Article Category: High Society

LAUREN WHELAN’S MANAGERS

March 8, 2023
RTÉ WAS undoubtedly hoping to attract some of TikTok star Lauren Whelan’s 1.6 million followers when it posted her off to Donegal to acquire... Read more »

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JEANNE BAARS’ BELLAIR SALE

March 8, 2023
GOLDHAWK NOTES that the sprawling Bellair Estate outside Ballycumber village in Co Offaly has been sold, a year after coming on the market with... Read more »

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DOMINI KEMP’S NEW RECIPE

March 8, 2023
THE OPENING of a new Rathmines restaurant called Lottie’s on the site of Fiona McHugh’s shuttered Lenehans eatery is the second venture for Domini... Read more »

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AILISH KELLY’S FINE FIGURES

February 22, 2023
IT WAS not surprising to see media-savvy Ailish Kelly of the Avoca cosmetic surgery clinic in Co Wicklow pop up in a Sunday Times... Read more »

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BOBBY FLAY’S FANS

February 22, 2023
THE ARRIVAL of minted US celebrity chef Bobby Flay on the Irish horseracing scene has got tongues wagging as the high-profile TV presenter and... Read more »

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THE BRABAZONS’ BONANZA

February 22, 2023
GOLDHAWK NOTES a most impressive turnaround at Killruddery demesne outside Bray in Co Wicklow, where Anthony and Fionnuala Brabazon are pulling the strings these... Read more »

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CATHERINE KEANE’S €7.5M PILE

February 9, 2023
ONE OF the most expensive houses to come on the market lately is Lonsdale on leafy Temple Road in Dartry. This is an area... Read more »

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NATIONAL GALLERY’S NEW FACES

February 9, 2023
GOLDHAWK HAD been getting curious about whether arts and culture minister Catherine Martin was ever going to get around to appointing the four new... Read more »

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BRENDAN McDOWELL’S £2M DIVIDEND

January 26, 2023
NO DOUBT cosmetics czar Brendan McDowell is glued to the latest series of Love Island, given his company’s marketing links to some of the... Read more »

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JOHN O’CONOR’S SUCCESSOR

January 26, 2023
WHILE PIANIST John O’Conor is currently delivering his residency at the Glen Gould School of Toronto’s Royal Conservatory, the hunt is on back home... Read more »

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SIOBHAN’S BANSHEE WEBINAR

January 26, 2023
MAYBE IT’S because Sunday Times editor Nóirín Hegarty previously worked for Lonely Planet but readers will have noticed a tendency of stories in the... Read more »

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MICHAEL HEFFERNAN’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

January 12, 2023
THERE HAVE been some changes in the business portfolio of Michael Heffernan, son of Dunnes Stores boss Margaret, with the businessman having checked out... Read more »

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JACKY TEHAN’S PROMOTION

January 12, 2023
THERE HAVE been some changes at the Roche family’s investment company, where Jacky Flavin Tehan has moved into the hot seat. Flavin Tehan is... Read more »

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JOHN MAGNIER’S MASTERPIECE

January 12, 2023
IN JUST eight weeks an export ban will expire on the famous Sir Joshua Reynolds masterpiece, Portrait of Omai, which has been the subject... Read more »

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LINDA STINSON’S COMPETITION

December 15, 2022
RTÉ HAS been keeping the red tops suitably topped up with the drip-feed of details about the array of ‘talent’ set to feature on... Read more »

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FAIRYTALE WEDDING

December 15, 2022
THE OIRISH Mail on Sunday was eager to plug the “fairytale wedding” of TV presenter Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile and moneybags Alan Maloney. Readers were... Read more »

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CHRISTINE DAVIES’S ‘VISION’

December 15, 2022
THE FORMER Squire of Abbeyleix House, David Davies – president of the Irish Georgian Society – sold his listed Co Laois demesne to the... Read more »

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MY NAME IS KASIA

December 1, 2022
NO DOUBT Katarzyna ‘Kasia’ Gaborec-McEvoy was delighted with the latest lengthy plug her upmarket handbag company received in the Business Post last month, courtesy... Read more »

