Affairs of the Nation Archives

AFFAIRS OF THE NATION

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... 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... 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... 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,... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read more »

BERNARD BROGAN’S GOALS

August 8, 2019

WITH MANY Dubs fans hoping that Bernard Brogan will be back in the squad for this weekend’s All Ireland semi-final clash with Mayo,... Read more »

MARY HARNEY’S TIMELY EXIT

August 8, 2019

GOLDHAWK was surprised to spy the appointment of an administrator to the UK-registered parent of Mary O’Brien’s VideoDoc operation. The good news is... 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... 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... 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... Read more »

SEE THE QUEEN!

August 8, 2019

Boris Johnson arrived at Stormont on 31 July all bluff, bluster and bonhomie, urging the north’s parties to “seal the deal on power-sharing”.... Read more »

MATT DEMPSEY’S CAMPAIGN

August 8, 2019

BEEF FARMERS make unlikely victims but former editor of the Irish Farmers Journal (IFJ), Matt Dempsey, has fought back against the “virulent vegan”... Read more »

FILM PLOT THICKENS

August 8, 2019

EARLIER THIS month, the latest episode of the ongoing film and TV union saga played out at a meeting to discuss assorted plot... Read more »

DANIELLE’S TWEET

August 8, 2019

GOLDHAWK was curious to read a report of defamation proceedings by the father of rugby player Paddy Jackson over comments circulated on Twitter... Read more »

GALWAY RADICALS

August 8, 2019

FOLLLOWING THE recent attack on the Galway Maryam Mosque, the president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Ireland, Dr M A Malik, pointedly... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read more »