Article Category: High Society

FIONA FITZPATRICK’S “COLONIAL LIFE”

April 5, 2018
THERE was plenty of gushing prose to be found in last week’s Irish Times’s property write-up for the Dargle Lodge estate in Enniskerry, Co... Read more »

NEW LOOK HERITAGE TRUST

March 22, 2018
THE POSITION of chief executive of the Irish Heritage Trust (IHT) is about to be filled following an advertising process. It will be interesting... Read more »

Judy Woolworth’s “public confidence”

March 22, 2018
NO DOUBT Judy Woodworth and the board of the Alfred Beit Foundation were delighted with the big spread on Russborough House in The Irish... Read more »

BELINDA STRUDWICK’S BIG BILLS

March 22, 2018
THE RACING of thoroughbred horses is a notoriously expensive game that only the wealthy can afford to play. One such moneybags is English property... Read more »

WILL STATE ACQUIRE LUGGALA?

March 8, 2018
WITH Garech de Brún’s Wicklow pile, Luggala, still for sale for a whopping E28m (not including the €550,000 stamp duty) over a year after... Read more »

ALISON DOODY’S NEW ROLE

March 8, 2018
INTERESTING to see the name Alison Doody O’Reilly appear among the cast of the callover list for Cork’s Circuit Court hearings, which features cases... Read more »

DERMOT CANTILLON’S BITCOINS

March 6, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS to Dermot Cantillon and the gang at Tinnakill House stud for their marketing coup of offering a two-year-old colt for four bitcoins. Not... Read more »

Alistair Tidey’s sale

February 22, 2018
AN IMPRESSIVE house on Merrion Square has gone on the market with a hefty €3.5m price tag, although it looks like the owners here... Read more »

TICKLED PINK IN AVOCA

February 22, 2018
ACCORDING TO a puff piece by Sean Gallagher in the Sindo last weekend, social media and selfies have led to a boom for cosmetic... Read more »

Serious Profits

February 22, 2018
WITH THE death of Alan Potts last year and Rich Ricci becoming more cautious with his spending, there was a worry that the boutique... Read more »

Markus Jooste’s expensive colts

February 8, 2018
THE DISGRACED South African moneybags Markus Jooste continues to liquidate his vast string of thoroughbreds, with four select mares that he owned in partnership... Read more »

PAUL SMITHWICK’S NEW INVESTOR

February 8, 2018
THE ARRIVAL to the O’Sullivan Craft Brewery (1702) shareholder register of Irish Stock Exchange chairman Padraic O’Connor is a vote of confidence for Prince... Read more »

Horsey Hubbies

January 25, 2018
INTERESTING TO see that the directors of a company called Hollymount Bloodstock Ltd have decided to wind up their operation, which has a few... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S WHISKEY DRINKERS

January 25, 2018
THE AMBITIOUS project being undertaken in Sligo by low-profile serial investor David Raethorne got a big boost the week before Christmas when just over... Read more »

Peter Gaynor changes Residence

January 25, 2018
ALTHOUGH IT is hard to be surprised at any acquisition by Paddy McKillen jnr’s rapidly expanding Press Up group of restaurants and clubs, the... Read more »

Patrick Annesley’s “gift”

January 11, 2018
INTERESTING TO read an interview in The Irish Times at the end of last month with the UK-bound Patrick Annesley. It was noted that... Read more »

Magnier and Jooste

January 11, 2018
THE DRAMATIC fall from grace of South African billionaire Markus Jooste should come as no surprise to fans of Goldhawk, who were previously made... Read more »

ARISE SIR DOMINICK

January 11, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS are due to former British ambassador to Ireland Dominick Chilcott, who was given a gong in the New Year’s honours list last month.... Read more »

MICK SMURFIT’S STATUE

December 14, 2017
GOLDHAWK is pleased to report that the striking statue of Mick Smurfit that emerged overnight in the grounds of UCD’s Smurfit College of Business... Read more »

DINNY’S GERMAN COUNT

December 14, 2017
IT WAS reported last week that Denis O’Brien’s Caribbean based telecoms operation, Digicel, is getting a new chief executive in the form of Alexander... Read more »

Simone Rocha’s seasonal boost

December 14, 2017
THE CHRISTMAS shopping frenzy should help further boost the overflowing coffers of London-based fashion designer Simone Rocha, daughter of John. The reach of the... Read more »

Bloodstock Money

November 30, 2017
GOOD NEWS for bloodstock breeder Dermot Cantillon and his missus, Meta Osborne, outgoing Turf Club senior steward. The bloodstock business has bounced back strongly... Read more »

STERN’S EXPENSIVE ESTATE

November 30, 2017
THERE IS still no sign of a buyer for the €7.5m Liss Ard estate outside Skibbereen owned by the filthy rich Swiss Stern family.... Read more »

Anne Anderson’s new role

November 30, 2017
THERE have been some comings and goings at Druid Theatre in Galway. The good news is that the new star act could generate a... Read more »

CROWDING OUT CASTLETOWN HOUSE

November 2, 2017
THESE ARE anxious times at the impressive 18th century Castletown House in Co Kildare, birthplace of Arthur Guinness. A proposed controversial large scale property... Read more »

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S NEXT RECORD

November 2, 2017
THERE WAS, not surprisingly, acres of copy churned out praising the impressive feat achieved by racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien last weekend when he broke... Read more »

STAR GAZING AT BIRR CASTLE

October 19, 2017
THERE IS plenty of excitement in Birr Castle at the arrival of a brand new state-of-the-art telescope, the I-LOFAR. Meanwhile, the Earl and Countess... Read more »

Hanby Sale

October 19, 2017
ONE OF the more impressive properties to come on the Dublin market this year is surely ‘Ellerslie’ on Temple Road in Dartry. The road... Read more »

COLM TÓIBÍN’S WINDFALL

October 19, 2017
THE ULTIMATE networker, Colm Tóibín was recently installed as chancellor of the University of Liverpool at a ceremony in the college, the first time... Read more »

Windfarm upsets Gianni Forte

October 5, 2017
A HIGH COURT ruling last week by Judge Robert Haughton represented a potentially very costly blow to the owners of the impressive Strancally Castle... Read more »

torres retreats to sunnier climes

October 5, 2017
A COUNTY Kildare stud near Maynooth is to go to auction at the Carton House Hotel later this month and bidding is expected to... Read more »

Wedding Bling

September 21, 2017
AFTER a scaling back caused by the economic recession, those Celtic Tiger style bling weddings are apparently back, with so-called ‘wedding guru’ Peter Kelly... Read more »