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PAUL SHEERAN’S PLANS

December 1, 2022
THERE’S BEEN plenty of publicity in recent weeks for jeweller Paul Sheeran, who has been expanding on all fronts. Well established in the bling... Read more »

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CHAPTER ONE’S NEW CHAPTER

December 1, 2022
THE WINDING-UP of a company called Lindley Ltd has just taken place, marking an ‘official’ end to the original Ross Lewis-fronted Chapter One restaurant... Read more »

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PIPPA O’CONNOR’S POT STILL

November 17, 2022
THE RELENTLESS expansion of Pippa O’Connor Ormond’s business interests has continued in the form of a move into the vodka game. Having signed on... Read more »

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DECLAN RYAN’S VERANDA

November 17, 2022
PLANNING PERMISSION has just been granted to a little-known company to add a veranda to the multimillion-euro former abode of the Brazilian ambassador on... Read more »

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PADDY’S CHOCOLATE ADVENTURE

November 17, 2022
HAVING SURPRISINGLY branched into the confectionery business with the purchase of Skelligs Chocolates, Paddy McKillen Jnr will be hoping to shift lots of ‘Chocolate... Read more »

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ANNUAL 2022: HIGH SOCIETY – INFLUENCERS AND LIMITLESS DRIPS IN 2022

November 17, 2022
IN A YEAR dominated by the war in Ukraine, energy fears and rampant inflation, it was refreshing to see that the other half continued... Read more »

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LIZ OAKES’S RESOMARIUM

November 2, 2022
YOU’VE GOT to hand it to eyebrows queen Liz Oakes – the multi-talented businesswoman sure knows how to generate media attention. In the last... Read more »

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CATHERINE MARTIN’S SHORTLIST

November 2, 2022
AS THE National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) hits the one-year mark for limping along with a board full of ministerial vacancies, the good news... Read more »

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THE MORANS’ RETENTIONS AND LOSSES

November 2, 2022
RACEHORSE-LOVING Noel and Valerie Moran have continued to splash their cash, with a new hotel in Co Meath their most recent undertaking. It turns... Read more »

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DANIELLE RYAN’S LATEST FOUNDATION

October 19, 2022
GOLDHAWK was interested to come across an outfit called The Form Foundation, which turns out to be the latest arty incarnation for busy actor,... Read more »

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BRENDAN’S BLING

October 19, 2022
LAST MONTH Blanchardstown shopping centre got a taste of bling when cosmetics entrepreneur Brendan McDowell shipped in the 2022 Love Island bombshell winner, the... Read more »

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RACHEL FLYNN’S SWEET DEAL

October 19, 2022
INTERESTING TO see a filing in the Companies Office showing that food investment firm BiaVest pumped €700,000 into former Vogue magazine digital marketing exec... Read more »

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ANGELA SCANLON’S MANY HATS

October 6, 2022
WITH A new season of Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything returning to RTÉ, potential audience members have been asked to submit application forms. A... Read more »

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NCH’S NEW TUNE

October 6, 2022
THE POPULAR Tradition Now bi-annual traditional musical series returns to the National Concert Hall (NCH) this month and will feature some big names, including... Read more »

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JP MCMAHON’S VIEW

October 6, 2022
THE ALWAYS opinionated chef and restaurateur JP McMahon has been cooking up a new business structure, having incorporated two new companies. Although he is... Read more »

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BEN DUNNE’S SHRINKING COLLECTION

September 22, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS TO the wily James Gormley et al at Gormley’s Fine Art on Dublin’s South Frederick Street, the boys scored quite the coup by... Read more »

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ASH QUINN MOVES ON

September 22, 2022
INTERESTING TO see the Sunday Times reporting on a move by glamorous Ash Quinn, daughter of footballer-turned-businessman Niall, to become a senior exec at... Read more »

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DAVID MURRAY’S TWO HOUSES

September 22, 2022
THERE WAS a predictably glowing profile in the Irish Times last week of Ingleside, a large five-bedroom house on the corner of Brennanstown Road... Read more »

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