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DAIL’S WAR CORRESPONDENTS

Date: July 13, 2017 - Fit to Print?

THE Fine Gael leadership contest was a polite straightforward affair compared to the machinations surrounding the election of a new chair of the Oireachtas press gallery at its recent annual meeting. Time was when then INM group political editor, Fionnan Sheahan, as chair of the press gallery committee, ruled with an iron fist and there… Read more »

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Indo Contempt

Date: July 13, 2017 - Fit to Print?

THE Irish Independent’s angst about TD Paul Murphy and supporters of the Jobstown Six being allegedly in contempt of court may be intensified next week depending on the outcome of their appeal against a contempt ruling two years ago over coverage of the Anglo tapes. Then, judge Iseult O’Malley ruled that the Indo and its… Read more »

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TORIES TO PUSH EQUALITY AGENDA

Date: July 13, 2017 - Bird's Eye View

HEIDI ALLEN, Conservative Cambridgeshire South, expressed the outrage of many MPs on both sides of Britain’s parliament when she told the House of Commons: “I can barely put into words my anger at the deal my party has done with the DUP. We didn’t need to do it. I must put on record my distaste… Read more »

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‘MR SHOWBIZ’ DONE FOR FRAUD

Date: July 13, 2017 - Fit to Print?

LEO VARADKAR will have been impressed at the northern Department for Communities’ successful prosecution last month of journalist Paul Martin for defrauding £13,250 benefit, one of 20 such convictions in June. So, too, are the tabloid red tops which are fond of running stories about “dole spongers” with the Irish Mirror titles, daily and Sunday,… Read more »

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Vincent Browne

Date: July 13, 2017 - Pillars of Society

IT IS not exactly characteristic of Vincent Browne to walk out of a €400,000 pa contract which still has a year to run. So what exactly happened to the ringmaster of TV3’s most controversial show which has survived for 10 years under his very personal direction? And where does the septuagenarian interrogator go from here?…. Read more »

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TRUMP’S IRISH ALLIES

Date: July 13, 2017 - Fowl Emissions

DESPITE the efforts of the Trump regime, the international consensus on stepping up action to tackle climate change remains largely intact. In some areas, the pace of change is surprisingly quick. France has announced a complete ban on all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040. Car manufacturer Volvo will only produce electrics or hybrids from… Read more »

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Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Date: July 13, 2017 - Bog Cuttings

‘Look at that big thick head on you’ AN EGG seller lost his temper and began shouting abuse at a garda on a street in Birr, a recent sitting of Tullamore District Court was told. Garda Michelle Sweeney from Birr Garda Station told the court that at 2pm on a Wednesday she was driving down… Read more »

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Pat Crean

Pat Crean

Date: July 13, 2017 - The Young Bloods

FRESH-FACED developer Pat Crean (37) has stepped out from the shadow of his former business partner, Greg Kavanagh, and is starting to generate his own headlines. After arriving on the scene with Kavanagh at New Generation Homes, Crean was central to some of the biggest land deals since the crash and now he’s beginning to… Read more »

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CYNTHIA CHUA’S PROPERTY PLAY

Date: July 13, 2017 - High Society

GOLDHAWK was most impressed with the audacious scheme drawn up by the owners of the Deepwell mansion in Blackrock, south County Dublin, involving the proposed sale of the property for €13m, just three years after its purchase from the estate of John Reihill of Tedcastles fame. The current owners are financier and energy investor Nick… Read more »

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Strancally Wedding

Date: July 13, 2017 - High Society

IT IS probably not surprising that there was little coverage of one of the high society weddings of the year – that of Portia Alen-Buckley to her beau in the impressive surroundings of Strancally Castle. Portia is the daughter of wealthy hedge fund operator Michael Alen-Buckley of RAB Capital and Giancarla “Gianni” Alen-Buckley, scion of… Read more »

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BIDDING FOR BALLYMACOLL

Date: July 13, 2017 - High Society

ALTHOUGH NOT confirmed, the name of Frank Dunne of Dunnes Stores fame is doing the rounds as the buyer of Ballymacoll Stud (which neighbours his impressive Hamwood Stud in Co Meath) for a tasty €8.15m. One underbidder was a husband-and-wife team who seem to have a fair few bob at their disposal these days. Despite… Read more »

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ROOM – ABBEY THEATRE

Date: July 13, 2017 - ReviewsTheatre

NEARLY a decade on, Emma O’Donoghue’s breakthrough story keeps on giving. It was only a matter of time before Jack and Ma, and the claustrophobic living space that defines their existence in the Booker nominated Room, made it to the stage. The Canada-based Dubliner “always had a feeling” that it belonged in theatre, she writes… Read more »

