ANNUAL 2020: BILLIONAIRES COME AND GO IN 2020
High Society
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LISMORE CASTLE’S ARISTOCRATS
November 19, 2020
NICE TO see the vaunted Book of Lismore returning home. The priceless medieval manuscript has been donated to UCC and the good news is... Read more »
THE KRAUSE FAMILY FRIEND
November 19, 2020
FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with Mexican-English millionaire Allen de Jesus Sangines Krause (see The Phoenix 25/8/17), who is the squire of Killua... Read more »
PAT’S PILE
November 19, 2020
A SALE price has been recorded in the Property Price Register of the Co Meath mansion owned by software moneybags Pat McDonagh and it... Read more »
DANIELLE RYAN’S STYLISH COUSIN
November 5, 2020
NEXT MONTH will see the release in the US of the film Wild Mountain Thyme. It should coincide with the release of the latest... Read more »
VIP’S RED INK
November 5, 2020
THERE IS no end to the flow of stories about Irish ‘celebrities’ that feature in VIP magazine (this week: ‘Darren Kennedy talks cocktail making... Read more »
OZZIE KHEIR’S COOLMORE COUP
November 5, 2020
IT’S NOT everyday that John Magnier’s Coolmore operation gets its eye wiped, but flash Australian racehorse owner Aziz ‘Ozzie’ Kheir earned a major pay... Read more »
PETER STAPLETON’S PRICE CUT
October 22, 2020
TOP REAL estate player Peter Stapleton has knocked a few bob off the asking price for his granite-clad ‘Old Vicarage’ Blackrock, Co Dublin. Happily... Read more »
MARTIN NAUGHTON’S MOOLAH
October 22, 2020
WHAT A coincidence that a full page advert should appear in the Sunday Times last weekend on the same days as the paper published... Read more »
CATHERINE FITZGERALD’S GARDEN GIG
October 22, 2020
THERE WAS plenty of excited media coverage last weekend of the relationship between Dominic West and his missus, Catherine FitzGerald, following the former’s thoroughly... Read more »
NIALL McFADDEN’S OPTIMISM
October 8, 2020
AN IMPRESSIVE house on the Mount Juliet estate has gone on the market with a near E2m price tag. It turns out that this... Read more »
MATT DEMPSEY’S HEADACHE
October 8, 2020
THE CHAIRMAN of the Irish National Stud (INS), Matt Dempsey, and his €140,000 pa chief executive, Cathal Beale, will have been chuffed at last... Read more »
CHARLES COLTHURST’S NEIGHBOURS
October 8, 2020
THE SQUIRE of Blarney Castle, Charles St John Colthurst, has been kicking up about a proposed housing development not too far from his famous... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »