Article Category: High Society

RENVILLE HOUSE’S NEW OWNER

July 28, 2016
THE NEW owner of Renville House on 130 acres outside Oranmore overlooking Galway Bay is burger and chips millionaire Pat McDonagh of Supermac’s fame.... Read more »

Colgan’s property pals

July 28, 2016
THE HIRING of the Gate’s Michael Colgan as an arts adviser by boom-time developer Sean Mulryan (who has now exited Nama) is the kind... Read more »

GREG BRODERICK’S CLEAR ROUND

July 28, 2016
SHOWJUMPING has been in the news thanks to the Irish Horse Show at the RDS but there has also been another story garnering attention... Read more »

SANDRA MURPHY BOUNCES BACK

July 15, 2016
THIS WEEK, fashion blogger and accomplished self-promoter, Sandra Murphy (“one of Ireland’s most fashionable women”) popped up on TV3 to shoot the breeze on... Read more »

Tsouros makes a sale

July 15, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS to Patricia Tsouros, who looks to have made a few bob from the sale of her art venture, set up in the aftermath... Read more »

‘TROPHY’ Dublin properties

July 15, 2016
WITH ‘TROPHY’ Dublin properties selling at increasingly inflated prices, the record for this year has been set by former Paddy Power boss Paddy Kennedy’s... Read more »

PRINCE KHALID’S IRISH STUD

July 2, 2016
WITH TRAINER Dermot Weld having completed the Epsom-Curragh Derby double last weekend with the Aga Khan’s Harzand, his bank balance will have got a... Read more »

SARA’S CULTURAL CREDENTIALS

July 2, 2016
BAR COUNCIL insider Sara Moorhead SC is busy these days working for the Dáil as a result of that case taken by Denis O’Brien... Read more »

THE SLATTERYS’ RETIREMENT HOME

July 2, 2016
THERE HAS been plenty of good news for former GPA hotshot Domhnal Slattery, who has been cashing in big time and, along with his... Read more »

PATRICK TREACY’S TAX BILL

June 17, 2016
ONE of the most interesting names to appear on the recent list of tax defaulters was that of Patrick Treacy, founder of the Ailesbury... Read more »

Dr Eva’s profits

June 17, 2016
RTÉ has just offloaded a number of programmes to Australian broadcaster SBS, one of which is the documentary Sugar Crash, fronted by celebrity health... Read more »

MODERNIST MOVES IN MONKSTOWN

June 17, 2016
AN UNUSUAL looking new building is creeping into view from behind the high walls at the junction of Seapoint Avenue and Albany Avenue in... Read more »

DERY DESMOND’S REVIEWS

June 1, 2016
WHILE Dermot Desmond has fingers in many pies, the food and drink business is not one associated with the moustachioed one. However, his youngest... Read more »

IN THE RED AT RESIDENCE

June 1, 2016
THE OWNER of private members club, Residence, on Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green – Olivia Gaynor-Long – continues to pump money into the struggling business... Read more »

BARRY’S BARGAIN AT LYONS

June 1, 2016
MEDIA SHY Barry O’Callaghan has swooped on the Village at Lyons, the restored Famine Village on the edge of the Lyons Demesne in Co... Read more »

RIVERDANCE PAIR’S PENTHOUSE

May 18, 2016
RTÉ chairman Moya Doherty and her hubby and Riverdance partner, John McColgan, have put their Howth pile, Dane’s Hollow, on the market for a... Read more »

JODIE RONAN’S HORSEPLAY

May 18, 2016
INTERESTING to see Jodie Ronan, daughter of Johnny ‘Buccaneer’ Ronan, popping up in the High Court in relation to one of daddy’s many legal... Read more »

IN THE ROUGH AT DRUID’S GLEN

May 18, 2016
THE HAPLESS members of Druid’s Glen Golf Club in Co Wicklow got a surprise last week when a vulture fund sought to appoint a... Read more »

