Article Category: High Society

CHRISTOPHER BIELENBERG’S MANY HOMES

June 2, 2022
WITH SUMMER approaching, Goldhawk perused the predictable extended plug for the sprawling Sandbrook House in Co Carlow, the sometimes abode of Christopher Bielenberg and... Read more »

MYERSCOUGH’S WORK-OUT

May 19, 2022
DOCUMENTS JUST filed in the Companies Office records a different ownership structure in Jamie Myerscough’s Vitruvian Fitness operation than had been registered. Previously, it... Read more »

RAYMOND STANLEY’S SPREAD

May 19, 2022
AN IMPRESSIVE Victorian pile in Cabinteely in south Co Dublin has come on the market with a price tag of €2.75m. Although owned by Raymond... Read more »

CHETWYND-TALBOT’S TROUBLES

May 5, 2022
OH DEAR, Goldhawk is rather taken aback that his esteemed and noble friend Charlie Talbot is in a spot of bother over his commercial... Read more »

SELLING SLEVOIR HOUSE

May 5, 2022
A CO Tipperary pile is on the market with a hefty asking price. It has had some interesting previous owners, some of whom came... Read more »

NOELLE O’CONNOR’S GLOW

April 20, 2022
THIS MONTH is the first in which online and e-commerce sales of fake tanning (sorry, self-tanning) products are subject to new EU regulations limiting... Read more »

MAKING MONEY WITH JAMIE AND LAUREN

April 20, 2022
A NICE looking Dublin 6 pad, at 65 Ranelagh Road, got the full sales pitch from the Business Post earlier this month. It turns... Read more »

JOHN MAGNIER’S SCONES

April 7, 2022
IT IS unlikely that John Magnier spends too much time on social media but presumably one of his flunkies informed the Squire of Coolmore... Read more »

DERMOT DESMOND’S ITALIAN PARTNER

April 7, 2022
LAST WEEKEND, the Business Post wrote about an interview given by Dermot Desmond to the luxury lifestyle magazine Robb Report, in which Der Kaiser... Read more »

DINNY’S HOTEL BILL

March 24, 2022
BILLIONAIRE Denis O’Brien’s campaign to help several Caribbean countries to seek slavery reparations from former colonial powers was highlighted in the Sunday Times earlier... Read more »

JOHN O’CONOR’S RED MENACE

March 24, 2022
IT IS perhaps not surprising in the current climate that organisations should be scrambling to display their anti-Putin credentials but the decision by the... Read more »

LAURA WHITMORE’S PURPOSE

March 10, 2022
IT LOOKS like bolshy blonde broadcaster Laura Whitmore had a hectic International Women’s Day, with an interview for something called the Executive Institute “in... Read more »

MAYCOCK’S MANY HATS

March 10, 2022
WHILE FORMER justice minister Michael McDowell is probably the most interesting name connected to The Currency media site courtesy of his loan to the... Read more »

DAMIEN GREY’S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

February 24, 2022
THERE WAS the usual banquet of media hype last week, following the release of the names of those restaurants that picked up new (or... Read more »

JOE DONNELLY’S BETS

February 24, 2022
IT’S THAT time of the year again, when the name of low-profile former bookie Joe Donnelly, now two decades in self-imposed exile, starts to... Read more »

BACKING THE BOTOX BROTHERS

February 10, 2022
WITH RESTRICTIONS lifted lots of businesses will be waiting to see if Covid has changed habits; one of these is the SISU chain of... Read more »

SAVING MILLBROOK HOUSE

February 10, 2022
GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that billionaire brothers John and Patrick Collison have spent some loose change (€400,000) to buy the dilapidated Millbrook House,... Read more »

STANLEY’S OPERA ROLE

January 27, 2022
THE LATEST member of the cast at Irish National Opera is accountant and tax expert Victor ‘Bruce’ Stanley who is something of the culture... Read more »

BARON RAVELSTOKE’S BRANDY BUDDY

January 27, 2022
WITH RESTRICTIONS being lifted globally, it is expected that there will be a post-pandemic boost to the sales of expensive liquor. At least that... Read more »

MICHAEL JACKSON’S BOLTHOLE

January 13, 2022
WITH MARQUEE properties proving tricky enough to sell in the current environment it is, perhaps, no surprise that a Georgian pile on 25 acres... Read more »

DOMINI KEMP’S NEW BUSINESS PARTNER

January 13, 2022
THERE WAS bad news for fans of the Hatch & Sons restaurant brand, which operated two outlets on St Stephen’s Green but which has... Read more »

SIMONE ROCHA’S ‘COMEBACK’

December 16, 2021
IT IS probably fair to say that this year didn’t turn out quite as top fashion designer Simone Rocha would have forecast back in... Read more »

CASH CALL AT KILLRUDDERY

December 16, 2021
AS INCREASED restrictions limit the number of visitors to venues around the country, one of those that will be feeling the pinch is the... Read more »

AMANDA PRATT’S NEXT MOVE

December 2, 2021
LAST WEEK’S examination of the Avoca operation in the Irish Times was less than flattering for owner Aramark, who purchased the high-profile food and... Read more »

HERITAGE TRUST REFRESH

December 2, 2021
THIS WEEK was the closing date for any tweedies interested in joining the board of the underfunded Irish Heritage Trust (IHT). The trust, where... Read more »