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HALAL DADDY – DIRECTOR CONOR McDERMOTTROE

Date: July 13, 2017 - MoviesReviews

FORGET JOHN Carpenter, George A Romero and other masters of horror, there are few more disturbing sights in cinema than the phrase “Bord Scannán na hÉireann presents” appearing in a film’s title credits. Like most movies bearing the legend, Conor McDermottroe’s Halal Daddy has the feel of a potentially promising project hastily completed when last-minute… Read more »

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CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS – SALLY ROONEY (FABER & FABER)

Date: July 13, 2017 - BooksReviews

DEBUT NOVELIST Sally Rooney creates a portrait of modern young women in this slow-moving tale centring around two university students, Frances and Bobbi, inseparable since their teens. Narrated entirely from Frances’s viewpoint, her quietly observant, cool detachment is in sharp contrast to her friend’s brash self-confidence. The pair are part of “the spoken word scene… Read more »

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VISUAL’S NATIONAL AMBITIONS

Date: July 13, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

EARLIER THIS month, the Indo’s Creative Ireland summer series paid a visit to Carlow’s expensive Visual Centre for Contemporary Art (VISUAL), where chief executive Ann Mulrooney revealed that a drive for national cultural institution status was well under way. This may come as a surprise to observers given the venue’s troubled history. The Indo article… Read more »

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Judicial Archivists

Date: July 13, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

AFTER A lengthy delay, arts minister Heather Humphreys has finally got around to appointing new members to the National Archives Advisory Council (NAAC). Not surprisingly perhaps, she has decided to stick yet another judge in the chair. The good news is that while there is no remuneration for the chairman, as is the case with… Read more »

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Ed Guiney

ED GUINEY’S LATEST BARGAIN BUY

Date: July 13, 2017 - Behind the Scenes

PERHAPS IT is no surprise that Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney’s Element Pictures is behind the latest cinematic clean-up operation. It turns out that the two boys are taking the Cinemobile mobile cinema off liquidator George Maloney’s hands, in a move that follows on from Element’s interventions at the Lighthouse Cinema and, more recently, the… Read more »

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John Magnier

JOHN MAGNIER’S TACTICS

Date: July 13, 2017 - Sport of Kings

MUCH HAS been written of the Curragh this year and the hullaballoo over the board’s decision to run the Irish Derby and day two of Irish Champion’s weekend on a building site. But at least John Magnier seems happy. No doubt the decision has made for a particularly awkward period for chief executive Derek McGrath… Read more »

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COLIN KEANE’S CHANCES

Date: July 13, 2017 - Sport of Kings

LOOKING AHEAD from the flat season’s mid-point, it looks as if there could be a surprise in store at the end of the year, when the champions are crowned. At the season’s outset, Pat Smullen was a long odds-on shot to maintain his grip on the jockey’s championship but he has a major challenge ahead… Read more »

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James Lambe

Lambe’s Loss

Date: July 13, 2017 - Sport of Kings

DUNGANNON trainer James Lambe is back in the courts. The handler found himself in a spot of financial bother back in 2015, having lost a Supreme Court appeal that challenged the Bowler Hats’ authority to enforce the rules of racing. This resulted in him and his former jockey, Eddie O’Connell, being landed with costs of… Read more »

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Luke Comer Ban

LUKE COMER’S TRAINER

Date: July 13, 2017 - Sport of Kings

IT WILL be interesting to follow the latest instalment in the Luke Comer training saga, the story that just keeps on giving. Comer has recently employed Jim Gorman as his private trainer in a bid to salvage his training licence, which remains suspended following further inspections from the Turf Club. Earlier this month, the referrals… Read more »

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Tougher times ahead for Dalata in UK

Date: July 13, 2017 - Moneybags

IN 2007, Pat McCann set up Dalata Hotels with the backing of Davy stockbrokers and Shane Reihill. Thanks principally to the timing, this proved disastrous with the market writing off the entire E50m raised. But happily for McCann, he managed – again with Davys’ help – to raise new equity of €265m in March 2014… Read more »

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Kennedy Wilson’s Irish bonanza

Date: July 13, 2017 - Moneybags

ONE OF the lesser known real estate investment trusts (Reits) that have invaded Ireland is the London Stock Exchange listed Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate (KWE). This is the brainchild of Bill McMorrow, a US property developer who started out in 1988 and has built up Kennedy Wilson Holdings into a $20bn worldwide property operation…. Read more »

