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PIPPA O’CONNOR’S BEST LIFE

October 16, 2019
IT HAS been a busy few weeks for ubiquitous model-turned-blogger-turned-designer Pippa O’Connor, social media sensation and wife of TV presenter Brian Ormond. She has... Read more »

ANGELA MOORE’S SEAT

October 16, 2019
THERE IS a new face on the board of the Ireland Funds here. Virginia-based Angela Moore has just been appointed a director and joins... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S ‘FABULOUS’ HOUSE

October 16, 2019
THE INDO went to town in its property supplement last week, gushing about Brentwood House in Dundrum, Co Dublin, which is on the market... Read more »

JUERG VON GEITZ’S ROLEX

October 3, 2019
AN INTERESTING set of proceedings has just been initiated in the Circuit Court featuring Dublin financier Juerg von Geitz and the long-established Dawson Jewellers... Read more »

GREHAN’S STUD

October 3, 2019
INTERESTING to see Glenkerrin Homes boss Ray Grehan registering a couple of business names with a distinctly horsey ring to them. After being declared... Read more »

LIZ BALBIRNIE’S INTERIOR DESIGN

October 3, 2019
PROPERTY PORN continues to prove popular at RTÉ, where such programmes proliferate the airwaves. At the top of the tree is surely Home of... Read more »

RENA MAYCOCK’S BIG PLANS

September 19, 2019
THE MOST interesting name hired by Tom Lyons and Ian Kehoe as a contributor for their proposed online business news website, The Currency, is... Read more »

SAMMY LESLIE’S ITALIAN DISH

September 19, 2019
SAMANTHA LESLIE, the chatelaine of Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, has received some rare good financial news, relating to a charity she set up.... Read more »

NEVEN’S MAGUIRE’S INGREDIENTS

September 19, 2019
THE UBIQUITOUS Neven Maguire’s latest television dish kicked off last week on RTÉ One. And the second season of Neven’s Spanish Food Trials got... Read more »

ROSS LEWIS’S PLANNING RECIPE

September 5, 2019
WHILE TOP chef Ross Lewis is best known for his uber-popular and award-laden Chapter One restaurant on Dublin’s Parnell Square, he also controls a... Read more »

TARA FAY’S BUSY SCHEDULE

September 5, 2019
VIEWERS of RTÉ are getting a taste of the recently launched autumn season, which features the usual mixed bag. One programme that kicks off... Read more »

JOHN MAGNIER’S ADVERTS

September 5, 2019
FIGURES JUST filed for Primus Advertising and Marketing add another few bob to the wealth of John Magnier, although just what he’s worth is... Read more »

MICHAEL MULCAHY’S INSPIRING WOMEN

August 22, 2019
THE CROWDED calendar of women-in-business awards just got a little more crowded with the arrival of Michael ‘RSVP’ Mulcahy’s Graham Norton Gin Inspiring Awards... Read more »

DEMPSEY’S GOLDEN GOOSE

August 22, 2019
THERE WAS good and bad news for Matt Dempsey and his board at the Irish National Stud (INS), where the clock is starting to... Read more »

GERRY KELLY’S MOVIE MAGIC

August 21, 2019
THERE HAS been some interesting activity on the entertainment scene from a low-profile moneybags who has just invested a cool €1m in the Troy... Read more »

MAIREAD RONAN’S SCHEDULE

August 8, 2019
THERE HAS been plenty of showbiz coverage this month of Mairead Ronan’s landing of a prime time radio slot on Today FM. Radio presenting... Read more »

ALI BARKER’S BACKERS

August 8, 2019
RESTAURATEUR Ali Barker has saved one of her companies from being struck off thanks to a last minute filing, which reveals some new investors.... Read more »

WRIGHT FAMILY AT WAR

August 8, 2019
INTERESTING TO see proceedings lodged in the Four Goldmines by assorted companies associated with the Wright fish dynasty in Howth. The matriarch here is... Read more »

JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW BACKER

July 25, 2019
RESTAURATEUR Johnnie Cooke is expanding his empire again, this time with the opening of Juanito’s on trendy Drury Street, D2. Apparently, it is an... Read more »

RACHAEL NAUGHTON’S ‘RETREATS’

July 25, 2019
RACHAEL NAUGHTON, daughter of Martin and Carmel Naughton of Glen Dimplex fame, has stepped down from the board of the Irish Undergraduate Awards Company... Read more »

DENIS BROSNAN’S WRITE-OFF

July 25, 2019
FORMER Kerry Foods boss Denis Brosnan has had a myriad of interests since he went his own way in 2003. One constant down the... Read more »

CYNTHIA CHUA’S VIBRATIONS

July 11, 2019
IT’S INTERESTING to see that the colourful and loaded Cynthia Chua – who has recently been extolling the virtues of “perfuming your vejayjay” and... Read more »

MUBARAK AL NAEMI’S NAGS

July 11, 2019
THE UPCOMING (July 24) auction at the Dunraven Arms in Adare of the impressive Kilfrush Stud in Co Limerick should attract plenty of attention... Read more »

JUDY WOODWORTH’S BEIT STRATEGY

July 11, 2019
LAST MONTH saw the inaugural Kaleidoscope festival take place in the grounds of Russborough House in Co Wicklow. Given the positive feedback, it looks... Read more »

TARKA RUSSELL’S CREDENTIALS

June 27, 2019
CONGRATULATIONS to young Tarka Russell, a glamorous addition to the board of the Glucksman art gallery in UCC. Having studied art history and now... Read more »

YVETTE MONAHAN’S MOOLAH

June 27, 2019
THERE WAS a creditors’ meeting held in the offices of Outlook Accounts in Tallaght last week, which featured the winding up of a little-known... Read more »

SEAMUS FITZPATRICK’S BUSY SCHEDULE

June 27, 2019
THESE ARE busy time for moneybags Seamus Fitzpatrick, who is fighting on two fronts. It was reported earlier this month that Fitzpatrick had lobbed... Read more »

ROY BARRETT’S D4 PILE

June 12, 2019
A PROPERTY in the heart of Ballsbridge has just come on the market with a hefty €5.75m price tag. The impressive Ailesbury Road house... Read more »

MORE MILLIONS FROM HORSEY SET

June 12, 2019
THE REOPENING (at last) of the revamped Curragh racetrack, complete with a brand new four-tiered stand was marked by some unexpected whistling noises in... Read more »

BERNARD KIRK’S BOARD

June 12, 2019
WITH THE recent departure of a couple of directors, the board of Philanthropy Ireland (PI) is looking a little light in numbers, with up... Read more »

FRANK AND THERESA McNAMARA’S ADVENTURES

May 29, 2019
THIS WEEK saw the return to court of the proceedings by a culture fund, Apollo Global, against one-time ‘celebrity’ couple Frank and Theresa McNamara,... Read more »

JANE’S STRAY HORSES

May 29, 2019
A COMPANY called Animal Security Ltd has been quietly dissolved. The name may not be too familiar to readers, but it previously operated under... Read more »

BRIAN RANALOW’S INVESTMENT

May 29, 2019
INTERESTING to see Dublin moneybags and artist Brian Ranalow investing a wedge of cash in Genos Investments Ltd this month. Genos is a big... Read more »

BELLA HUDDART’S SOFT PILLOWS

May 16, 2019
READERS OF The Irish Times were given a crash course this month in how to short-let a property by making it “stand out from... Read more »

DAN MORRISSEY’S €5.5M PILE

May 16, 2019
IT’S NOT every day that a €5.5m house goes on the market in Co Dublin, but that is the case with the very private... Read more »

TONY GANNON’S CHARITY

May 16, 2019
ACCOUNTS recently filed for Tony Gannon’s investment management operation, Abbey Capital, show that profits continue to roll in. Happily, a chunk of the moolah... Read more »