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Brian Kingham

Brian Kingham goes to court

Date: November 2, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT A surprise to see the name of Brian Kingham surface as one of two parties (along with Blessington Sailing Club) taking a High Court challenge against Wicklow County Council over a recent decision to allow a track for pedestrians and cyclists be developed around Blessington Lakes. The publicity-shy millionaire private security boss Kingham certainly… Read more »

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Lucy Gaffney

Lucy Gaffney’s selfie

Date: November 2, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

US SINGER, record producer and all-round internet phenomenon DJ Khaled is a rather well-known character, at least among the yoof. But his popularity clearly extends across the generations, which must explain why the 57-year-old Lucy Gaffney – chair of Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp radio station group and director of DOB’s mobile phone group Digicel – sidled… Read more »

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Rory Godson

RORY GODSON’S ADVENTURES

Date: November 2, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

WHAT an exciting, not to say dangerous, sequence of events Powerscourt PR boss Rory Godson endured last month in just 48 hours. On October 12, Godson hosted a private dinner for a group of PR and prospective business clients at the Cliff Townhouse, Stephen’s Green, where the PR executive presented the UK’s recently retired top… Read more »

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Lynsey McGovern

LYNSEY McGOVERN’S AMBITIONS

Date: November 2, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

LAST MONTH, Lynsey McGovern, independent councillor in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown constituency, tweeted: “Great to see real progress made in healthcare.” It was in reply to a post from Leo Varadkar’s press unit concerning the new children’s paediatric outpatients centre at far off Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown. This marked the end of the phoney war… Read more »

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John McAuliffe

John McAuliffe’s broadside

Date: November 2, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

FANS OF Goldhawk will not have been too surprised by the attack on culture minister Heather Humphreys and her Creative Ireland programme, penned by Arts Council member John McAuliffe in The Irish Times last week. It represents a significant escalation of hostilities between the Merrion Square Mafia and the minister. But is it the right… Read more »

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Ching Chiat Kwong

Sean Mulryan’s partner

Date: November 2, 2017 - Sport of Kings

AS SEAN MULRYAN gradually increases his re-involvement in racing, it is interesting to note that he is helping to boost Horse Racing Ireland’s new ownership figures by pulling in some of his international business partners to share the risk and the reward. Mulryan has persuaded Singaporean developer Chiat Kwong Ching to get involved in ownership… Read more »

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Demolition Job

Date: November 2, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

A JUDGMENT mortgage has been registered against Slaneygio Ltd, a company controlled by some members of the wealthy Germaine family of Baltinglass, Co Wicklow. The plaintiff was a barrister, Elaine Morgan, who owns a property in Carlow town, adjacent to one demolished “speedily and unsafely” over a bank holiday weekend last year by Slaneygio. The… Read more »

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Roddy Doyle’s ‘Smile’

Date: November 2, 2017 - BooksReviews

THROUGHOUT his successful writing career, Roddy Doyle has been associated mostly with candid depictions of Irish family life, energetic prose and vernacular dialogue. His latest novel addresses the very familiar topic of institutional sexual abuse. The 54-year-old Victor Forde is an unreliable narrator with a tendency to be vague about his past – and particularly… Read more »

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Vol.35 No.21

Vol. 35 No. 21

Date: October 19, 2017 -

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Denis O’Brien

Denis O’Brien’s control problem

Date: October 19, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

DENIS O’BRIEN and INM chairman Leslie Buckley still await the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) inquiry into Robert Pitt’s complaint about that proposed Newstalk deal, but they will also be worried about the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s (BAI’s) inquiry into Communicorp’s blacking of Irish Times journalists. Will the BAI scrutinise the (non)… Read more »

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Elizabeth Mitrow

INVESTIGATING THE REFUGEE COUNCIL

Date: October 19, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THE BOARD of the Irish Refugee Council (IRC) is involved in a spat with the European Commission over alleged “illegible” expenditure of grant aid on a two-year European project. This comes at a time when the lobbying organisation is struggling to maintain its income, with its core benefactor, Atlantic Philanthropies, having now ended the handouts…. Read more »

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NCAD Issues

Date: October 19, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

AT LEAST the incoming Director of the National College of Art And Design, Sarah Glennie, won’t have to worry about the ridiculously overdue annual report for 2013-2014. The document has finally appeared on the website of the college. Glennie landed the €140,000 pa job at the start of the summer, although she will not be… Read more »

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Arlene Foster

DEAL OR NO DEAL?

Date: October 19, 2017 - Bird's Eye View

Sinn Féin and the DUP have now entered their customary period of brinkmanship, keeping Dublin and London on tenterhooks about the chances of a deal before a budget must be set at the end of this month. The British government plays its customary role in the drama, setting deadlines that the parties blithely ignore. The… Read more »

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Mark Mellett

MUTINOUS NOISES BELOW DECK

Date: October 19, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THE Military Police Corps were mobilised recently on a special mission to identify the source of insubordinate and seditious sentiments from the ranks of the Defence Forces. A recent post on Wikipedia explains to military buffs that the term Bravo Zulu (BZ) signifies congrats on successful actions or operations and is commonly used by US… Read more »

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Catalan Flag

Catalan Tourism

Date: October 19, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THE Spanish Tourism Office in Ireland, oblivious perhaps to the political significance of some of their own leading artists, advertised last week “a different trip around Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Madrid. This time your guide will be the painting and sculptures of Joan Miró … his works full of colour, imagination and surrealism …… Read more »

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Mark Little

The Hot Air Brigade

Date: October 19, 2017 - The Hot Air Brigade

We are really focusing on the individuals’ experience of news. This is not just about saving journalism. Mark Little discusses his new company, Neva Labs, Irish Times If only I were more prone to crudity, I’d say his surname sounds a lot like an onanistic mishap.” Suzanne Harrington deliberating on Harvey Weinstein, Irish Examiner, Submitted… Read more »

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Donald Trump

IS THE US PRESIDENT A HEAD CASE?

Date: October 19, 2017 - Foreign Frolics

by Gary Leupp Forget the Russia election-collusion issue. It’s not going anywhere. To bring down Trump, the mainstream media will use the mental health issue or the general intelligence issue. Trump’s own secretary of state referred to him as a “moron” in July after he told top officers at the Pentagon he wanted to return… Read more »

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Jim D'Arcy

VLAD’S EYES AND EARS

Date: October 19, 2017 - Last Refuge

CONGRATS to the universally liked former senator Jim D’Arcy, who has been appointed to the role of northern advisor to Leo Varadkar, working out of the Taoiseach’s office. Enda Kenny had no special advisor on the north, relying instead on mandarins in the department of foreign affairs and the Taoiseach’s department. D’Arcy’s selfless role on… Read more »

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Labour Poll

Date: October 19, 2017 - Last Refuge

LABOUR’S latest poll rating (4%) will have disappointed SIPTU boss Jack O’Connor, not merely because he is party chairman but also because he plans to run for Labour at the 2019 European elections in Dublin. O’Connor has flitted around the Left, including Sinn Féin, in recent years but always settled back into the Labour camp,… Read more »

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Raymond McCord

WHO FEARS BORDER POLL?

Date: October 19, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

WITH exquisite irony, the Irish government is running scared of a request by northern Unionist Raymond McCord to support his legal challenge to the failure of the British government to implement a policy for holding a border poll. Dublin ministers have maintained a frozen silence in face of a report last August on how to… Read more »

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Micheál Martin

MARTIN FLEES FROM VARADKAR

Date: October 19, 2017 - Last Refuge

FIANNA FÁIL ard fheis delegates and the media have been obsessing about the wrong argument inside the party. The real debate is not about a possible coalition with Sinn Féin but rather Micheál Martin’s decision, taken months ago, to extend the confidence-and-supply agreement with Fine Gael, not for another year but at least two years… Read more »

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Micheal Lowry Jnr

15 EXTRA FINE GAEL SEATS?

Date: October 19, 2017 - Last Refuge

IT was no accident that Leo Varadkar told the Fine Gael think-in that Tipperary is the party’s number one on a list of targeted seat gains. But Vlad is dreaming if he thinks the party will win an extra 15 seats, as he is claiming, at the next election. A cunning plan is being hatched… Read more »

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Henry McDonald

NOVEL CONSPIRACY

Date: October 19, 2017 - Fit to Print?

THE Sunday Independent ran a racy yarn last weekend about the Guardian and Observer whose political prejudices, the Sindo argued, was the reason why both newspapers had failed to review a novel by their own Belfast correspondent, Henry McDonald. “The Irish Times at least gave the book a review”, wrote Sindo columnist Zozimus before explaining… Read more »

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Josepha Madigan

IRELAND LEADS FROM REAR

Date: October 19, 2017 - Fowl Emissions

When cost to Ireland of Storm Ophelia’s fury is calculated, will that figure feature in future cost/benefit analyses as the Government considers whether to take real action to tackle climate change? The record to date is not encouraging – and the week before the storm hit was a particularly shameful one in the history of… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Date: October 19, 2017 - Bog Cuttings

