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AUSTIN DARRAGH’S WILL

June 13, 2018
NOT SURPSISINGLY, there is plenty of interest in the legal proceedings relating to the will of Austin Darragh, with his two children from his... Read more »

ZONING IN ON CASTLETOWN HOUSE

June 13, 2018
WHILE THE National Gallery of Ireland topped the list of free visitor attractions in the Republic last year, No 2 was the impressive 18th... Read more »

CATHAL RYAN’S NEW DEED OF COVENANT

May 31, 2018
WITH EXTRAVAGANT new plans being drawn up for Westport House by Cathal Hughes et al, Goldhawk wondered whatever happened to the €2m grant. Previously... Read more »

MARTIN NAUGHTON’S CHEQUEBOOK

May 31, 2018
TRINITY COLLEGE Dublin is once again the beneficiary of a handout from philanthropist Martin Naughton, who has been pumping money into assorted causes for... Read more »

JOHN HOURICAN’S CONTROVERSIAL OLIGARCH

May 31, 2018
THE LATEST revelations in the US about Robert Mueller’s investigation into links between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin focus on Russia’s fourth wealthiest man,... Read more »

WEDDING DATE

May 17, 2018
WITH MEDIA interest in the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry wedding nearing fever pitch, plenty of filler articles on the “wedding season” have popped... Read more »

NATHALIE DAURIAC’S COURT DATE

May 17, 2018
AT THE start of this month, a ruling was issued following a High Court battle in London that has grabbed the attention of the... Read more »

BIG PLANS FOR WESTPORT HOUSE

May 3, 2018
INTERESTING to see the extent of the plans being drawn up by Cathal, Owen and Harry Hughes, principal owners of Westport House since last... Read more »

NO DANCING AT THE DYLAN

May 3, 2018
ONE OF the more high profile celebrity haunts in Dublin 4 is the “boutique” Dylan Hotel off Upper Baggot Street, developed in the good... Read more »

DANIELLE’S PLOT SPOILER

May 3, 2018
IN THE latest list of films supported by the Irish Film Board (IFB) one production – Trade from Marcie Films Ltd – landed a... Read more »

WHERE THERE’S MUCK THERE’S BRASS

April 19, 2018
A HUGE spread in Delgany, Co Wicklow, featured in the Sunday Times earlier this month, with the price tag for Castlefield House coming in... Read more »

GEORGE MAGAN’S MILLIONS

April 19, 2018
THIS YEAR has been rather less controversial than last for George Magan – aka Baron Magan of Castletown – with the news that the... Read more »

Opera Company’s new cast member

April 19, 2018
ANOTHER NEW name has been added to the cast of the recently incorporated Irish National Opera company (INO), formed by the merger of Opera... Read more »

DYLAN McGRATH’S SHARE OF THE ACTION

April 5, 2018
ONE TIME “bad boy of haute cuisine”, former Masterchef presenter Dylan McGrath, is preparing to open his latest venture, this time in Ballsbridge at... Read more »

Stormy Daniel’s ride

April 5, 2018
FOR A man who likes to keep a low profile, Wicklow event horse dealer Richard Sheahan sure knows how to pick the owners. In... Read more »

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 »

NIAMH PATTEN’S VALENTINE’S OFFER

February 8, 2018
READERS OF The Irish Times were presented with an offer last week to buy the “perfect Valentine’s gift for her”. The offer featured a... 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 »