
RATING THOSE RICH LISTS
April 5, 2017
WHILE IT is generally accepted that the so-called rich lists published by the Sunday Times and Sindo are of little real value to those... Read more »
RATING THOSE RICH LISTS
April 5, 2017
WHILE IT is generally accepted that the so-called rich lists published by the Sunday Times and Sindo are of little real value to those... Read more »
ANNA LIN’S WARDROBE
April 5, 2017
LOTS OF activity to report for Patrick and Anna Lin Parsons of Birr Castle – or Lord and Lady Oxmantown as they are now... Read more »
CHANELLE McCOY’S FASHION SENSE
March 23, 2017
A THIRD woman set to join the judges in the new series of RTÉ’s Dragons’ Den and although probably best known today as the... Read more »
PAUL McGUINNESS’S PARTNER
March 23, 2017
WITH the hype building nicely for Sky Atlantic’s upcoming big budget Cote d’Azur crime series Riviera – written by Neil Jordan and John Banville... Read more »
The Taking of Christ
March 23, 2017
Although it happened at a time Which we now call Easter, Caravaggio’s colours are of Autumn, Walnut, chestnut, damson; Framed in a timeless proscenium... Read more »
Peter Gaynor’s Club
March 9, 2017
THE entry for Monte Carlo-based Olivia Gaynor-Long and hubby Brian Long in the latest Sunday Times Rich List guesstimates their wealth at an impressive... Read more »
SHANE RYAN’S MANSIONS
March 9, 2017
AT LAST Shane Ryan has got around to lodging a planning application for his latest abode – the former French consulate on Ailesbury Road.... Read more »
IN SYNC WITH SAMANTHA LESLIE
March 9, 2017
SAMANTHA LESLIE, the woman who is the face of the impressive Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, popped up in an Irish Times series on... Read more »
LADY JANE’S RARE WIN
February 23, 2017
A RULING by the Bowler Hats of the Turf Club last month saw a horse trained by Noel Meade disqualified and the race awarded... Read more »
CYRUS’S INDIAN BATTLE
February 23, 2017
A MEMBER of the family of the richest Irish citizens is embroiled in a bruising battle to regain control of the huge Indian Tata... Read more »
WESTPORT HOUSE’S €2M CHARGE
February 23, 2017
THE PURCHASE for a reported €10m of Westport House by Cathal Hughes and the rest of the Hughes clan has been welcomed in Co... Read more »
BIG BUCKS IN BEAUTY BUSINESS
February 9, 2017
INTERESTING to discover that Marissa Carter, the woman behind the very popular Cocoa Brown tanning product, is set to expand her burgeoning empire, as... Read more »
LUCY NAGLE’S FASHIONABLE FIGURES
February 9, 2017
THE SINDO’s favourite designer, Lucy Nagle, got yet another plug last weekend when described by Barry Egan as, er, “the Goddess of the gansey”... Read more »
PATRICK DORAN’S PROFITS
February 9, 2017
ONE NAME that has popped up in the ongoing saga over the proposed sale of Walford to a Dermot Desmond family trust is that... Read more »
DOMINIC WEST’S TAX PLANNING
January 25, 2017
YET MORE confusion at Glin Castle in Co Limerick, where the on-again off-again boutique hotel concept could be back on the cards. There may... Read more »
Image magazine’s editorial strategy
January 25, 2017
INTERESTING TO see where the priorities lie at the glossy Image magazine these days. A Sunday Business Post interview with chief executive of Image... Read more »
MAY FRISBY’S NEW RECIPE
January 25, 2017
AFTER 27 years of operating Pasta Fresca on Chatham Street in Dublin 2, May Frisby’s restaurant has served up the last bowl of spaghetti... Read more »
ADDING UP AT the beit foundation
January 12, 2017
THERE WAS good news for the Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF) last month when Heather Humphreys lobbed it a €250,000 grant. However it seems the... Read more »
