Article Category: High Society

ROSEMARY COLEMAN’S REDBRICK

June 4, 2026

FANS OF Prime Time on RTÉ may recall a show that examined the surge in young children following advanced skincare routines involving anti-ageing... Read more »

KEVIN BLAKE’S HEAVY GOING

June 4, 2026

WITH THE various thoroughbreds under starter’s orders for the blue riband contest at Epsom this weekend, it presumably comes as no surprise that... Read more »

FRANCESCA VERSACE’S PUBLIC PRESSURE

May 21, 2026

A CREDITORS’ meeting has been called from a trendy sounding outfit called Public Pressure Ltd (PPL), which was cofounded by one Francesca Versace,... Read more »

SELLING HEATHER COTTAGE

May 21, 2026

WITH A chunky €5m price tag, Heather Cottage in Howth is strictly aimed at the well-heeled. Locals may be hoping there will be... Read more »

FOWLER’S NAIL-BITER

May 7, 2026

COSMETIC MEDICINE may be the growth area of today’s beauty business but boring old make-up still shifts product in vast quantities. Last weekend... Read more »

BRENDAN MOLLOY’S BEAUTIFUL PROBLEM

May 7, 2026

THE DREADED taxman has gone and spoiled the celebrations for beauty clinic entrepreneur Brendan Molloy, just days after he launched his latest venture.... Read more »

DAMIEN TANSEY’S MANY HATS

April 23, 2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO Sligo legal-eagle Damien Tansey, who has just acquired the personal injuries practice of Tom MacSharry, following the latter’s appointment to the... Read more »

HANBURY’S €9M MANSION

April 23, 2026

ONE OF the biggest property sales of the year looks set to occur as a result of the placing on the market of... Read more »

BARON WILF’S HOUSE SALE

April 9, 2026

GOLDHAWK SPIES an impressive 9,000 sq ft Georgian pile in Skibbereen, set on nine acres, has come on the market for a chunky... Read more »

NEW CHAPTER FOR ARDBRACCAN HOUSE

April 9, 2026

NEXT WEEK there will be an interesting online auction, courtesy of Christie’s, that will feature the impressive contents of Ardbraccan House in Co... Read more »

JAMES DYSON’S OPERA CREDENTIALS

March 26, 2026

WITH THE annual Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF) set to kick off in May and most of the tickets for the productions of... Read more »

MULRYAN’S HEAVY GOING

March 26, 2026

SEAN AND Bernardine Mulryan have not had the best of luck recently with their expensive string of racehorses and the minted couple’s poor... Read more »

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL’S HECKLES

March 12, 2026

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL surely found a more hospitable crowd at last month’s Ireland Funds annual ‘rugby lunch’ than he had in October, when he... Read more »

PAUL BYRNE’S LATEST PUNT

March 12, 2026

RACEHORSE OWNER Paul Byrne’s Fitzwilliam Sports, a ‘boutique’ betting service previously only available to VIP clients, is now open to the masses following... Read more »

MICK SMURFIT’S DISTINGUISED AWARD

February 26, 2026

IN OCTOBER 2024 Tom Lyons of The Currency made the pilgrimage to sunny Monaco to pay homage to his “warm and gracious host”,... Read more »

FITZGERALD’S D6 DISCOUNT

February 26, 2026

THERE WAS plenty of coverage this month of the centenary of the birth of former Fine Gael leader and taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. Another... Read more »

PIGNATARO’S PARADISE

February 12, 2026

THE name of the tiny Caribbean island of Canouan popped up in dispatches a couple of times last week, albeit for very different... Read more »

CHESTER BEATTY BACKLOG

February 12, 2026

NO LESS than eight months after the closing date for expressions of interest in serving on the Chester Beatty Library (CBL) board, culture... Read more »

LAURA DOWLING’S VULVA PUPPET

January 29, 2026

THERE WAS good news for the National Concert Hall (NCH) earlier this month when culture minister Patrick O’Donovan claimed money is “not an... Read more »

BANG’S NEW MENU

January 29, 2026

THE DUBLIN restaurant scene appeared to get something of a shake-up when it was widely reported last month that “the duo behind Kicky’s”... Read more »

SIMONE’S STYLISH NUMBERS

January 15, 2026

WITH THE Christmas consumer spending blitz receding into the background, London-based designer Simone Rocha presumably managed to shift plenty of her expensive clobber,... Read more »

BRIGADIER GENERAL AHERNE’S NEW RECRUITS

January 15, 2026

WHILE THE wheels continue to move slowly at the planned new museum at 12 Lower Fitzwilliam Street in D2, there are signs of... Read more »

GRÁINNE BARRY’S BLUES

December 11, 2025

IT HAS been a forgettable few days for the multi-talented Gráinne Barry, head of operations at London-headquartered Stats Perform, which describes itself as... Read more »

JENNI TIMONY NOT QUITE IN THE PINK

December 11, 2025

NO DOUBT a popular gift this season will be the Head To Toe Luxe Gift Box from Jenni Timony’s athleisure brand, FitPink. Priced... Read more »