Affairs of the Nation Archives - Page 6 of 22

AFFAIRS OF THE NATION

GRANNY GRANT ROW

August 9, 2018
THE REACTION to Shane Ross’s granny grant budgetary demand was a classic re-run of the usual Fine Gael inspired media onslaught depicting the Alliance... Read more »

IAN BAILEY ‘STING’

August 9, 2018
PERHAPS the most serious allegation made by Ian Bailey, soon to be tried in France in his absence, on the charge of murdering Sophie... Read more »

DECLAN DOOLEY’S NEW MOVE

August 9, 2018
INTERESTING to see Declan Dooley popping up as a player in the Enda O’Coineen vehicle set up to buy the Sunday Business Post from... Read more »

BONO: IRELAND’S SECRET WEAPON

July 26, 2018
THE embarrassing gimmick of a Bono concert in New York to support Ireland’s bid for a United Nations Security Council seat must have had... Read more »

DAVID HALL’S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS

July 26, 2018
INTERESTING to see the name of David Hall thrown into the presidential election ring. The high profile mortgage activist appears to have already kick-started... Read more »

SEAN GALLAGHER’S COMEBACK

July 26, 2018
HAVING gone through the seven stages of grief at the presidency being snatched from him via RTÉ’S Tweetgate in 2011 – anger at RTÉ,... Read more »

JOHN ARKINS’S ADVERSARIES

July 26, 2018
A NEWS report of a contretemps involving John Arkins of the Irish Film Workers Association (IFWA) at Ardmore Studios last week no doubt reflects... Read more »

NIALL MELLON’S TAX BILL

July 26, 2018
SPARE A thought for philanthropist and one time Celtic Tiger poster boy Niall Mellon, who has just managed to fall foul of the Revenue.... Read more »

MICHAEL SMURFIT’S BEDSIDE MEDIA

July 26, 2018
THE LAST fortnight has seen Michael Smurfit’s name bandied about in the High Court where he faced demands for him to be sub-poenaed in... Read more »

MILITANT BLUESHIRTS

July 26, 2018
MICHEÁL MARTIN knows well that if he does refuse Leo Varadkar’s latest offer – a two-year free pass for Fine Gael – then Vlad... Read more »

MARK BURKE’S HOLIDAY MAKERS

July 26, 2018
THOSE HAPLESS holiday makers stranded on the Black Sea coast last weekend after the collapse of a travel agency represent the latest setback for... Read more »

SLASHING AT THE IRISH TIMES

July 26, 2018
LAST WEEK The Irish Times reported on its own 2016 accounts, claiming a “€2m profit in a challenging market”. The actual story was rather... Read more »

FINE GAEL GUNNING FOR ELECTION

July 12, 2018
A TRIO of young but influential Fine Gael ministers has persuaded most of their party members in cabinet that an early general election –... Read more »

SEAMUS HEANEY’S EXPENSIVE ARCHIVE

July 12, 2018
THERE HAS been plenty of gushing coverage of the Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition that marks the overdue opening of the Bank of... Read more »

EOGHAN MURPHY STRIKES BACK

July 12, 2018
TD Kate O’Connell’s public assault on her Fine Gael constituency ‘colleague’ Eoghan Murphy – for his alleged impotence over the planned Metrolink’s desecration of... Read more »

RONAN KEATING’S PAL

July 12, 2018
WITH BOYZONE having kicked off their farewell (at last!) tour in the UK, lead singer Ronan Keating still found time to tweet his support... Read more »

INM’S DATA DILEMMA

July 12, 2018
THE ODCE investigation into the massive data breach at Independent News & Media (INM) has dominated coverage of the issue. The ODCE’s involvement is... Read more »

BENDING THE KNEE

July 12, 2018
THERE is something out of sync with the rush to fete the sixth in line to the British crown, the Duke (and Duchess) of... Read more »

THE BUDGET: GUNS OR HOUSES?

