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FERGAL KEANE’S PPE CONTACTS

October 22, 2020

WITH NO sign of Covid-19 going away any time soon it, the state will be spending big on personal protection equipment (PPE) for... Read more »

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PALMARIANS’ PLANNING PROBLEM

October 22, 2020

There was mixed news in Lusk, Co Dublin, for His Holiness Pope Peter III – to the initiated, Markus Josef Odermatt – in... Read more »

OISIN MURPHY’S DRUG WAR

October 8, 2020

THE NEWS that racing’s latest poster boy, Oisin Murphy, tested positive for metabolites of cocaine at Chantilly in July could prove a major... Read more »

KEATING’S PROBLEMS BUILDING

October 8, 2020

FANS OF Goldhawk will not be surprised to hear that established construction and marine/civil engineering powerhouse Keating construction has applied for the protection... Read more »

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EXTINCTION DENIAL

September 10, 2020

Conor Skehan chooses unlikely scapegoats when pontificating on the crises of our age. In 2018, as chair of the Housing Agency, he said... Read more »

KEVIN BLAKE’S INTERFERENCE

September 10, 2020

RACING HACK and broadcaster Kevin Blake is not shy about airing his opinions and he has been on a campaign over the summer... Read more »

ZOE KELLY’S WEDDING WOES

September 10, 2020

ACCOUNTS for the impressive-sounding MBZ International caught Goldhawk’s eye recently, but the figures on the balance sheet were a good deal more modest... Read more »

CHECKING OUT OF THE WESTCOURT

August 27, 2020

THE OWNERS of the Westcourt Hotel on West Street in Drogheda, Co Louth, are treading familiar ground after calling in the liquidator. The... Read more »

MARY IRVINE’S AGENDA

July 2, 2020

THERE WAS a sense of a new wind blowing through the personal injuries (PI) neighbourhood of the legal world when Mary Irvine got... Read more »

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IRISH TIMES GENDER ISSUES

July 2, 2020

THOSE STROPPY Irish Times women haven’t gone away, you know. A report from IT women journalists alleging all manner of sexist, “macho” behaviour... Read more »

FAMILIAR SOUNDTRACK AT THE CURRAGH

July 2, 2020

THE IRISH Derby weekend at the Curragh took place alongside a now familiar soundtrack, akin to Heuston Station, as the wind whistled through... Read more »

DERMO TO THE RESCUE?

June 17, 2020

WITH THE hunt on for a new chief executive of the FAI, the first team players are coming in for some rough treatment... Read more »

DISCIPLINING THE ACCOUNTANTS

June 4, 2020

MARC Ó BROIN was not the only number cruncher who caught the attention of the Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) in recent weeks. Earlier... Read more »

ROBERT ARMSTRONG’S RECORD

April 23, 2020

THE 1,700-word obituary of Lord Robert Armstrong, published in the Irish Times last weekend, omitted a few interesting details. As principal private secretary... Read more »

NIALL QUINN’S LOADED PAL

March 12, 2020

WHILE THE FAI focuses on trying to qualify for Euro 2020 in play-off games in empty stadiums in Bratislava and (hopefully) either Belfast... Read more »

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EOGHAN MURPHY’S NEW PARTNER

March 12, 2020

HOUSING MINISTER Eoghan Murphy TD’s replacement of Kate O’Connell as his new Fine Gael ‘partner’ in Dublin Bay South (DBS) is likely to... Read more »

CROSSED WIRES FOR DENIS HOGAN

March 12, 2020

THE ACTIONS of senior management at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) – where chief executive Denis Egan calls the shots – are... Read more »

CORCORAN’S TAX RETURNS

March 12, 2020

MORE ON Cork solicitor Ger Corcoran, who has been fined €3,750 by the Revenue for failing to submit income tax returns on time,... Read more »

TONY O’REILLY’S GOOD NEWS

February 27, 2020

GOOD NEWS for Tony O’Reilly for a change. It looks like the former press (and bean) baron is about to exit bankruptcy, almost... Read more »

LUKE MCMAHON’S PUNT

February 27, 2020

PROFESSIONAL PUNTER and lucky owner Luke McMahon is readying himself for a major gamble at Cheltenham next month, without actually betting on a... Read more »

PHILIP MCGLADE’S LASER LAMENTS

February 27, 2020

THE ADVERTISING Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has upheld a number of complaints made about advertisements from two different businesses owned by Dublin... Read more »

JOE RYAN’S SKILLS

February 13, 2020

GOLDHAWK was interested to read the press release on the five-year plan published last month by the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA).... Read more »

W2’S ‘VIKINGS’ RAID

February 13, 2020

THE LATEST plot development in the blockbuster courtroom drama playing at the Four Goldmines between producers Morgan O’Sullivan and James Flynn, and plaintiff,... Read more »

ROPEY CARRY-ON IN ELM PARK

February 13, 2020

THE MEMBERS of D4 golf club Elm Park received an interesting email from course director and chairman Tom Ryan pointing to the activities... Read more »

MCKILLEN’S ISLE OF MAN FUSION

February 13, 2020

IT IS interesting to see that 73 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, a protected structure purchased by developer and hospitality tycoon Patrick McKillen... Read more »

ADIOS TO RIOS

February 13, 2020

RIOS PROPERTIES (Cork) Limited, a company that lists Cork-based Denis O’Sullivan and James Rigby as directors, fell into liquidation last month, with accountant... Read more »

TARGETING THE SCIENTOLOGISTS

January 30, 2020

THE RULING earlier this month by High Court judge Mark Heslin greenlighting the Scientologists’ multi-million euro drug treatment centre in the Meath village... Read more »

MICK O’LEARY’S RATING PROBLEM

January 30, 2020

WITH THE Cheltenham Festival looming, the thorny issue of Irish-trained horses being allotted higher handicap marks in Britain compared to Ireland has again... Read more »

WASTE NOT, WANT LOTS

January 30, 2020

THINGS ARE tense in the town of Tullamore, Co Offaly, where local businessmen Brian Colgan and Brendan Guinan have elevated an ongoing dispute... Read more »

FETHERSTON’S CLEAR OUT

January 30, 2020

MICHAEL FETHERSTON, the low-profile operator of the TLC nursing homes group, has featured heavily in the headlines recently. The moneybags will soon finalise... Read more »

ANGUS’S ASSETS

January 16, 2020

THERE WAS a ﬂ urry of ﬁ lings around Christmas by players at the centre of a legal action by the Solicitors Mutual... Read more »

CARELESS BRIAN HAYES

August 22, 2019

THERE WAS a nasty incident in a steeplechase at Killarney last month when the eventual third-place finisher, Rock Road, partnered by Brian Hayes,... Read more »

THE SCALES OF INJUSTICE

August 22, 2019

YOUNG JOCKEY Liam Quinlan and Tipperary trainer John Ryan were the victims of a unfortunate and slightly bizarre episode at Sligo recently, when... Read more »

Sally Ann’s Van

August 8, 2019

GOLDHAWK was surprised recently to see the name of his old pal Sally Ann Luykx on the back of a van belonging to... Read more »

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NGI SEEKS NEW FACES

July 25, 2019

TWO SEATS on the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) board are up for grabs and would-be directors have until August 15 to apply... Read more »

NEW CURRAGH RACE CARD

July 25, 2019

NEWS THAT the Curragh racecourse board will be seeking to install a new chief executive to oversee the operation of the (very) expensively... Read more »

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