Rugby player avoids conviction CONNACHT rugby player Peter Robb will avoid a conviction for a public order offence provided he undertakes a training session with a Westport underage rugby team. Robb, with an address in Stillorgan, Co Dublin, appeared before the court following his failure to pay a penalty notice after being found to be… Read more »

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Brendan and Alison Parsons

STAR GAZING AT BIRR CASTLE

Date: October 19, 2017 - High Society

THERE IS plenty of excitement in Birr Castle at the arrival of a brand new state-of-the-art telescope, the I-LOFAR. Meanwhile, the Earl and Countess of Ross – Brendan and Alison Parsons – have been doing some tidying up with their trusts. Birr Castle is already the site of one of the most famous telescopes in… Read more »

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Hanby Sale

Date: October 19, 2017 - High Society

ONE OF the more impressive properties to come on the Dublin market this year is surely ‘Ellerslie’ on Temple Road in Dartry. The road has had its fair share of big sales, notably the €10.2m lashed out by former Paddy Power boss Paddy Kennedy. Ellerslie is on the market for quite a bit less, but… Read more »

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DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL

Date: October 19, 2017 - ReviewsTheatre

AS THE 60th Dublin Theatre Festival concluded last weekend, a major hit to get all the luvvies talking had yet to surface. But the capital’s two producing houses and the country’s biggest independent production company unveiled their latest wares, with pretty mixed results. TRIBES – GATE THEATRE The breakthrough play by British playwright Nina Raine… Read more »

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Nicole Kidman

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER – DIRECTED BY YORGOS LANTHIMOS

Date: October 19, 2017 - MoviesReviews

THERE ARE many things that may justify a release being called an Irish film. Being filmed in Cincinnati is probably not one of them. Nor the fact that The Killing of a Sacred Deer is directed and written by two Greeks, with Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou bringing their considerable gifts to the project. But… Read more »

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Macdara Kelleher

THE SQUEEZE OF TROY

Date: October 19, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

ON AUGUST 24 last an interesting advert appeared on the UK film and TV production guild website. It relates to the latest international show to use Ireland and its tax-friendly environment to shoot here, which turns out to be good news for the Kelleher family. According to the ad: “Construction Accountant required to work under… Read more »

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Frances Crowley

FRANCES CROWLEY’S COMEBACK

Date: October 19, 2017 - Sport of Kings

WITH AIDAN O’Brien and his son, Joseph, winning more than their fair share these days, it looks like another branch of the clan is preparing to step back into the training arena. Frances Crowley, sister-in-law of AOB and a former Classic-winning trainer herself, was stocking up on yearlings at Goffs recently as if preparing for… Read more »

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De Bromhead

DE BROMHEAD’S BOO BOO

Date: October 19, 2017 - Sport of Kings

HENRY DE BROMHEAD runs a tight ship and is one of the most respected trainers in the country. However, even the best are prone to the odd cock-up, as was evident recently when the Waterford trainer brought the wrong horse to the races. De Bromhead’s Mount Hanover would have been well fancied for a hurdle… Read more »

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Bryan Cooper

GOOD NEWS FOR THE COOPERS

Date: October 19, 2017 - Sport of Kings

BRYAN COOPER has wasted little time in establishing links with other powerful owners, following his Gigginstown demotion. The news of his alliance with the UK-trained horses owned by Alan Potts is a big boost to the young rider. Cooper’s new arrangement is certainly a blow to Robbie Power, who will now miss out on partnering… Read more »

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Sheikh Fahad Al Thani

AL THANI’S SHAKEUP

Date: October 19, 2017 - Sport of Kings

QATAR’S SHEIKH Fahad Al Thani is shaking up his racing operation in Ireland, with a few of his horses moving yards in the hope that a change of scenery might improve their performance. Michael O’Callaghan has had to say goodbye to two of his former inmates, with Holy Cat making the short journey across the… Read more »

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Brian Cunningham

Brian Cunningham’s latest scrap

Date: October 19, 2017 - Brief Cases

GOLDHAWK’s old pal Brian Cunningham popped up again last month after yet another bad day in the Four Goldmines. The distinctive Galway developer lost his appeal against a 2016 High Court ruling relating to a company called Keelgrove Properties Ltd, where Johnny Ronan, Richard Barrett and Niall O’Buachalla are former board members. Cunningham is best… Read more »

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Ian Mallon

Ian Mallon’s business interests

Date: October 19, 2017 - Brief Cases

GOLDHAWK recently spotted an interesting decision in the High Court relating to solicitor Ian Mallon, the principal at Ian Mallon & Co Solicitors, which has offices in Newry and Dublin. Mallon is being pursued by the Law Society over alleged links to a claims-harvesting website and he had a tough day in the Four Goldmines… Read more »

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