Article Category: High Society

PAUL ANDERSON’S €20M HOUSES

October 3, 2024

FANCY DUBLIN 4 houses coming on the market with seven-figure price tags barely raise an eyebrow these days but this is not the... Read more »

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DEREK ICETON’S DISMOUNT

October 3, 2024

MINTED RACEHORSE owner/breeder Steve Parkin has effectively ended his interest in Ireland, following his break up with former adviser Joe Foley. A local... Read more »

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HERITAGE TRUST SEATS

October 3, 2024

THE ESB announced a significant plan to develop a museum at 12 Fitzwilliam Street, adjacent to its expensive HQ, where it will partner... Read more »

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INTERCEPTING JOHN STEWART

September 19, 2024

GOFFS SUPREMO Henry Beeby and his team will have their fingers crossed that the free-spending Resolute Racing founder, John Stewart, will get to... Read more »

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HERBERT PARK’S NEW NEIGHBOUR

September 19, 2024

LAST WEEK, Ballsbridge residents were greeted with a sign, erected on the ugly fencing fronting the controversial site on the edge of Herbert... Read more »

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JENNY KEANE’S BOTTOM LINE

September 5, 2024

GOLDHAWK’S FAVOURITE ‘holistic sex educator’, Jenny Keane, shows no sign of slowing down after becoming a mother. Indeed, she has found yet more... Read more »

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COOLMORE AND MORE

September 5, 2024

A MOST impressive pair of racehorses trained by Aidan O’Brien – City of Troy and The Lion in Winter – each excelled at... Read more »

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ROSEMARY COLEMAN’S SKINCARE EDIT

September 5, 2024

LAST WEEK RTÉ’s Prime Time caused a bit of a stir when it examined the surge in young children following advanced skincare routines,... Read more »

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REDDINGTON’S RIDE

August 22, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO London-based construction magnate John Reddington, who hails from Bohola in Co Mayo. Last week, the minted part-time jockey returned west of... Read more »

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MAGNIER’S RACING ROYALTY

August 22, 2024

FANS OF Goldhawk will know about the various private tours of horse racing establishments now being offered by top trainers and breeders, proving... Read more »

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DISCOUNT SPECIAL IN FOXROCK

August 22, 2024

GOLDHAWK SPIES that the sale of a Brighton Road pile called Tresillian House, sitting on an acre (and including a two-bedroom bungalow), has... Read more »

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BAILING OUT RUSSBOROUGH HOUSE

August 8, 2024

AS THE annual Heritage Week at Russborough House in Blessington kicks off this weekend, visitors will encounter new pathways created courtesy of a... Read more »

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LE BROCQUY’S COTTAGES

August 8, 2024

INTERESTING TO see a property on Eglinton Road in Donnybrook, D4, going on the market with a €2.75m price tag. It is owned... Read more »

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JESSICA HARRINGTON’S ‘LIGHT BITES’

August 8, 2024

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that some of the high-flying players in the sport of kings have developed yet another source of income,... Read more »

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DENISE PHILLIPS’ CROWN PRINCE

July 25, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO “award-winning hair professional” and social media fan Denise Phillips (aka Denise McLean), who has been named as a finalist in the... Read more »

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BILL DURKAN’S GUINEAS

July 25, 2024

THERE WAS a lot of moolah being splashed about earlier this month in Newmarket and centre stage was moneybags Bill Durkan of Durkan... Read more »

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ROBBIE DOLAN’S EXTRAVAGANT VILLA

July 25, 2024

A FEW weeks after first going on the market with a hefty €4.5m price tag, the opulent 8,500 sq ft Villa Barton in... Read more »

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RAY MORAN’S TURNTABLE

July 11, 2024

A DECISION is due shortly from the planners in Dublin City Council on an application for the retention of an unusual “vehicular turntable”... Read more »

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AUBREY’S AWARD

July 11, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO millionaire and philanthropist Aubrey McCarthy, who has just been awarded an honorary lifetime membership of the RDS. This pat on the... Read more »

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JOHN MAGNIER’S MIXED FORM

July 11, 2024

IT HAS been a successful but mixed couple of weeks for John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and the rest of the loaded... Read more »

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NEVILLE EAGER’S ASCOT OUTING

June 27, 2024

THERE WAS significant success in Royal Ascot last week for the syndicate owners of a horse called Crystal Black, which is trained by... Read more »

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SUCCEEDING MARY KEANE AT THE NGI

June 27, 2024

NEXT MONTH marks the end of the term of Mary Keane as chairwoman of the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI). The vacancy should... Read more »

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DEEP D4 PROPERTY POCKETS

June 27, 2024

DEVELOPER Joe O’Reilly must be delighted with the Irish Times giving a plug to his swanky Lansdowne Place apartment scheme in Ballsbridge. The... Read more »

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DECLAN RYAN SELLS UP

June 13, 2024

THERE WAS a glowing write-up at the weekend in the Business Post for an impressive-looking house on Harcourt Street in Dublin 2, now... Read more »

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EVANS BEVAN’S ESTATE

June 13, 2024

HAVING ACQUIRED the impressive Fortwilliam Estate on 400 acres outside Lismore, Co Waterford, just over a decade ago for almost €8m, the wonderfully... Read more »

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JOHN BYRNE SADDLES UP

June 13, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO moneybags horse owner John Byrne, who has ended up in the saddle at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board as senior steward... Read more »

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MARTIN KELLY’S €8M MANSION

May 30, 2024

LOADED TYPES looking for a secluded but glamorous property within striking distance of Dublin will have noted the recent advertising for a cool... Read more »

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COOLMORE CREW’S CASH

May 30, 2024

ASSORTED IRISH racehorse owners featured prominently on the recent UK Sunday Times ‘Rich List’ and those with Coolmore connections were to the forefront.... Read more »

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KEEPING IT ZIPPED AT ‘VIP’

May 30, 2024

THE USUAL suspects (sorry, “the country’s best dressed fashionistas”) were out in force at the Irish InterContinental Hotel in D4 last month for... Read more »

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KEEPING UP WITH THE CURRANS

May 16, 2024

THERE WAS plenty of glowing prose in the Irish Times earlier this month when the property section extolled on the myriad attractions of... Read more »

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META OSBORNE’S FAMILIAR GOING

May 16, 2024

IRISH NATIONAL Stud (INS) boss Cathal Beale has secured approval from agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue and public enterprise and reform minister Paschal Donohoe... Read more »

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JOHN MAGNIER’S SILAGE

May 2, 2024

JOHN MAGNIER, obviously not thwarted by the previous rejection of his acts of generosity towards his “strapped for cash” Co Tipperary neighbours, Richard... Read more »

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JOHNNY RONAN’S PARK

May 2, 2024

FITZWILLIAM SQUARE was in the news again last month when the Irish Times wondered if the proposed sale by receivers of Johnny Ronan’s... Read more »

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DES McGAHAN’S BOLTHOLE BLUES

May 2, 2024

GOLDHAWK SPIED yet another glowing report in the Business Post on the impressive Ballinacurra House outside Kinsale, which is on the market for... Read more »

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MARK GALLAGHER’S €10M MANSION

April 18, 2024

THE ADVERTISING by Sherry FitzGerald of a redbrick pile on leafy Ailesbury Road, with a cool €10m price tag, not surprisingly marks the... Read more »

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AINTREE ANTICS

April 18, 2024
WHILE ZILLIONAIRE Geneva tax resident JP McManus won his third Aintree Grand National last Saturday, with the Willie Mullins-trained I am Maximus, it was... Read more »

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