Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

THE ABBEY’S DARK TIMES

July 25, 2024

WITH HAPLESS chairwoman Frances Ruane stepping down from her starring role at the Abbey Theatre this weekend after seven years, the focus now... Read more »

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ROBERT QUIRKE’S BATTLES

July 25, 2024

ENSCONCED AS he is these days in sunny Malta, Westmeath businessman Robert Quirke continues to make waves back home. A judgement has just... Read more »

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DUBAI’S LEGAL STANDARDS REVISITED

July 25, 2024

OUTRAGED HOWLS at the medieval treatment of Boyle woman Tori Towey in Dubai did not encompass any indignant statements from judicial quarters. This... Read more »

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ROBBO’S STARRING ROLE

July 25, 2024

LAST WEEK’S Galway Film Fleadh featured the international premiere of Mrs Robinson, Aoife Kelleher’s Screen Ireland-backed story of the one and only Mary... Read more »

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BARKING AT HEATHER HUMPHREYS

July 25, 2024

IT WAS inevitable that when Heather Humphreys moved to introduce a ban on American Bully dogs, there would be a reaction from the... Read more »

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FRED HOLROYD’S ORWELLIAN TRAUMA

July 25, 2024

OPERATION DENTON has recently interviewed Fred Holroyd as part of its investigation into the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan (D-M) bombings, perpetrated by the notorious Glenanne... Read more »

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MERCIFUL TORY MERCER

July 25, 2024

KEIR STARMER’S pledge to repeal the controversial Legacy Act, opposed by all political parties in the north, must come as a blow to... Read more »

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SPOOKY STARMER

July 11, 2024

At long last, Britain’s Deep State can breathe a sigh of relief as the keys to 10 Downing Street are finally in a... Read more »

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TRINITY’S DEFINITION DILEMMA

July 11, 2024
HAVING FACED down the college authorities in May over ties between Trinners and Israeli institutions, the TCD Students’ Union and the Trinity Boycott, Divestment,... Read more »

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PHIL HOGAN’S DOCTORATE

July 11, 2024
CONGRATULATIONS TO former EU commissioner and current unofficial advisor to Simon Harris, Phil Hogan, who landed an honorary doctorate in science from University College... Read more »

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RORY GODSON’S TWEET

July 11, 2024

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS heavy-hitter Rory Godson doesn’t spend much time tweeting but he clearly likes to get some things off his chest. Last month,... Read more »

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MACRON’S FRENCH EMPIRE CRUMBLES

July 11, 2024

With French president Emmanuel Macron grappling with a complicated loss of power at home, his illusions about restoring the glory days of the... Read more »

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FROM SHANNON TO UKRAINE

July 11, 2024

AN OMNI Air aircraft, N351AX, on contract to the US military, landed at Shannon last weekend from Rzeszow airport in the southeast of... Read more »

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SEAN SWEENEY’S TRACK RECORD

July 11, 2024

THE APPOINTMENT of New Zealander Sean Sweeney, CEO of Auckland’s City Rail Link project, as the head of the big MetroLink rail project... Read more »

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RICH LIST LIQUIDATION

July 11, 2024

GOLDHAWK WAS a little surprised to see a company that was previously controlled by the richest man in Ireland, Pallonji Mistry, was wound... Read more »

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MICHEÁL MARTIN’S TALL THALES

July 11, 2024

THE NUMBER and intensity of protests, including pickets and blockades of weapons manufacturer Thales UK plants, have ratcheted up significantly in recent months.... Read more »

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LABOUR’S LAMENTABLE LAMMY

July 11, 2024

New British foreign secretary David Lammy is a keen supporter of Nato. Appointed shadow foreign secretary by Keir Starmer in November 2021, he... Read more »

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MARY LOU’S POST MORTEM

June 27, 2024

FOLLOWING ITS dreadful local election results, Sinn Féin members believed that the outcome of the internal battle over policies and electoral strategy would... Read more »

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PETER WEDDERBURN’S BARK

June 27, 2024

WITH THE Dog Control Stakeholder Group set to meet this week to “prioritise” the issue of restricted dog breeds, the ante has been... Read more »

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JOHN BYRNE’S BLINKERS

June 27, 2024

PROPERTY MONEYBAGS John Byrne – the new chairman of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) – thanked “all those race-day staff and volunteers... Read more »

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SHARK HANLON’S ROUGH RIDE

June 27, 2024

A VIDEO of an uncovered dead horse in an open builder’s trailer, which was being towed by John ‘Shark’ Hanlon’s Boylesports-sponsored horse box... Read more »

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FRANCES RUANE’S TIMING

June 27, 2024

WHILE THE Abbey Theatre’s most famous Broadway hit of modern times, Brian Friel’s Tony award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa, is about to be produced... Read more »

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KILLARNEY’S GAZA STANCE

June 27, 2024

THE ISRAELI government will surely appreciate that it has finally and completely lost the global propaganda war when it receives a report from... Read more »

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NEW C/S FACES FIGHT

June 27, 2024

OUTRAGE AT soldiers’ violence against women and the lenient treatment many have received on conviction will have strengthened the hands of reformists in... Read more »

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ALL IN GOOD TASTE

June 27, 2024

LAST WEEK Merrion Square finally fully reopened to Dublin’s citizens after nearly three weeks of severe restrictions, which were put in place so... Read more »

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MI6, HAUGHEY AND THE MAFIA

June 27, 2024

AN UPCOMING book on British intelligence in Ireland, The Puppet Masters, includes new material on Patrick Crinnion of Garda intelligence, who worked for... Read more »

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BIG JOBS FOR BIG IRISH SOLDIERS

June 27, 2024

FOLLOWING THE appointment of Defence Forces chief of staff Seán Clancy as the first Irish chairman of the EU Military Committee, Irish ex-officer... Read more »

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BLUE-BLOUSE BATTLES

June 27, 2024

GOLDHAWK REPORTED in the last edition on the two Dublin Bay South (DBS) Fine Gael personalities, ex-TD Kate O’Connell and newly elected councillor... Read more »

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PLOT THICKENS IN LISTOWEL

June 13, 2024

THERE CONTINUES to be more twists and turns on the Listowel Writers’ Week (LWW) board than can be found in any thriller that... Read more »

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THE PIT BULL LOBBY

June 13, 2024

AFTER THE recent fatal dog attack in Limerick, there will be increased focus on the activities of Heather Humphreys’ new Dog Control Stakeholder... Read more »

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TOO MUCH DATA, MARIE

June 13, 2024

LAST OCTOBER the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) received an email from PR and lobbying firm FleishmanHillard to say that its client, Peter... Read more »

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PADDY CURRAN’S HEAVY GOING

June 13, 2024

AMONG THE various interesting local election results thrown up this week, Goldhawk noted the surprise defeat by a short head of Kildare Blueshirt... Read more »

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JIM O’CALLAGHAN’S INTENTIONS

June 13, 2024

MICHEÁL MARTIN was not so much elated as tremendously relieved at the local and EU election results, which basically mean he does not... Read more »

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PASCHAL DONOHOE’S PATIENT ‘ALLY’

June 13, 2024

SCENES OF jubilation among Fine Gael candidates and other senior party figures at the Dublin local election count centre in the RDS were... Read more »

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COMER BROTHERS’ PR COUP

June 13, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO the minted Comer brothers, Luke and Brian, who earned a quick return from their decision to splash out on some public... Read more »

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DARRAGH O’LOUGHLIN’S HANDICAP

June 13, 2024

A DRAFT copy of the long-awaited Mazars report into financial matters that were described by Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) boss Darragh O’Loughlin... Read more »

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