read more »

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JOHN ROBERTS’S MENU

August 10, 2023
A COMPANY linked to Crackbrgr restaurant, owned by John Roberts, is being wound up next week, just a couple of months after the operation... Read more »

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DEEP STATE AND MOUNTBATTEN

August 10, 2023
Andrew Lownie has been monitoring his social media accounts for at least five years. Files surrendered to him included a flyer about a talk... Read more »

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NOT-SO-QUIET MAN

August 10, 2023
As signs of the ever-deepening climate emergency become all but impossible to ignore, some of those voices who have peddled climate denial for years... Read more »

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BAKHURST ‘CONFLICT OF INTEREST’

July 27, 2023
RTÉ’S SAVIOUR, new director general, Kevin Bakhurst, has made much of the need for a register of RTÉ employees’ interests and the avoidance of... Read more »

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TOFFS AGAINST TERRORISM

July 27, 2023
MI6 CHIEF Richard Moore paid a visit to Prague recently where he implored Russian officials to contact his service to help overthrow Vladimir Putin.... Read more »

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JOHN MALONE’S TACTICS

July 27, 2023
IT WAS hardly surprising that Virgin Media should wade into the RTÉ pay and governance row. The owner of the station is so-called ‘cable... Read more »

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TOM BARRY’S FERTILE PROFITS

July 27, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order for agribusiness operator and property investor Tom Barry, who has been making hay while the sun shines. Clearly, he has... Read more »

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RYANAIR’S HOT AIR

July 27, 2023
THIS YEAR is, according to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) “a critical year for delivery of Ireland’s national climate action”. Given that total... Read more »

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MALIGN MALIAN MISSION

July 27, 2023
SOMETIMES THE language of western diplomats jars with reality, especially when explaining the high-minded, humanitarian reasons for invading countries or even, as recently, when... Read more »

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MALCOLM BYRNE’S “EXTRAORDINARY” EVIDENCE

July 27, 2023
THE IMPROPER sacking of Aodhagán Ó Súird as principal of Wexford primary school Gaelscoil Moshíológ has generated plenty of headlines given the 11 years... Read more »

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RTÉ BOARD BACK IN THE MONEY

July 27, 2023
WITH THE wait for RTÉ’s 2022 annual report going on, there will be some information included that may be of interest to followers of... Read more »

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DEFENCE FORCES DIFFER ON SECURITY

July 27, 2023
IN THE summer edition of Signal, the biannual magazine of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO), Micheál Martin, Tánaiste and Minister for Defence... Read more »

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NIAMH BRENNAN’S TRANSPARENCY

July 13, 2023
AS THOSE RTÉ committee hearings concluded this week, the focus moved to the clean up at Montrose, which is being spearheaded by Niamh Brennan... Read more »

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JUDGE HALPIN V RTÉ

July 13, 2023
THE LESS than media shy judge Anthony Halpin garnered himself a fair few headlines last week when he gave RTÉ execs and ‘talent’ both... Read more »

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HOLLY AND THE ‘SINDO’

July 13, 2023
THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT appears to be still infatuated with Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns and has gone to extraordinary lengths to promote her in... Read more »

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DIRECT MESSAGES DIRECT TO GCHQ

July 13, 2023
IRISH MINISTERS, senior civil servants and others in authority are going to have to take care while using Twitter to transmit ‘direct messages’, known... Read more »

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NIALL FORTUNE’S MISFORTUNE

July 13, 2023
GOLDHAWK is surprised to spot that a couple of ventures owned by burger king Niall Fortune of Eddie Rocket’s fame are going into liquidation... Read more »

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TRIPLE-LOCK MYTHS

July 13, 2023
THE BIG argument behind the frustration of Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin, who feel blocked from getting young Irish people to tool up and... Read more »

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SHANE ROSS’S CURRENCY EXCHANGE

July 13, 2023
LAST WEEKEND, Shane Ross fixed his sights on Montrose, which comes as no surprise given that the former politician is penning a book on... Read more »

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RTÉ BOSSES’ TORMENT

July 13, 2023
DAVID NALLY, RTÉ editorial adviser, RTÉ content (salary €150,000), was obviously aggrieved at being ‘dragged’ into the Montrose maelstrom last week by Irish Times... Read more »

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NOEL KELLY’S PORSCHE

July 13, 2023
NOEL KELLY’S arrival at Leinster House on Tuesday came as a great disappointment to Goldhawk given the blaze of advance publicity about the Mr... Read more »

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BAKHURST’S BLITZKRIEG

July 13, 2023
WHILE RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst has attracted plaudits for “hitting the ground running”, maybe he is moving too fast. Certainly, Kev wasted no... Read more »

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UP IN SMOKE IN CHILE

July 13, 2023
INVESTORS IN the Sandyford-based Mainstream Renewable Power (MRP) must be aghast at losses continuing to accumulate – €630m in 2022, following on from a... Read more »

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MARTIN’S FORUM ON ‘NOT NEUTRALITY’

June 29, 2023
IN ITS push back against President Michael D Higgins and other defenders of neutrality, the Irish Times last week blamed an allegedly mistaken Leo... Read more »

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LAWYERING UP AT RTÉ

June 29, 2023
THE COVERAGE of the Tubridy circus by RTÉ journalists has been extensive and unrestricted by Montrose management but defences have been mounted in more... Read more »

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NOEL KELLY’S COMPETITION

June 29, 2023
WITH “SUPERAGENT” Noel Kelly of NKM in the spotlight as a result of star client Ryan Tubridy’s travails in RTÉ, the turmoil might present... Read more »

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SANDS MAKES WAVES

June 29, 2023
BROSNAN RACING is a new name in the horseracing game, which announced its arrival on the scene when buying the top lot at the... Read more »

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HORGAN & HOGAN

June 29, 2023
DENNIS HORGAN is a highly regarded aerial photographer who has published assorted well-received books, most recently Ireland’s Guiding Lights, for which he captured aerial... Read more »

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MARTIN BUNGLES SECURITY FORUM

June 29, 2023
IF MICHEÁL MARTIN believes that his ambition to secure a Brussels sinecure will be enhanced by his forum on international security then his political... Read more »

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FORUM FREE SPEECH

June 29, 2023
THE SECURITY forum heard much from its chair, Dame Louise Richardson, about her desire to “ensure freedom of speech” and for “maximum participation” of... Read more »

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