SHARON KEOGAN’S SILENCE
Affairs, Beyond the Pale, 15 April 2021
DESPITE BEING described on her own website as a “straight-talking” politician, independent senator Sharon Keogan certainly wasn’t in the mood to chat to Meath Live this week. “Please don’t contact me again” was her response when the local news site phoned her in relation to a 268km round-trip she made to visit Councillor Ken Smollen… Read more »
To access this content, you must be a Phoenix subscriber.
Get access to The Phoenix online for as low as €1.50 per week. Read all the regular online only Phoenix stories AND receive the packed digital edition every fortnight (25 per year). Great value for so many inside stories!
Subscribe Now! I'm a Subscriber
RURAL RERUNS
Affairs, Beyond the Pale, 29 March 2021
THE TIMING of the Government’s latest appeal to culchie voters could hardly have been better calculated. Launch of the ‘Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 – Our Rural Future’, captured most of Monday’s front pages, ahead of an event which took up most of the afternoon. This comes amid rising tensions outside the capital with the 5km… Read more »
To access this content, you must be a Phoenix subscriber.
Get access to The Phoenix online for as low as €1.50 per week. Read all the regular online only Phoenix stories AND receive the packed digital edition every fortnight (25 per year). Great value for so many inside stories!
Subscribe Now! I'm a Subscriber
BALLYMALOE’S BURST BUBBLE
Affairs, Beyond the Pale, 1 March 2021
BALLYMALOE COOKERY SCHOOL hit the spotlight recently with Gardaí launching an investigation into potential breaches of Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. The situation occurred because the school was found to be running classes for nine international students during lockdown. According to its co-founder, Darina Allen, the situation arose because the students arrived in Ireland at the… Read more »
To access this content, you must be a Phoenix subscriber.
Get access to The Phoenix online for as low as €1.50 per week. Read all the regular online only Phoenix stories AND receive the packed digital edition every fortnight (25 per year). Great value for so many inside stories!
Subscribe Now! I'm a Subscriber
PAUL TREYVAUD’S TANTRUM
Affairs, Beyond the Pale, 25 February 2021
Outspoken restaurateur, Paul Treyvaud, is enjoying quite a media whirl at present, having announced his decision to open the Kerry restaurant he owns with his brother Mark on July 1st, even if restrictions remain in place. Fed up with the COVID-19 shutdown, although his wife had the virus and her aunt died from it, the… Read more »
To access this content, you must be a Phoenix subscriber.
Get access to The Phoenix online for as low as €1.50 per week. Read all the regular online only Phoenix stories AND receive the packed digital edition every fortnight (25 per year). Great value for so many inside stories!
Subscribe Now! I'm a Subscriber
VARADKAR’S RURAL HEARTBEAT
Affairs, Beyond the Pale, Fowl Emissions, 23 January 2020
FINE GAEL LAUNCHED its election showcase for rural Ireland on Wednesday with Varadkar announcing that “agriculture in many ways is the heartbeat of the Fine Gael party particularly in rural constituencies”. A steady slew of stories about these communities on life support, however, has kept pulses racing within the party. When FG trumpeted its last… Read more »
To access this content, you must be a Phoenix subscriber.
Get access to The Phoenix online for as low as €1.50 per week. Read all the regular online only Phoenix stories AND receive the packed digital edition every fortnight (25 per year). Great value for so many inside stories!
Subscribe Now! I'm a Subscriber