GAY O’CALLAGHAN’S WINDFALL

May 5, 2016
IT LOOKS like big congratulations are in order for former banker Gay O’Callaghan, whose Morristown Lattin Bloodstock operation looks to have netted nearly €8m... Read more »

THE OTHER RICH LIST

May 5, 2016
THERE WAS plenty of fun reading through the Sunday Times annual ‘Rich List’, but Goldhawk was struck by some of the names not there... Read more »

DAVID RAETHORNE’S BIG PLANS FOR HAZELWOOD

April 21, 2016
THERE WAS some coverage in the business pages last week of the doubling in profits to E12m at Brentwood Investments Ltd, the private investment... Read more »

Niall Scott’s pad

April 21, 2016
THE write-up in The Irish Times for an impressive townhouse on Percy Place overlooking the Grand Canal was suitably effusive, given the €2.2m asking... Read more »

ANN REIHILL’S RETIREMENT

April 21, 2016
THE CHANGES continue at Image magazine, where Ann Reihill has now stepped down as a director of Image Publications Ltd, and has been replaced... Read more »

Dominic Silvester’s Extension

April 7, 2016
ONE MAN who will be keeping a close eye on the European rugby this weekend is the (usually) Bermuda-based Dominic Silvester, who also faces... Read more »

POWER SHIFT AT GEORGIAN SOCIETY

April 7, 2016
THERE HAVE been some significant changes at the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) where the committee of management has increased its control over the body,... Read more »

GLUCKSMAN GALLERY’S ‘HEDGE FUND WAG’

April 7, 2016
THE GLUCKSMAN Gallery in UCC has added some significant overseas firepower to its board in the form of two London-based players – arts consultant... Read more »

NORMA SMURFIT’S ACTIVITIES

March 24, 2016
IT LOOKS like Norma Smurfit has managed to upset Dublin City Councillor Mannix Flynn with her proposal that a ‘pavilion’ for the diaspora be... Read more »

CHARLES NOELL’S INVESTMENT

March 24, 2016
THE SQUIRE of Ardbraccan House estate in Co Meath, US moneybags Charles E Noells III, has got the thumbs up from Meath County Council... Read more »

SELLING BALLYMACOLL STUD

March 24, 2016
THERE COULD be some interesting runners at the starting gate if the famous Ballymacoll Stud finds itself on the market in the next year,... Read more »

Noel O’Callaghan’s Expansion

March 9, 2016
WEALTHY property developer-turned-hotelier, Noel O’Callaghan, generated plenty of headlines during his time as a director of both Bord Fáilte and CIE in the 1990s,... Read more »

MARTIN NAUGHTON’S FOUNDATION

March 9, 2016
THE LATEST Forbes list of billionaires estimates Martin ‘Glen Dimplex’ Naughton’s wealth at $1.6bn – the only Irish-based moneybags on the list, with the... Read more »

JOHNNIE COOKE’S NEW RECIPE

March 9, 2016
THE NEW restaurant at Brown Thomas has been officially launched and the man brought in to spice things up is Goldhawk’s old pal, Johnnie... Read more »

KEVIN DUNDON’S FINANCIAL RECIPE

February 25, 2016
TELEVISION chef Kevin Dundon had plenty to smile about this month when it was announced that his Dunbrody House Hotel in Co Wexford had... Read more »

ANNE-MARIE’S GARDEN

February 25, 2016
OUTSPOKEN Rathfarnham lawyer and councillor, Anne-Marie Dermody, is hoping to land a seat for Fine Gael in the general election and has boasted of... Read more »

ROMAN STERN’S CORK ESTATE

February 25, 2016
THE apparently wealthy owners of the Liss Ard estate outside Skibbereen, Roman and Chitra Stern, are packing their bags and have put it on... Read more »

Eddie O’Leary’s Profits

February 11, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS to Eddie O’Leary, younger sibling of high-flying Ryanair boss, Michael. While he may not be in the same league as his big brother... Read more »