DANIELLE RYAN’S BUMPY ROADS
January 12, 2017
CHRISTMAS is when the bulk of perfumes is sold so it is perhaps not surprising that Danielle Ryan was making noises in the run-up... Read more »
JOHN OSBORNE’S JOB
December 14, 2016
AFTER ALL the aggro at Horse Racing Ireland over the reappointment of Brian Kavanagh as chief executive for a third stint (see The Phoenix... Read more »
“PERFECT 10” SARAH GILL
December 14, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS TO Sarah Gill, proprietor of the Seagreen fashion boutique in Monkstown, south County Dublin, who has developed an uncanny knack for attracting glowing... Read more »
OLIVER PEYTON’S HUMBLE PIE
December 14, 2016
SURPRISING TO see such silence this side of the Irish Sea on the recent trials and tribulations of London restaurateur, TV personality and high... Read more »
GREG BRODERICK’S GIFT HORSE
December 1, 2016
HAVING BEEN the subject of much negative comment when he headed off to Rio to compete (unsuccessfully) in the Olympics on board wonder horse... Read more »
Shane Ryan’s moolah
December 1, 2016
THERE HAS been much focus in recent months on the high flying activities of Declan Ryan whose airline investments have been generating soaring returns.... Read more »
PIPPA O’CONNOR’S PROFITS
December 1, 2016
IN THE goldfish bowl that is Ireland, celebrity couples are the big thing now with the likes of Rosanna Davison and Wesley Quirke (Wesanna)... Read more »
CYRIL O’BRIEN’S COSTLY CASTLE
November 16, 2016
IT’S A case of déjà vu as Cyril O’Brien – the Kerryman who opened The George gay bar in Dublin in 1985, almost 10... Read more »
Cindy Cafolla’s lifestyle
November 16, 2016
ALTHOUGH FORMER ‘Sexiest Legs in Ireland’ Cindy Cafolla suffered something of a fall from grace when the boom here came to an abrupt end,... Read more »
BELINDA STRUDWICK’S SPORT OF KINGS
November 16, 2016
THE RACING of thoroughbred horses is a notoriously expensive business and only the wealthy can afford to play the game seriously. One such moneybags... Read more »
KIM GILBERT’S NEW CLUB
November 3, 2016
LAST WEEK brand new gig venue opened on Dublin’s South Anne Street, fronted by night club king – Michael Wright of The Wright Venue... Read more »
GILLIAN RONAN’S RETURN
November 3, 2016
TWO YEARS after exiting Kildare Street where she fronted a restaurant that typified the boom times, Gillian Kelly (aka Gillian Ronan), sister of property... Read more »
GEORGIAN SOC COURTS THE YANKS
November 3, 2016
LAST WEEK the Irish Georgian Society (IGS) gala dinner in the US was held at the University Club in New York, with Beth Dater... Read more »
CHARLES NOELL’S BLACK HOLE
October 20, 2016
THE SQUIRE of Ardbraccan House estate in Co Meath, US moneybags Charles E Noell III, has been spending lots of moolah despite Meath County... Read more »
ALI AND BONO’S BUSINESS BLUES
October 20, 2016
THE NEWS that Jordan Hewson, daughter of Ali and Paul Hewson (aka Bono) has raised $2m for her fledgling Speakable social issues business suggests... Read more »
BRONACH ROWELL’S €4M HOUSE
October 20, 2016
FOR MANY years, Bronach Rowell has been a go-to name in interior design and was behind the well-known Harriet’s House furniture stores in Dublin.... Read more »
GOFFS AND THE BILLIONAIRES
October 5, 2016
THE GOFFS Orby sale this year attracted more attention than usual, thanks to the decision by David Wildenstein to offload over 100 horses through... Read more »
SHARON’S SWING
October 5, 2016
WHILE EUROPE was getting stuffed in the Ryder Cup last weekend, the K Club has been celebrating the ten-year anniversary of its hosting of... Read more »