WRIGHT FAMILY AT WAR
August 8, 2019
INTERESTING TO see proceedings lodged in the Four Goldmines by assorted companies associated with the Wright fish dynasty in Howth. The matriarch here is... Read more »
WRIGHT FAMILY AT WAR
High Society
Article Category: High Society
JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW BACKER
July 25, 2019
RESTAURATEUR Johnnie Cooke is expanding his empire again, this time with the opening of Juanito’s on trendy Drury Street, D2. Apparently, it is an... Read more »
RACHAEL NAUGHTON’S ‘RETREATS’
July 25, 2019
RACHAEL NAUGHTON, daughter of Martin and Carmel Naughton of Glen Dimplex fame, has stepped down from the board of the Irish Undergraduate Awards Company... Read more »
DENIS BROSNAN’S WRITE-OFF
July 25, 2019
FORMER Kerry Foods boss Denis Brosnan has had a myriad of interests since he went his own way in 2003. One constant down the... Read more »
CYNTHIA CHUA’S VIBRATIONS
July 11, 2019
IT’S INTERESTING to see that the colourful and loaded Cynthia Chua – who has recently been extolling the virtues of “perfuming your vejayjay” and... Read more »
MUBARAK AL NAEMI’S NAGS
July 11, 2019
THE UPCOMING (July 24) auction at the Dunraven Arms in Adare of the impressive Kilfrush Stud in Co Limerick should attract plenty of attention... Read more »
JUDY WOODWORTH’S BEIT STRATEGY
July 11, 2019
LAST MONTH saw the inaugural Kaleidoscope festival take place in the grounds of Russborough House in Co Wicklow. Given the positive feedback, it looks... Read more »
TARKA RUSSELL’S CREDENTIALS
June 27, 2019
CONGRATULATIONS to young Tarka Russell, a glamorous addition to the board of the Glucksman art gallery in UCC. Having studied art history and now... Read more »
YVETTE MONAHAN’S MOOLAH
June 27, 2019
THERE WAS a creditors’ meeting held in the offices of Outlook Accounts in Tallaght last week, which featured the winding up of a little-known... Read more »
SEAMUS FITZPATRICK’S BUSY SCHEDULE
June 27, 2019
THESE ARE busy time for moneybags Seamus Fitzpatrick, who is fighting on two fronts. It was reported earlier this month that Fitzpatrick had lobbed... Read more »
ROY BARRETT’S D4 PILE
June 12, 2019
A PROPERTY in the heart of Ballsbridge has just come on the market with a hefty €5.75m price tag. The impressive Ailesbury Road house... Read more »
MORE MILLIONS FROM HORSEY SET
June 12, 2019
THE REOPENING (at last) of the revamped Curragh racetrack, complete with a brand new four-tiered stand was marked by some unexpected whistling noises in... Read more »
BERNARD KIRK’S BOARD
June 12, 2019
WITH THE recent departure of a couple of directors, the board of Philanthropy Ireland (PI) is looking a little light in numbers, with up... Read more »
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 »
BRIAN RANALOW’S INVESTMENT
May 29, 2019
INTERESTING to see Dublin moneybags and artist Brian Ranalow investing a wedge of cash in Genos Investments Ltd this month. Genos is a big... 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 »
TONY GANNON’S CHARITY
May 16, 2019
ACCOUNTS recently filed for Tony Gannon’s investment management operation, Abbey Capital, show that profits continue to roll in. Happily, a chunk of the moolah... 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 »
NIAMH PATTEN’S JEWELLERY
May 2, 2019
A JEWELLERY venture established by Niamh Patten shut its doors recently after a short-lived existence in the city centre. Despite the backing of a... 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 »
SINGAPORE MONEYBAGS
April 18, 2019
INTERESTING TO see that the man understood to have bought the Dublin City Hotel and Trinity Bar on Dame Street, D2, is one Stanley... 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »