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Carl McCann

McCann’s Dole deal could attract Japanese predator

Date: March 8, 2018 - Moneybags

TOTAL PRODUCE’S Carl McCann is now buying, in phases, Dole Food Company from its 95-year-old owner, Dave Murdock. The same Murdock tried to do a deal with Carl’s father, Neil, in the early 1990s but the problem then was Dole wanting to take over Fyffes. Now Carl McCann has made the move to put himself… Read more »

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David Lewis

Tesco’s big deal means trouble for Musgrave

Date: March 8, 2018 - Moneybags

WITH SALES of £56bn, Tesco is the world’s second-largest grocer. The company went through a sticky patch in 2014, however, due to falling sales and a £200m accounting scandal resulting in complete regime change. The new era started with the September 2014 appointment of Dave Lewis as chief executive – and this month’s £4bn purchase… Read more »

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Jamie Crawford

Emmet O’Neill’s new hire

Date: March 8, 2018 - Brief Cases

MORE new hires at Emmet O’Neill’s Lovin Media group where Jamie Crawford has just been appointed chief executive. As readers will be aware, the group has been going through something of a transition since Niall “Harbo” Harbison, the hapless, baseball-capped ‘influencer’ who founded the company, announced last year he was stepping back from “operational matters”… Read more »

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Nivek Dunne

Nivek Dunne’s Celbridge scheme

Date: March 8, 2018 - Brief Cases

CONGRATULATIONS to Nivek Dunne who is dipping her toes into the property game. A company linked to Dunne, Aterna Developments Ltd, is set to apply for permission to build 124 homes in Celbridge, Co Kildare, where her father-in-law, former baron of Ballsbridge Sean Dunne and her husband, low-key businessman Steven Dunne have plenty of history.The… Read more »

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Stanley brothers’ Swanward struggles

Date: March 8, 2018 - Brief Cases

INTERESTING to see in Iris Oifigiúil that a property vehicle controlled by the Stanley family had a receiver appointed to it courtesy of a Jersey-anchored vulture fund. The Stanleys – best known as the clan behind construction giant Stanley Macadam – look to have a lot on their plates with plenty of red ink splashed… Read more »

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Bad news for Quesada creditors

Date: March 8, 2018 - Brief Cases

THE scheme of arrangement has just been filed with the Companies Office for Quesada Developments Ltd, where unsecured creditors are set to be disappointed. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that Neil Hughes was appointed examiner last autumn at Quesada – the company behind the Beech Park nursing home in Dunmurry East, Co Kildare – after… Read more »

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John Ryan’s latest setback

Date: March 8, 2018 - Brief Cases

GOLDHAWK’S old pal, Monkstown businessman John Ryan popped up again recently after having another judgment registered against him. Former Anglo Irish banker Ryan will be familiar to fans of Goldhawk for his involvement in the Sorrento property group, which ran into severe difficulties in the crash. The latest judgment against Ryan for over €¼m was… Read more »

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Pat Barrington

Pat Barrington under the gun

Date: March 8, 2018 - Brief Cases

SPARE a thought for gun-toting Co Clare businessman Pat Barrington and his wife Carmel Barrington, who had a setback in the Four Goldmines recently. The Kilrush couple have been embroiled in a long-running scrap with ACC Bank over loans advanced to them to develop a waste plant before the crash but a recent decision by… Read more »

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Al Porter

RTE’S TWITTER PROBLEM

Date: March 8, 2018 - Brief Cases

NEARLY four months after the RTÉ One Twitter account sent out bizarre tweets in response to someone who accused comedian Al Porter of inappropriate behaviour, the national broadcaster is remaining tight-lipped about the culprit. In November, comedian Davey Reilly was one of four people to make a series of accusations on Twitter about Porter. One… Read more »

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DERMOT CANTILLON’S BITCOINS

Date: March 6, 2018 - High Society

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 surprisingly, the stunt attracted plenty of media attention, but Dermo is a dab-hand at the marketing game (he is chairman of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing) and has a knack for creating headlines…. Read more »

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PIPELINE TIMELINE

Date: March 6, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

IN 2016, when Enda Kenny’s economic adviser Andrew McDowell became Ireland’s nominee for the €275,000-a-year job of vice-president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the then Taoiseach had to defend the appointment in the face of Opposition claims that it was not an open process. In fact, it transpired, open interviews had been held –… Read more »

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KATE HOEY’S TRACK RECORD

Date: March 6, 2018 - Last Refuge

NOT even the DUP has explicitly called for the abandonment of the Good Friday Agreement but British Labour Party MP Kate Hoey, originally from the north, has done so, provoking a vigorous response from Foreign Minister Simon Coveney. Hoey, who also slipped into Donald Trump mode when demanding that a hard border should be paid… Read more »

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Mary Lou McDonald

MARY LOU’S COALITION DILEMMA

Date: March 6, 2018 - Last Refuge

THE only people more horrified by the prospects of a Fine Gael/Sinn Féin coalition than the Sunday Independent are many members of SF. Leo Varadkar’s comments on Brexit, a United Ireland and his retort to DUP leader Arlene Foster on the need for equality and power sharing went down very well with SF and Foreign… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar

LEO VARADKAR’S ELECTION TIMELINE

Date: February 22, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

MEDIA hints of Fine Gael’s plan to cut and run to the country this year are spot on and while lacking detail they reflect a specific strategy being discussed not just at cabinet level but in the middle ranks of the party organisation. Some evidence is obvious: continuing high poll ratings for FG and the… Read more »

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Mary McAleese

Profile: Mary McAleese

Date: February 22, 2018 - Pillars of Society

THE VATICAN’S boycott of former President of Ireland and devout Catholic feminist Mary McAleese – The Outsider as her unofficial biographer Justine McCarthy christened her – was predictably controversial. But Mary’s victimisation has elevated her from a previous role as bridge builder between Catholic nationalism and Ulster unionism into a more universal role as de… Read more »

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Carol Nolan

Young Blood: Carol Nolan TD

Date: February 22, 2018 - The Young Bloods

CAROL NOLAN’S 2016 election win for Sinn Féin in the three-seat Offaly constituency was a surprise. There will be another one if she hangs on to her seat as Offaly is now reunited with Laois in a five-seat constituency. But Nolan gave the party a rather different surprise with her recent declaration of a No… Read more »

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Aine Moriaty

The taxman and the film awards

Date: February 22, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE MOSTLY low wattage audience at last week’s IFTAs awards bash at the Mansion House may have been surprised by host Deirdre O’Kane’s “trailer” joke when referring to Traveller actor John Connors. But there would also have been raised eyebrows had it been known that the taxman had just targeted a firm controlled by Áine… Read more »

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Martin Kelly

Kelly Martin cashes in at Malin

Date: February 22, 2018 - Moneybags

MALIN CORP, the life sciences group floated in 2015, is one of the strangest corporate entities ever to feature on the Irish Stock Exchange, with a remuneration strategy the board/executives might believe to be fair game but which is almost impossible to decipher. What is clear is that the company’s principals are doing very well… Read more »

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Paul Dean

Joe Schmidt’s tactics

Date: February 22, 2018 - Fowl Play

THE long-standing love-in between the IRFU and rugby journalists reportedly came to an abrupt end a fortnight ago when Irish coach Joe Schmidt cancelled the traditional post-match press huddle after Ireland’s Six Nations encounter with Italy. In reality, the scrap is just one scrum in an ongoing and intriguing match-up between the press and the… Read more »

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David McWilliams

David McWilliams’s double dip

Date: February 22, 2018 - Fit to Print?

IT’S a hard job getting new material – but rehashing your own is a bit cheeky. Financial superstar hack David McWilliams – “ranked 10th most influential economist in the world”, according to his website – wrote a penetrating article on Dublin Port last August when scribbling for the Irish Independent. McWilliams introduced his article with:… Read more »

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Clare McCarthy

Clare McCarthy’s comeback

Date: February 22, 2018 - Student Life

CONGRATULATIONS to Trinners student Clare McCarthy who has just been reinstated as chair of Trinity Publications on a technicality. Fans of Goldhawk will recall that McCarthy was removed from her position as head of the Pubs committee in November last after a stereotypically toxic row over the suspension of funding to a student publication (see… Read more »

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Niall McGarry Maximum Media

Niall McGarry’s turnover

Date: February 22, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

FLASHY entrepreneur Niall McGarry was in his usual confident mood recently when he announced that the Irish end of Maximum Media operation was expected to record turnover of €8m for the most recent 12 months, up from the €6m figure he had projected just a few months earlier. Not everyone is happy though. As Goldhawk… Read more »

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Rebecca and Alistair Tidey

Alistair Tidey’s sale

Date: February 22, 2018 - High Society

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 will drop a few bob, having bought at the top of the market. The D2 pile is not the only top-notch property Alistair and Jane Tidey have put on the market… Read more »

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Vol. 36 No. 04

Date: February 22, 2018 -

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Colm Murphy

MURPHY’S LAW V LAW SOCIETY

Date: February 22, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

THE mother of all legal battles between the Law Society and former solicitor Colm Murphy is due in the High Court in April following two decades of litigation. Between 1999 and 2008, the Kenmare lawyer appeared before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal eight times and had 20 counts of misconduct made against him before being struck… Read more »

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REDMOND’S RECORDING

Date: February 22, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

INTERESTING to see controversial Independent councillor Keith Redmond playing a central role in an investigation of waste operators by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). The waste industry has been of significant interest to local politicians given allegations of price gouging and cartel behaviour. Redmond got directly involved in the issue when he secretly… Read more »

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John Halligan

PYONGYANG REVISITED

Date: February 22, 2018 - Foreign Frolics

SOME interesting coincidences around the proposed visit to North Korea by ministers John Halligan, Shane Ross and Finian McGrath have been clocked by members of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ). Last October Comhaltas magazine Treoir republished a 26-year-old article from the mag entitled Koreans Delight Fleadh Audiences – Memorable Historic Cultural Exchange in 1991. The two-page… Read more »

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Pippa O'Connor

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: February 22, 2018 - The Hot Air Brigade

I must own a hundred pair of denim jeans, each serving their different purpose. Fashionista and designer Pippa O’Connor quoted on her website, Submitted by reader We’re the new Iniesta and Xavi of teatime TV. TV3’s Martin King on his new programme with Muireann O’Connell, Irish Mail on Sunday After the news of Jennifer Aniston’s… Read more »

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Leo Varadkar and Theresa May

DUP-TORY DEADLOCK

Date: February 22, 2018 - Bird's Eye View

FOR THE second time in two months, Theresa May turned up to seal a deal only for the DUP to whip it off the table. The first occasion, on December 4, saw May’s deal with the EU on the border and moving to the next phase of Brexit talks torpedoed by the DUP. That was… Read more »

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Michael Ring

RINGER THREATENS TO GO INDEPENDENT

Date: February 22, 2018 - Last Refuge

ONLY when Enda Kenny became Fine Gael leader and then Taoiseach did he manage to best his Mayo running mate, Michael Ring, at general elections in Mayo. Now Ringer, Rural and Community Affairs Minister, is privately threatening to resign from the Blueshirts and run as an Independent should Cllr Patsy O’Brien be selected as a… Read more »

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Noeleen Reilly

SINN FEIN DISSIDENT IS IN DEMAND

Date: February 22, 2018 - Last Refuge

SINN FÉIN’S latest political casualty, Cllr Noeleen Reilly, will be a loss to the party and will doubtless take a chunk of first preference votes from sitting TD Dessie Ellis at the next general election in Dublin North-West (DNW) if she stands as an Independent. But will Noeleen be tempted to join Social Democrats joint… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

WHO FEARS TO SPEAK OF UNITED IRELAND?

Date: February 22, 2018 -

WHEN the northern talks collapsed recently, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admonished DUP leader Arlene Foster for failing to accept “power sharing and equality”. Yet Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil – ‘The Republican Party’ – laid the blame on both the DUP and Sinn Féin. Has Martin been so unhinged by SF and Mary Lou McDonald’s… Read more »

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Rónán Mullen

ALIVE! AND KICKING

Date: February 22, 2018 - Fit to Print?

BOTH sides in the abortion referendum have exhorted their foot soldiers to be respectful and moderate in tone when arguing the case for Yes or No. However, Catholic special forces at Alive! newspaper have launched a shock and awe campaign that makes Youth Defence look like secular wimps. The current edition of the freesheet, Alive!,… Read more »

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Denis Naughten

MERLIN NAUGHTEN

Date: February 22, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

IT’S NO secret that wishful thinking remains the main policy weapon the government deploys when it comes to hitting tough international commitments on climate change. What’s less well understood is the staggering extent to which even the experts are engaging in magical thinking to maintain the illusion that avoiding a global climate catastrophe is still… Read more »

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Sacred Cows

Date: February 22, 2018 - Fowl Emissions

The government’s new national development plan had that “one for everyone in the audience” feel, including a lavish commitment to spending €22bn, or a fifth of total budget, on tackling climate change. The commitment to invest €4bn to retrofit 45,000 houses and schools is a start, but with at least a million houses in Ireland… Read more »

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Paul Kehoe

Warmongers

Date: February 22, 2018 - Affairs of the Nation

“PESCO also has absolutely nothing to do with the creation of an EU army. Nothing in the treaties provides for the creation of an EU army.” So said Junior Minister for Defence Paul Kehoe with a straight face as he addressed the Dáil in December in a debate on Ireland joining up to the EU’s… Read more »

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