BARRY CONNOLLY’S BIG MOVE
September 24, 2020
INTERESTING TO see the name of Barry ‘Red Bull’ Connolly associated with one of the biggest residential property purchases of the year, in Sandycove,... Read more »
BARRY CONNOLLY’S BIG MOVE
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WAITING ON SHEIKH HAMDAN
September 24, 2020
ASSORTED RACEHORSE owners and breeders are unlikely to be looking forward to the upcoming sales season. The pandemic has obviously scuppered the chances of... Read more »
MAURICE O’CONNELL’S SPIRIT
September 24, 2020
FEATURED IN the ‘My Favourite Room’ section of the Sindo’s Life magazine recently was the great great great-grand-nephew of Daniel O’Connell – one Maurice... Read more »
AMANDA PRATT’S RESTORATION
September 10, 2020
ODD TO see that Monkstown-based Amanda Pratt, formerly of Avoca, has just changed the name of her Irish company, Amanda Pratt Ltd, to Amo... Read more »
RUTH MONAHAN’S TRIMMING
September 10, 2020
ALONG WITH the shifting of pints, another business feeling the pandemic pinch is flower selling, with a significant impact felt due to the lack... Read more »
STERN TIMES FOR ROMAN
September 10, 2020
WITH HOME holidays the flavour of the month, many Irish destinations have been packing in the punters. One destination that has opened its doors... Read more »
JACKIE HAIGH’S HOUSES
August 27, 2020
INTERIOR DESIGNER and art collector Jackie Haigh and her hubby, Adrian, have just put their Anglesea Road pile on the market, with an asking... Read more »
LISA MCGOWAN’S NEW VENTURE
August 27, 2020
THIS WEEK, the case featuring influencer Lisa McGowan of Lisa’s Lust List and Facebook Ireland was back in court, with McGowan seeking the identities... Read more »
MARK O’KEEFFE’S HOTLINE
August 27, 2020
THE IMPACT of the black economy on the hairdressing and make-up sector, post-Covid-19, is making itself felt as some stylists opt to quit the... Read more »
SONYA LENNON’S QUALITY ASSURANCE
August 13, 2020
AN ARTICLE in the Irish Times last week highlighted the call for a state-backed quality assurance mark for entities that commit to making progress... Read more »
THE WINCKWORTHS’ CLOUDS
August 13, 2020
WHILE BUSINESSES continue to monitor the impact of Covid-19, the online sector has been best protected to date. A company that appears well suited... Read more »
GERARD MAGUIRE’S FINE WINE
August 13, 2020
GERARD MAGUIRE has just picked up a number of shares in his Almax Wines Ltd, the company behind the high-profile 64 Wine shop and... Read more »
BERTRAM ALLEN’S CLEAR ROUNDS
July 30, 2020
WITH SPORT back on the agenda, it didn’t take long for young Bertram Allen to make his mark earlier this month, when he won... Read more »
LONERGAN’S FIRST-CLASS TICKET
July 30, 2020
IT WAS reported in the Sunday Times at the weekend that securing the UN security council seat cost the taxpayer €850,000, with around €¼m... Read more »
PETER SAVILL’S PROPERTIES
July 30, 2020
INTERESTING to see that the Sunday Times report that a company called Chelverston Investments is the new registered owner of Gerald Kean’s Drayton Manor.... Read more »
AIMEE’S SCULPTED PROFITS
July 16, 2020
COSMETICS QUEEN Aimee Connolly may regret the timing of her decision to open a bricks-and-mortar store in Dundrum last year rather than sticking to... Read more »
BOB LANIGAN’S CASTLE
July 16, 2020
INTERESTING TO see Bob Lanigan’s impressive Tullamaine Castle Stud in Co Tipperary on the market (through Goffs Country), but with no price attached. Whoever... Read more »
SIOBHAN LEARAT’S HOLLIERS
July 16, 2020
THESE ARE challenging times for travel agents such as Siobhan Byrne Learat’s Adams & Butler bespoke holidays business. Happily, the coffers here are pretty... Read more »
EVA MARIA’S MOYGLARE MOVE
July 2, 2020
THE SWISS billionaire owner of Moyglare Stud in Co Kildare – Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner (daughter of the founder, Walter Haefner) – has been busy... Read more »
CHANGES AT THE GLUCKSMAN GALLERY
July 2, 2020
THE BOARD of the Glucksman Gallery in University College Cork (UCC) has been beefed up by the arrival of heavyweight legal eagle Richard Martin.... Read more »
SISU’S BEAUTIFUL MOVE
July 2, 2020
WITH HAIRDRESSERS, beauty salons etc open again for business, there will be plenty booking in for their facial treatments, including those über popular Botox... Read more »
BRIAN KINGHAM’S NEW PLAN
June 18, 2020
ACROSS THE Irish Sea, villagers in Aldbourne in Wiltshire are up in arms at a contentions planning application to build 35 houses on agricultural... Read more »
JP’S MISSING YANKS
June 18, 2020
WITH RESTAURANTS preparing to reopen at the end of the month, the owner of one Michelin-starred establishment sees little point unless the two-metre guideline... Read more »
NOELLE O’CONNOR’S HIGH BAR
June 18, 2020
LAST WEEK, Noelle O’Connor told the Business Post, “When Covid-19 hit last March, it felt so familiar to me. Setting up TanOrganic 10 years... Read more »
AOIBHÍN GARRIHY’S POETRY
June 4, 2020
THE GARRIHY girls attract their fair share of media attention, with presenter and mimic Doireann promoted by RTÉ, while former “PR guru” and Instagram... Read more »
MICK SMURFIT’S DISPOSALS
June 4, 2020
LAST WEEK, Monaco-based moneybags Michael Smurfit chose to bestow some words of wisdom on the Irish Times. According to clever-clogs Mick, he had seen... Read more »
PAT MCDONAGH’S PILE
June 4, 2020
LAST WEEK was one to forget for Supermac’s founder, Pat McDonagh, after his “winning the Lotto” comments about certain workers on the Covid-19 emergency... Read more »
OPPOSING RICHARD WOOD
May 21, 2020
INTERESTING TO see an objection filed in the Companies Office late in day in relation to the striking off of a company called Rockroan... Read more »
GEORGIANS’ “APPROPRIATE DESIGNATION”
May 21, 2020
WITH SOME new faces arriving at the Irish Georgian Society, the shots are still being called by the company behind the heritage body, the... Read more »
ROISIN LYONS’ DREAM HOME
May 21, 2020
WHILE THERE was good news for businesswoman Roisin Lyons earlier this year when she was elected the ladies’ captain at Carton House demesne golf... Read more »
CAROLINE BOYLE’S NEW MENU
May 7, 2020
AWARD-WINNING restaurant owner Caroline Boyle of Salamanca in D2 features in last weekend’s Irish Times in a piece looking at the impact of lockdown... Read more »
JOHN McGRANE’S FAMILY BUSINESS
May 7, 2020
IT IS unlikely that John McGrane – the head of the family business lobby and support organisation Family Business Network Ireland – is pleased... Read more »
JOE McCARTHY’S PRIVATE JETS
May 7, 2020
GOOD TO see that, while Mick O’Leary and Willie Walsh have been putting on the poor mouth, the sky appears to be the limit... Read more »
April 23, 2020
CELEBRITY COUPLE Theresa Lowe and Frank McNamara have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons and last month the High Court... Read more »
BALLYFIN HOUSE BLUES
April 23, 2020
LIKE OTHER tourist destinations, the magnificent Ballyfin House and demesne in Co Laois has had to be shuttered due to Covid-19. Given the steep... Read more »
SIOBHAN LEARAT’S UPSCALE DESIGNS
April 23, 2020
GOLDHAWK WAS not surprised to see irrepressible travel agent Siobhan Byrne Learat feature in the Sindo last week, where her Adams & Butler business... Read more »