High Society Archives

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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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.... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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,... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read more »