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SOPHIE CAFOLLA’S BABY BOXES

January 16, 2020
AN ARTICLE in the Sunday Times business section last weekend featured advice for small businesses, with one of the players featured being Sophie Cafolla... Read more »

NEW FACES AT IMMA

January 16, 2020
THERE ARE some vacancies to be filled on the board of Imma that should appeal to culture vultures out there. The vacancy that arises... Read more »

FOUR FAULTS IN CONNAUGHT

January 16, 2020
THERE WERE fun and games last week at a specially convened (and ultimately especially heated) meeting of the Connaught region of Showjumping Ireland (SJI)... Read more »

EDEN ONE VS PERPETUA

December 12, 2019
THE LULULEMON-sporting gym bunnies in D4 will be excited at the news that January 15 has been set as the date for the opening... Read more »

CARRY-ON AT THE CARBERY HUNT

December 12, 2019
GOLDHAWK was surprised to see claims of “disgraceful” behaviour associated with the long-established Carbery Foxhounds in Bandon, Co Cork (not to be confused with... Read more »

GREG O’GORMAN’S NEW HURDLE

December 12, 2019
PRESUMABLY, members of the O’Gorman family will be hoping for a quiet 2020 now that the High Court family spat is well behind them.... Read more »

SIMONE ROCHA’S PERFECT WEEKEND

November 28, 2019
LONDON-BASED Irish fashion designer Simone Rocha popped up in the Financial Times’s super glossy ‘How to Spend it’ supplement last weekend to reveal just... Read more »

ABDULAZIZ’S PHOENIX FIASCO

November 28, 2019
FANS OF the turf will have been fascinated by the Racing Post revelation that the founder of the Phoenix Thoroughbreds ‘regulated fund’, Amer Abdulaziz,... Read more »

WILLIAM MCGLADE’S ‘SWAGGER’

November 28, 2019
THE 28-year-old William McGlade must be delighted with the plug for his upmarket Airbnb-style venture, HipHipStay, in the Business Post last weekend. Aimed at... Read more »

VOGUE’S IRISH CHAMELEON

November 14, 2019
IT HAS been increasingly hard to avoid Vogue Williams/Spencer lately, with her reality TV series on E4 and an appearance on The Ray D’Arcy... Read more »

HAMDAN’S HORSES

November 14, 2019
THEY DON’T call it the sport of kings for nothing. Take Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum of Dubai, brother of the rather more famous and... Read more »

JAMIE MYERSCOUGH’S RESTRUCTURING

November 14, 2019
THERE IS still no sign of Jamie Myerscough getting his figures into shape. Meanwhile, his mother Jane (daughter of the late Vincent O’Brien and... Read more »

PIERRE LE BROCQUY’S GRIPE

October 31, 2019
THE ROW over RTÉ’s decision to offload some artworks, most famously two by Louis le Brocquy, rumbles on. It is not surprising to see... Read more »

JESS RYAN’S BEAUTY BUSINESS

October 31, 2019
EARLIER THIS year one of Ireland’s top retailers, Arthur Ryan – the power behind Penneys/Primark – passed away. His daughter, the glamorous Jess Ryan,... Read more »

JOHN GIVEN’S HOUSE

October 31, 2019
FORMER Goodbody solicitor John Given has parachuted into Philip Lee law firm as a senior partner. He is one of the more interesting legal... Read more »

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 »