Article Category: High Society

Dominic Silvester’s Extension

April 7, 2016
ONE MAN who will be keeping a close eye on the European rugby this weekend is the (usually) Bermuda-based Dominic Silvester, who also faces... Read more »

POWER SHIFT AT GEORGIAN SOCIETY

April 7, 2016
THERE HAVE been some significant changes at the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) where the committee of management has increased its control over the body,... Read more »

GLUCKSMAN GALLERY’S ‘HEDGE FUND WAG’

April 7, 2016
THE GLUCKSMAN Gallery in UCC has added some significant overseas firepower to its board in the form of two London-based players – arts consultant... Read more »

NORMA SMURFIT’S ACTIVITIES

March 24, 2016
IT LOOKS like Norma Smurfit has managed to upset Dublin City Councillor Mannix Flynn with her proposal that a ‘pavilion’ for the diaspora be... Read more »

CHARLES NOELL’S INVESTMENT

March 24, 2016
THE SQUIRE of Ardbraccan House estate in Co Meath, US moneybags Charles E Noells III, has got the thumbs up from Meath County Council... Read more »

SELLING BALLYMACOLL STUD

March 24, 2016
THERE COULD be some interesting runners at the starting gate if the famous Ballymacoll Stud finds itself on the market in the next year,... Read more »

Noel O’Callaghan’s Expansion

March 9, 2016
WEALTHY property developer-turned-hotelier, Noel O’Callaghan, generated plenty of headlines during his time as a director of both Bord Fáilte and CIE in the 1990s,... Read more »

MARTIN NAUGHTON’S FOUNDATION

March 9, 2016
THE LATEST Forbes list of billionaires estimates Martin ‘Glen Dimplex’ Naughton’s wealth at $1.6bn – the only Irish-based moneybags on the list, with the... Read more »

JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW RECIPE

March 9, 2016
THE NEW restaurant at Brown Thomas has been officially launched and the man brought in to spice things up is Goldhawk’s old pal, Johnnie... Read more »

KEVIN DUNDON’S FINANCIAL RECIPE

February 25, 2016
TELEVISION chef Kevin Dundon had plenty to smile about this month when it was announced that his Dunbrody House Hotel in Co Wexford had... Read more »

ANNE-MARIE’S GARDEN

February 25, 2016
OUTSPOKEN Rathfarnham lawyer and councillor, Anne-Marie Dermody, is hoping to land a seat for Fine Gael in the general election and has boasted of... Read more »

ROMAN STERN’S CORK ESTATE

February 25, 2016
THE apparently wealthy owners of the Liss Ard estate outside Skibbereen, Roman and Chitra Stern, are packing their bags and have put it on... Read more »

Eddie O’Leary’s Profits

February 11, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS to Eddie O’Leary, younger sibling of high-flying Ryanair boss, Michael. While he may not be in the same league as his big brother... Read more »

ARISE LADY MORRISON

February 11, 2016
THERE WAS plenty of coverage of rock legend Van Morrison receiving his knighthood from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace earlier this month. While Van... Read more »

FEARGAL O’ROURKE’S MANSION

February 11, 2016
WITH IRELAND’S Six Nations campaign underway, one man who will be paying particular attention to Joe Schmidt’s boys is ‘celebrity accountant’ Feargal O’Rourke, who... Read more »

RICH RICCI’S NEXT GAMBLE

February 11, 2016
THE COLOURFUL banker Rich Ricci has just been appointed chairman of the Irish bookmaking operation, Betbright. Best known on this side of the Irish... Read more »

DEREK O’LEARY’S ‘SYLVAN GEM’

January 28, 2016
HAPLESS property developer Derek O’Leary must have been delighted with the puff piece in the Sunday Business Post last weekend extolling the virtues of... Read more »

TYNTE PARK’S WINNERS AND LOSERS

January 28, 2016
INTERESTING to see the impressive Georgian pile, Tynte Park on 145 acres in Co Wicklow, coming back on the market with an asking price... Read more »

TOM HIGGINS’ SWISS STORY

January 13, 2016
WOULD-BE space cadet and former Irish Psychics Live phoneline operator Tom Higgins has reinvented himself in recent years as an art dealer of sorts.... Read more »

GERALDINE KARLSSON’S HIGH NOTES

January 13, 2016
AS PREDICTED by Goldhawk (see The Phoenix 18/12/15), the finances at Wexford Festival Opera (WFO) are taking on the proportions of a tragedy. Maybe... Read more »

SHUTTING THE STABLE DOOR

January 13, 2016
WHILE THERE has been good news for Coolmore Stud Down Under (see p23), John Magnier et al continue to expend considerable energy ensuring that... Read more »

COOLMORE’S CENSORS

December 17, 2015
MORE ON the book that Squire John Magnier wants banned. Solicitors for Coolmore Stud have been contacting book stores warning them that legal action... Read more »

SONIA ROGERS’S TRIPLE WHAMMY

December 17, 2015
THERE WAS good news for Sonia Rogers and her boys at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale recently, when they managed to shift three nags... Read more »

THE RYANS HAVE ARRIVED

December 17, 2015
INTERESTING to see that Shane Ryan is the mystery buyer of the former French consulate on leafy Ailesbury Road in D4. When the mansion... Read more »

THE FLYING VETS

December 4, 2015
THERE WAS good news last month for veterinary couple and owners of Swordlestown Little Stud in Co Kildare – Des Leadon and Mariann Klay... Read more »

THE OTHER COOLMORE STUD BOOK

December 4, 2015
A CONTROVERSIAL book written by William Jones, an ex-employee of Coolmore Stud, is causing quite a stir inside Irish racing and has already attracted... Read more »

BERNIE GALLAGHER’S ARTISTIC CREDENTIALS

December 4, 2015
INTERESTING to see Newstalk radio reporting that the purchasers of one of the Beit collection paintings are John and Bernie Gallagher of Doyle Hotels... Read more »

ACCOUNTING FOR LOUISE KENNEDY

November 20, 2015
FASHION designer Louise Kennedy must have been delighted with the puff piece in the Sunday Business Post last month, where she outlined her plans... Read more »

JOHN FARRINGTON’S SATISFACTION

November 20, 2015
CONGRATULATIONS to Drury Street antique jeweller John Farrington, who did rather well out of the sale of contents of his Capard House pile. He... Read more »

SEAMUS ROSS JR SELLS UP AGAIN

November 20, 2015
THERE WAS plenty of coverage of the impressive Georgian house on Wellington Place in the heart of Dublin 4 which came on the market,... Read more »

FOUR FAULTS FOR JAMES BUCKLEY

November 6, 2015
THE PURCHASE of the former Jessbrook equestrian centre outside Johnstownbridge in Co Kildare – originally built by the notorious John Gilligan – has not... Read more »

ATALANTA POLLOCK’S WIND PROBLEM

November 6, 2015
SPARE A thought for the Pollock family and their Mountainstown House outside Navan, Co Meath. After being in the same family for 250 years,... Read more »

RICHARD WOOD’S TAX BILL

November 5, 2015
FORMER BULA Mines director Richard Wood has just come a cropper with the Taxman and finds himself on the end of a judgment for... Read more »