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ABUSE OF SDLP MEMBERS

Date: July 14, 2022 - Fit to Print?

SDLP MLA, Cara Hunter, received much sympathetic media coverage, north and south, after she was targeted with online porn smears. This falsely depicted her as engaged in a sex act in a widely circulated video during the recent elections to the northern assembly. Hunter and another female MLA, the DUP’s Diane Forsythe, were both targeted… Read more »

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ECO ROVER

Date: July 14, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

The Irish Times recently reported on the painful dressing down delivered to Land Rover for its advertorial featuring gardener Diarmuid Gavin in his hulking “sustainable” two-and-a-half-ton diesel SUV. However, the news report modestly neglected to mention that the Gavin advertorial was featured in the print and online editions of the IT, as part of a series of “stars” bragging… Read more »

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BOG CUTTINGS

Date: July 14, 2022 - Bog Cuttings

ROUND OF SHOTS Eric Nicholson (25) of 6 Oak Drive, Ballacollig, Mountmellick, pleaded guilty in Portlaoise District Court to public intoxication and being abusive toward gardaí. Sergeant Mark Daly told the court that gardaí spotted the defendant, who was unsteady on his feet, on Limetree Avenue, Portlaoise, on April 30 last. When they approached, Sergeant… Read more »

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Eoin Colfer's Partner

EOIN COLFER’S PARTNER

Date: July 14, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

INTERESTING TO see that super successful novelist Eoin Colfer has set up a company with theatre producer Breda Cashe. Not surprisingly, the venture isn’t linked to any new movie adaptation of Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series of young adult books, given the scribbler’s bruising experience a couple of years ago. Colfer’s interaction with Hollywood was a… Read more »

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NEW BLOOD AT NMI

Date: July 14, 2022 - Behind the Scenes

WITH the closing date having passed for applicants to the board of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), it will be interesting to see how long Catherine Martin waits to appoint the new face to the Catherine Heaney-chaired board. As a result of a recent vacancy arising, there are currently four seats to be filled… Read more »

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DBC Pierre New Book

BIG SNAKE LITTLE SNAKE – DBC PIERRE

Date: July 14, 2022 - BooksBooks|ReviewsReviews

SINCE WINNING the 2003 Booker Prize for his debut novel, Vernon God Little, DBC Pierre has continued to, occasionally, write hit-and-miss satirical fiction that is inventive, unconventional and frustratingly over-the-top. The Australian-born writer (intermittently resident in Leitrim over recent years) has a history of challenging readers to make sense of his work. His latest non-fiction… Read more »

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Joseph O'Brien's Horses

O’BRIEN’S AMERICAN DREAM

Date: July 14, 2022 - Sport of Kings

HAVING PLUNDERED some major international Group 1 prizes in Australia and America last year, Joseph O’Brien‘s horses are on the up. Now the trainer is looking to go a step further this year by basing a select number of horses in America this summer. O’Brien has rented stalls at the racetrack in Saratoga in upstate… Read more »

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MICK BAILEY BACK ON TRACK

Date: July 14, 2022 - Sport of Kings

AN INTERESTING recent returnee to racehorse ownership in Ireland is one Mick Bailey of Bovale Developments. A prominent owner during the Celtic Tiger days when he had horses with Arthur Moore and in England with the late Michael Jarvis, Bailey had to severely curtail his racing interests after the economy crashed and his considerable loan… Read more »

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Ronan McNally Suspension

RONAN MCNALLY’S FORM

Date: July 14, 2022 - Sport of Kings

THE TRAINER Ronan McNally has had his fair share of setbacks when he trains a winner. Some wins have coincided with either a major gamble being landed or a stewards’ enquiry – and sometimes even both. That was the case at Roscommon last week, when McNally’s Petrol Head was backed from as high as 14/1… Read more »

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Leopardstown Sponsor

A HEADACHE FOR TIM HUSBANDS

Date: July 14, 2022 - Sport of Kings

IT APPEARS that for the third year in a row the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown – arguably Ireland’s premier flat race – will be run without a sponsor. Consistently ranked among the top five flat races in the world, based on the ratings of the horses that take part, the €1m event has not… Read more »

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Falcon Oil Shares

FALCON OIL SHARES GET READY TO FLY

Date: July 14, 2022 - Moneybags

SOMETIMES, IN business, things can change very quickly. The global target for carbon neutrality by 2050 in order to reduce air pollution has seen governments seek to ban oil and gas exploration, which has in turn discouraged the big energy companies from drilling for new oil and gas resources. This has created a worldwide shortage,… Read more »

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Kingspan's Share Price

KINGSPAN’S SHARE PRICE ROLLERCOASTER CONTINUES

Date: July 14, 2022 - Moneybags

THE FACT that Kingspan, the second most valuable Irish quoted company at the beginning of this year, when worth €20bn, has almost halved in value in six months is gobsmacking. Kingspan’s share price has plummeted from nearly €107 at the end of 2021 to €56 last week – a drop of over 47%, representing a… Read more »

