Article Category: High Society

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

ANN MARIE NOHL’S NEW ROLE

November 29, 2018
AN ARCHITECTURAL business was quietly wound up a few weeks ago, which would not normally pique Goldhawk’s interest, but it turns out that one... Read more »

CASARI’S COMEBACK

November 29, 2018
THE RETURN of Giorgio Casari to the Dublin restaurant scene has been much anticipated and a new venture in Ranelagh is on the cards.... Read more »

RACHEL’S ‘LESS FORMAL’ EXPERIENCE

November 1, 2018
FANS OF Goldhawk will not be surprised to hear that there have been big changes at Rachel’s, the Cork-based restaurant fronted by the one... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S WHISKEY STOCKS

November 1, 2018
THE OPERATION behind the ambitious Hazelwood House revamp being undertaken in Sligo by low-profile serial investor David Raethorne filed some figures last month showing... Read more »

ABIGAIL O’BRIEN’S ELECTION

November 1, 2018
THE ELECTION of Denis O’Brien’s sister, Abigail O’Brien, as president of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) represents quite a coup for the artist, who... Read more »

DOMINIC WEST’S PARTY BARN

October 18, 2018
THE LATEST plug for Glin Castle comes courtesy of the Irish Examiner, where readers are told that the posh wedding and party venue is... Read more »

DERMOT DESMOND’S NEW TRUSTEE

October 18, 2018
DERMOT DESMOND’S favourite cultural institution, the Chester Beatty Library (CBL), has been beefing up its board of trustees recently (see The Phoenix, 5/10/18). Alongside... Read more »

VINCENT CARTON’S BIG GARDEN

October 18, 2018
IT’S NOT everyday that a prime Dublin 4 property is put up for sale just a few months after its purchase, but that is... Read more »

AVRIL STANLEY’S SWEET SOUNDS

October 4, 2018
IT LOOKS like combining music with new age hippy mysticism and mindfulness is a rather profitable business. Earlier this summer (before those post-Electric Picnic... Read more »

CROHAN O’SHEA’S €10M PILE

October 4, 2018
WHILE THE property market has shown faint signs of slowing down, there was no hint of this last week when property developer Crohan O’Shea... Read more »

‘POISON’ IVY

September 20, 2018
ALMOST TWO months after opening its doors, the 150-seat Ivy restaurant on Dublin’s Dawson St has been packing in the punters. It has also... Read more »

CLARE HUGHES’S CAREER

September 20, 2018
EARLIER THIS month, agriculture minister Michael Creed – “in consultation with” sports minister Shane Ross – appointed three new members to the board of... Read more »

RACHEL ALLEN’S NEW MENU

September 6, 2018
FANS OF Goldhawk will not be surprised to hear that there is trouble brewing at Rachel’s, the Cork-based restaurant fronted by the one and... Read more »

BRIAN O’HALLORAN’S HOUSE

September 6, 2018
THE SPRAWLING Springmount pile on nine acres in Rathmichael, Co Dublin, has just come on the market with a price tag of a cool... Read more »

NEVEN’S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

August 23, 2018
EARLIER THIS month, the Sindo’s salivating hack, Barry Egan, was the latest to give a plug to celebrity chef Neven Maguire, with readers of... Read more »

FAMOUS FIVE FOR IRELAND FUNDS

August 23, 2018
WHILE FORMER prez Mary McAleese has been taking pot-shots at the Catholic hierarchy ahead of the Papal visit, she has also become one of... Read more »