July 12, 2018
MICHEÁL MARTIN and his party face an interesting dilemma in the run-up to the October budget as opposition TDs are mobilising against a sharp... Read more »

DECLAN O’CALLAGHAN’S EXIT

July 12, 2018
IT MAY not come as too great a surprise to hear that controversial Ballaghaderreen legal eagle Declan O’Callaghan has decided to step down as... Read more »

WRONG SIGNAL

July 12, 2018
RACO (the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers) keeps up with military events at home as well as abroad and most members of this elite... Read more »

FINE GAEL’S WAR GAMES

June 28, 2018
CAREFULLY crafted PR spin on Tánaiste Simon Coveney’s attendance at the EU foreign affairs council this week referred to Ireland’s active role in shaping... Read more »

FIVE GUYS, ONE CRITIC

June 28, 2018
GOLDHAWK certainly enjoyed Catherine Cleary’s demolition of the new Five Guys burger joint in her Irish Times review earlier this month. It turns out... Read more »

MIRIAM O’CALLAGHAN’S TV SLOT

June 28, 2018
RSVP magazine’s current edition gives a two-page spread to Miriam O’Callaghan NOT hosting her Saturday Night with Miriam show for the first time since... Read more »

MEL GIBSON V MACDARA KELLEHER

June 28, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS to filmmaker Macdara Kelleher who received good news from the Superior Court of California last week in relation to an expensive row concerning... Read more »

PETER O’BRIEN’S ‘HAPPENINGS’

June 28, 2018
ONE PERSON benefiting from the sweltering summer weather is ‘socially conscious’ entrepreneur Peter O’Brien, who is behind the Happenings event business that has recently... Read more »

SHERLOCK’S BOOZY CONSTITUENCY

June 28, 2018
SOME of Labour deputy Sean Sherlock’s parliamentary colleagues wondered if the Cork East TD had drink taken when he moved his unusual amendments to... Read more »

JIM GIBNEY’S JUBILATION

June 28, 2018
ANY DOUBTS about Sinn Féin’s lustful intentions towards Fine Gael and a possible coalition partnership will have been allayed by longtime SF strategist Jim... Read more »

GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY

June 28, 2018
THAT cordial encounter between Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris and British royal Prince Charles in Kerry allowed the former IRA commander an opportunity to... Read more »

COMMISSIONER DREW HARRIS AND MI5

June 28, 2018
THE APPOINTMENT of PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris as the new Garda Commissioner – flagged by Goldhawk (see The Phoenix 15/6/18) – may... Read more »

TD DEFIES VULTURE FUND JAIL THREAT

June 13, 2018
FIANNA FÁIL TD John McGuinness has rutted up against some heavy hitters – ex garda commissioner Martin Callinan, his party leader Micheál Martin and... Read more »

JULIE O’LEARY

June 13, 2018
CORK NORTH Central’s Julie O’Leary is knocking loudly on the Dáil door as Fine Gael holds its long overdue convention to select candidates for... Read more »

RUAIRÍ QUINN’S BUSY TIMETABLE

June 13, 2018
THE COUNTDOWN is in full swing for the imminent opening of Barry O’Callaghan’s hugely expensive Nord Anglia International School in Leopardstown in September. Accounts... Read more »

OLGA SHAJAKU V CRYSTAL LI

June 13, 2018
AFTER REPEATED visits to the courts, determined Russian lawyer Olga Shajaku has finally won out, with the Court of Appeal ruling that a lucrative... Read more »

ANNE MARIE WATERS’S NEW PARTY

June 13, 2018
FAR RIGHT political activist Anne Marie Waters – she hails from Stoneybatter, Dublin – has formed a new ultra-right party entitled For Britain and... Read more »

ROSS AMBUSHED BY JUDGE’S CALL

June 13, 2018
SHANE ROSS told RTÉ through gritted teeth last week that he had no problems with the sudden appointment of four new judges, as his... Read more »