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Dervla Kenny’s objections

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

A CERTAIN former Taoiseach’s family are at the centre of planning row that’s been on the boil in Mayo. After facing opposition from neighbours, Veitch McCombs and his wife Catherine McCombs have been refused permission by Mayo County Council for a seven-house estate at Ballyvary – between Castlebar and Swinford – and have now appealed… Read more »

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Philo Marley’s Costa Rican Bond

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

GREAT to see Goldhawk’s old pal, student accommodation developer Philip “Philo” Marley, back in the news again. It was reported last weekend that a judgment for €1m had been registered against him in Ireland by his old financiers at Maven Capital Partners and it was unusual to see Philo try to call it a “mutual… Read more »

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More issues for Martin Allen

More issues for Martin Allen

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

GOLDHAWK’s old pal Martin Allen popped up again recently after a run-in with the taxman. The Meath businessman, who still has 18 months of a 12 -year disqualification order to serve, was landed with a tax judgment for €39,000 at the end of June. Goldhawk aficionados will recall Allen’s stint as publisher of the Big… Read more »

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The not-so sweet life of Roberto Pons

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

NOT for the first time well-regarded Italian chef Roberto Pons recently fell foul of the Revenue. The chef, who trained at the Lausanne Palace Hotel in Switzerland and once upon a time managed the restaurant in the Shelbourne, was landed with a judgment for €50,000 late last month. Pons owned and operated the Il Ristorante… Read more »

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Couple’s crèche landing

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

SPARE a thought for Castleknock crèche operators Mary Hale and her husband John Hale who were landed with a hefty judgment for €2m just last week. The couple – who own the Magic Years Crèche and Montessori School in Carpenterstown – were hit with the judgment in the High Court by a vulture fund called… Read more »

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Paddy McKeown’s ‘mere assertion’

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

SPARE a thought for two Cork City landlords who had a tough time of it in the High Court recently courtesy of AIB. Earlier this summer, Judge Caroline Costello granted leave for the bank to enter judgment against Paddy McKeown and his wife Adelaide McCarthy for u1.5m and u1.4m respectively. Former Irish Navy officer McKeown… Read more »

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Maureen Coyne’s good day in court

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

GOLDHAWK spotted an intriguing judgment recently involving a Mullingar woman who had a good day in the High Court at the expense of Danske Bank. Maureen Coyne took a case seeking damages against Danske after the High Court had granted summary judgment in favour of the bank for €137,000 against her and her husband, Raymond… Read more »

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PetMania’s Money

Date: July 13, 2017 - Brief Cases

PATRICIA Ingle was back in the news last week after securing E3m in the High Court to cover her medical bills. Ingle was left brain damaged in 2008 when she contracted a rare disease from a parrot while working at PetMania in Kilkenny and she sued the pet shop in 2010 before the HSE settled… Read more »

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Invincible Profit

Date: July 12, 2017 - Wigs on the Green

THERE IS an interesting figure buried in the 2016 accounts, filed this week by the Irish National Stud (INS), revealing the huge income generated for the lucky owners of wonder stallion, Invincible Spirit. Things are looking up for the INS, now chaired by former RDS president Matt Dempsey, who is having a rather easier ride… Read more »

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Vol.35 No.13

Date: June 29, 2017 -

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Jim O'Callaghan

FF JUDICIAL BLUNDER

Date: June 29, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

A RAFT of ‘eminent’ figures made fools of themselves in the furore over the government’s Judicial Appointments Commission Bill in the past week, chief among them being justice minister Charlie Flanagan. But Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesperson, Jim O’Callaghan, has inflicted serious damage on his own party, by diverting attention from the government as Fine Gael… Read more »

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DINNY’S SWORN ENEMY NO. 1

Date: June 29, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE HAVE been changes on the share register of Red Flag Consulting – Karl Brophy’s consultancy outfit that is locked in an expensive legal battle with Denis O’Brien. The good news for the new shareholders is that Red Flag’s profitability does not appear to have been hit by the high profile legal spat. Until this… Read more »

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CARROLL MacNEILL’S POLITICAL PEDIGREE

Date: June 29, 2017 - Affairs of the Nation

BARRISTER and author Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has been popping up a lot recently as a media commentator, with her latest outing in The Irish Times this week focusing on the subject of judicial independence. When it comes to the political independence, however, the former solicitor would hardly qualify. Earlier this month, Jennifer popped up in… Read more »

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