Article Category: High Society

FRANK AND THERESA McNAMARA’S ADVENTURES

May 29, 2019
THIS WEEK saw the return to court of the proceedings by a culture fund, Apollo Global, against one-time ‘celebrity’ couple Frank and Theresa McNamara,... Read more »

JANE’S STRAY HORSES

May 29, 2019
A COMPANY called Animal Security Ltd has been quietly dissolved. The name may not be too familiar to readers, but it previously operated under... Read more »

BELLA HUDDART’S SOFT PILLOWS

May 16, 2019
READERS OF The Irish Times were given a crash course this month in how to short-let a property by making it “stand out from... Read more »

DAN MORRISSEY’S €5.5M PILE

May 16, 2019
IT’S NOT every day that a €5.5m house goes on the market in Co Dublin, but that is the case with the very private... Read more »

DANIELLE RYAN AT CANNES

May 2, 2019
CONGRATULATIONS are due to Fantastic Films, which saw its Vivarium selected to compete at the snooty Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival. While... Read more »

OFFLOADING LAURISTON

May 2, 2019
AN EDWARDIAN house on Ranelagh’s Park Drive (backing onto the playing fields of Gonzaga College) caught the eye of the Sindo last weekend, with... Read more »

ANTHONY MCGRATH’S ANTIQUES

April 18, 2019
LAST WEEK’S popular Channel 4 series, 24 hours in Police Custody, featured one Anthony McGrath, an Irish-born orthopaedic surgeon with a “very privileged background”.... Read more »

CATHERINE’S RICH RECIPES

April 18, 2019
NEXT MONTH ‘celebrity chef’ Catherine Fulvio dons her glad rags (Irish designers were frothing at the bit) and flies off to southern California for... Read more »

LIZ OAKES’S EYEBROWS

April 4, 2019
AS BUSINESS ideas go, eco friendly water-based cremation is one certain to provoke interest. The woman behind the plan to bring this technology to... Read more »

CIARÁN MURRAY’S HOUSES

April 4, 2019
IT WAS pointed out in The Irish Times recently that former Icon plc boss Ciarán Murray and his wife, Denise Ronan, managed to purchase... Read more »

SPRING CLEAN AT LISSELAN HOUSE

April 4, 2019
A YEAR after Colette Twomey – the woman behind Clonakilty Black Pudding – snapped up the splendid Lisselan House outside Clonakilty, Co Cork, the... Read more »

BERNIE BUTLER’S ENERGY BALLS

March 21, 2019
AT LAST week’s DMX Dublin marketing conference in the Aviva stadium, the great and good gave their tuppence worth, including the likes of former... Read more »

ROSHEEN McGUCKIAN’S EXIT

March 21, 2019
THERE HAVE been changes at NTR’s charitable foundation, with NTR chief executive Rosheen McGuckian, who chaired the charity, stepping down last year. McGuckian is... Read more »

KAREN’S WEDDING DATES

March 21, 2019
THE IRISH arm of a business that organises glamorous weddings in the port of Lindos on the sunny Greek island of Rhodes has come... Read more »

LOSSES AT LISS ARD

March 7, 2019
HAVING FIRST gone on the market over two-and-a-half years ago, it is probably not surprising that the asking price for the sprawling Liss Ard... Read more »

MYERSCOUGH’S WORKOUT

March 7, 2019
WITH THE campaign against the imposition of the top rate of VAT on health food supplements, it is not surprising that Jamie Myerscough has... Read more »

McKILLEN’S ART WORK

March 7, 2019
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Paddy McKillen knows a bit about art and likes to spend some of his loose change acquiring works. He also has a stake... Read more »

RUTHIE H’S SKINNY TEA

February 21, 2019
SPARE A thought for super fit entrepreneur Ruth Hetherington, whose health and fitness brand of teas and coffees has fallen foul of the Food... Read more »

ALI BARKER’S DAY IN COURT

February 21, 2019
THERE WERE sighs of relief last week when a long-running, high-stakes legal action between a separated couple was settled after the opening day in... Read more »

MARTIN JOYCE’S PILE

February 21, 2019
AN IMPRESSIVE pile in Sandymount D4, previously owned by TP McKenna, has gone on the market with a hefty €3m price tag. The vendors... Read more »

RED INK FOR THE DESMOND BOYS

February 7, 2019
WHILE DER Kaiser has developed quite a reputation for making a killing from his investments, Dermot Desmond’s scions are struggling to match him, at... Read more »

VOGUE WILLIAMS’S NEW PARTNER

February 7, 2019
THE VERY real business of fake tan has been attracting more and more players into an increasingly crowded but lucrative market. The latest name... Read more »

LARAGH STUART’S NEW YEAR

January 24, 2019
A CREDITORS’ meeting this week at Stuart and McClean Ltd is bad news for anyone on a New Year healthy-eating kick. This turns out... Read more »

IN THE RING WITH DOMINI

January 24, 2019
LAST WEEKEND, celebrity chef Domini Kemp tweeted, “calling all women boxing fans”, announcing that she is writing an article and “would love to talk... Read more »

ALISON’S BAD LUCK

January 24, 2019
SO FAREWELL then to Magpie magazine, where the directors, including Alison Cowzer, have got around to winding up the company behind the short-lived title.... Read more »

PATRICK GUILBAUD’S WEDDING PLANS

January 10, 2019
IT IS INTERESTING to see a share allotment taking place at Patrick Guilbaud’s Michelin-star restaurant, with the existing investors all taking a proportionate number... Read more »

DR EVA’S GREAT ESCAPE

January 10, 2019
FANS OF health guru Dr Eva Orsmond are in for a treat in 2019, with the celebrity medic publishing a book on reversing diabetes... Read more »

GAVIN O’REILLY’S MALIBU MOVE

December 13, 2018
NO DOUBT Independent News & Media’s former CEO, Gavin O’Reilly, was paying close attention to the latest revelations about snooping at the troubled newspaper... Read more »

FINE AND DANDY AT BALLYHANE

December 13, 2018
LAST MONTH’S big foal sale by Goffs saw Ballyhane Stud – the Leighlinbridge stud operation owned by Joe and Jane Foley – spend a... Read more »

ALL GO FOR THE GARRIHY GIRLS

December 13, 2018
WITH RTÉ aggressively promoting social media phenomenon Doireann Garrihy as its newest star property, it turns out that there is plenty to report about... Read more »