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Alan Curran

ALAN CURRAN’S ‘SCOUTING TRIPS’

Date: July 14, 2022 - Brief Cases

MUCH FANFARE was expended last week by the Jimmy Menton-chaired board of Providence Resources in announcing the appointment of Alan Curran as interim chief executive. Just the man Providence needs, the frustrated investors will certainly have thought, reading the press release’s information about Curran’s “40 years in the oil and gas industry … wide range… Read more »

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Greencoat Renewables

GREENCOAT RENEWABLES’ JAMMY CONTRACT

Date: July 14, 2022 - Brief Cases

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that the Rónán Murphy-chaired board of the listed wind energy conglomerate Greencoat Renewables has been busy renewing the lucrative contract held by the company’s ‘investment manager’, Greencoat Capital. There has, however, been a ‘reduction’ in the chunky fees on offer to the principals here. The main driver behind the formation… Read more »

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Dublin Airport Car-Park

GERRY GANNON’S WINDFALL

Date: July 14, 2022 - Brief Cases

IT LOOKS like yet another bumper payday is heading the way of developer and landowner extraordinaire Gerry Gannon, who has put the former Quickpark 6,100-space car park on 42 acres at Dublin Airport on the market, with a guide price of a high-flying €70m. The sale of the Dublin Airport car-park follows on from a… Read more »

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IFA President

CULLINANE’S COWS

Date: July 14, 2022 - Fowl Emissions

WHAT A topical if misleading article the Irish Times published this week from Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president, Tim Cullinane, on the burning issue of methane. For decades, the focus of global efforts to tackle spiralling greenhouse gas emissions has been on carbon dioxide (CO2), a heat-trapping gas released mainly by the burning of fossil… Read more »

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Mary Aiken

MARY AIKEN’S PALS

Date: June 30, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

WITHOUT DOUBT, the most interesting of the women conferred with the freedom of Dublin City last month is Mary Aiken (whose latest gig is Professor of Cyberpsychology at Capitol Technical University in Maryland). Given the rarity with which the honour is handed out by Dublin City council, Aiken finds herself in rarefied company that includes… Read more »

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Simon Coveney

MALIGN MISSION

Date: June 30, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE IRISH Times reported last week that the government is reconsidering its military mission in Mali, due mainly to security issues; human rights violations by Malian forces; and the increasing influence of the Russian military body, the Wagner Group. Phoenix readers would not have been that surprised at these reports and neither would the smooth… Read more »

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Helen McEntee

PROFILE: HELEN MCENTEE

Date: June 30, 2022 - Pillars of Society

WAS THERE ever a politician that is so much a product and beneficiary of their own family as minister for justice, Helen McEntee; whose every significant political move has been linked to family members? The minister’s second pregnancy, announced recently, has raised questions about the absence of formal procedures for female politicians to take leave… Read more »

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Danny O'Reilly

YOUNG BLOOD: DANNY O’REILLY

Date: June 30, 2022 - The Young Bloods

As he gears himself up for co-hosting RTÉ One’s new Friday night music show, The Main Stage, hirsute rocker Danny O’Reilly must be thanking the gods of fortune for beaming down on him once again. Despite his complete lack of TV hosting experience, the lead singer with The Coronas has been given yet another prime… Read more »

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Sean Delmar

NOEL SMYTH’S WUFF RIDE

Date: June 30, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THIS WEEK will see the next chapter in the ongoing saga of a potential sale by the Irish Kennel Club (IKC) of its valuable National Show Centre near Dublin Airport to solicitor-cum-developer Noel Smyth for €6m. It looks like trouble is brewing. Fans of Goldhawk will be aware (see The Phoenix 20/5/22) that Smyth’s arrival… Read more »

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Cian O’Connor

CIAN’S FOUR STARS

Date: June 30, 2022 - High Society

Showjumping royalty Cian O’Connor has pulled out all the stops with his upgraded ‘state of the art’ equestrian centre in Co Meath. It certainly got a five-star review from Nicola Anderson in the Indo, possibly prompted by O’Connor’s own description of his operation as “like a Four Seasons for horses”. What is clear is the… Read more »

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John Collison

JOHN COLLISON’S OFFSHORE ENTITY

Date: June 30, 2022 - Brief Cases

A NEW company has been established following the acquisition from David Davies of Abbeyleix House last year by Stripe billionaire John Collison. He is not a director but is rather familiar with the couple who are in situ. Abbeyleix House was sold to Collison for a price recorded in the Property Price Register of €11.5m,… Read more »

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Paul Ward

PAUL WARD’S €15M JUDGMENT

Date: June 30, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THE HIGH Court has just awarded a hefty €15m judgment against cinema magnate Paul Ward as a result of a legal action taken by his sisters over a share agreement gone south. The wealthy Ward family, which owns Dublin’s Savoy cinema among many others, has been engaged in this legal wrangle for almost three years,… Read more »

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Ruth and Pen

RUTH & PEN – EMILIE PINE

Date: June 30, 2022 - BooksBooks|ReviewsReviews

THIS DEBUT novel expands on many of the same well-worn themes aired in Emilie Pine’s Notes to Self (2018), a short collection of essays that read more like a frank personal memoir. Unfortunately, there is little new on offer here. The story centres on two women who are strangers to each other and takes place… Read more »

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Aideen O'Byrne

AIDEEN’S SUNNY ASPECT

Date: June 30, 2022 - High Society

LEESON PARK is one of the more exclusive roads around Dublin 6, featuring handsome and spacious three-storey Victorian piles, a couple of which are currently on the market for more than €3m. One of these is owned by ‘executive coach’ Aideen O’Byrne, a woman with quite a few strings to her bow. Aideen’s most interesting… Read more »

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VOL 40 NO 13

Date: June 30, 2022 -

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Colin Hunt

COLIN HUNT’S PRESIDENCY

Date: June 30, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

THERE WERE eyebrows raised last week when it emerged that AIB’s Colin Hunt is to receive the Ireland-US Council’s 2022 Global Business Leadership award at a black-tie bash, just days after the record €97m tracker mortgage fine imposed on AIB by the Central Bank. The timing has led to calls for the hapless Hunt to… Read more »

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IN PRAISE OF GERALDINE BYRNE NASON

Date: June 30, 2022 - Affairs of the Nation

Quite a few diplomatic and political eyebrows were raised last week by the Business Post’s breathless account of how a civil servant, our woman at the UN, Geraldine Byrne Nason, won and is guiding Ireland’s temporary seat on the UN Security Council. Readers were treated to 5,500 words about Ambassador Byrne Nason’s work, promoted on… Read more »

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James Cahill Law Society

LAW SOCIETY SPLIT

Date: June 30, 2022 - Wigs on the Green

WHAT A fascinating Law Society council meeting its members can expect when it eventually meets to discuss a startling motion demanding that the 2020-21 president, James Cahill, be booted off the co-ordination committee, the finance committee, and any sub-committee of the finance committee of which he is a member. The two council members that have… Read more »

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Malcolm Byrne

MALCOLM BYRNE IN LABOUR COURT FEUD

Date: June 30, 2022 - Wigs on the Green

IT LOOKS like the board of Wexford primary school, Gaelscoil Moshíológ, which got trounced at the Labour Court recently for unfairly dismissing its founder and principal – amid some damning comments from the court – is intent on prolonging its decade-long pursuit of the principal, Aodhagán Ó Súird. However, Ó Súird’s legal eagle, solicitor Robert… Read more »

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Clare Daly

SIEGE MENTALITY!

Date: June 30, 2022 - Hush Hush

MANY IRISH politicians and commentators have been exercised by Boris Johnson’s cynical domestic ploy in transferring asylum seekers to Rwanda. Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill tweeted, “The London elite will send asylum seekers to Rwanda. A policy that is inhumane, cruel and brutal. Shame on Boris Johnson.” MEP Clare Daly made reference to the policy too… Read more »

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Bono

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Date: June 30, 2022 - The Hot Air Brigade

Bono also chooses Ice Cream Sundae by Inhaler, a band fronted by his son Elijah, as one of the tracks he would take with him because it’s “a brilliant song” with a great opening line: “I’m in the pursuit of happiness, I’m gonna get it.” Bono’s choice for last weekend’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, the Sunday… Read more »

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Jeffrey Donaldson

DUP HOKEY COKEY

Date: June 30, 2022 - Northwind

The Brexit ultras in the Conservative party’s European Research Group (ERG), about seventy strong, now hold Boris Johnson hostage. The confidence vote the party held on 6 June revealed that only about eighty back benchers supported him; certainly many fewer now after the two huge by-election defeats. Since 6 June Johnson has been tossing chunks… Read more »

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Eamon Ryan

DON’T MENTION THE WAR!

Date: June 30, 2022 - Last Refuge

THE MYSTERY surrounding Green Party policy on defence, security and — once that most cherished Green principle of all — neutrality, had, until recently, led to an apparent vow of silence from its senior members and the party press office in the face of the most basic questions. Many Green members suspect that Éamon Ryan… Read more »

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Philip Brennan

FRIENDLY, PEACEFUL NATO

Date: June 30, 2022 - Last Refuge

MANY PEOPLE will have heard of the splendidly titled ‘Nato Partnership for Peace’, which Ireland joined more than 20 years ago amid earnest assurances that it would not undermine Irish neutrality. But very few Irish voters will know anything or have even heard of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), which Ireland has also joined,… Read more »

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