JESS RYAN’S BEAUTY BUSINESS
Affairs, High Society, 1 November 2019
EARLIER THIS year one of Ireland’s top retailers, Arthur Ryan – the power behind Penneys/Primark – passed away. His daughter, the glamorous Jess Ryan, has been forging her own path in business in recent years, although so far there is no sign that she will be delivering the kind of gigantic profits that daddy was… Read more »
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COLLINS, DOOLEY: FF FALL-OUT
Affairs, 1 November 2019
THE POLITICAL hit on frontbenchers Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins may be temporary as far as Fianna Fáil is concerned. However, Micheál Martin will be worried about the direct transfer of his party’s lost vote (3%) to Fine Gael (up 4%) in the Red C weekend poll. But the damage inflicted on the two lads… Read more »
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Affairs, 31 October 2019
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SINÉAD O’CONNOR’S TAX BILL
Affairs, 31 October 2019
IT HAS been hard to avoid Sinéad O’Connor (aka Shuhada’ Davitt) recently and her media outings have successfully generated huge interest in her return to the stage after a four-year hiatus. O’Connor has been talking about everything from her sex life to a narrow escape from Prince, but she hasn’t quite found time to mention… Read more »
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RED FLAG AGGRO
Affairs, Fowl Emissions, 31 October 2019
The recent release of Environmental Protection Agency data for 2018, revealing spiralling agri emissions, seemed like an odd day to unveil a new campaign promoting the most emissions-intensive forms of agriculture. Warring farm groups and meat factories have declared a temporary truce and formed an uneasy alliance with such as the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA),… Read more »
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Affairs, Cartoons, Craic & Codology, 31 October 2019
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SINN FÉIN GONE TO THE DOGS
Affairs, 31 October 2019
Sinn Féin’s business spokesperson, Imelda Munster, certainly reveals an aptitude for business, but the Louth TD has also found herself in the firing line over the party’s dramatic U-turn on funding for the Irish greyhound industry. Greyhound welfare campaigners accuse the Shinners of hypocrisy for holding a fundraising night at Dundalk Greyhound Stadium while demanding… Read more »
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OFFSHORE CLARITY
Affairs, Fowl Emissions, 30 October 2019
VISITORS to this week’s Atlantic Ireland Conference in Dublin may have received a noisy reception from Extinction Rebellion protests but there was still a high profile welcome for the fossil fuel industry. Sean Canney, Minister of State for Natural Resources was joined at the event by Philip Nugent, the new Assistant Secretary at the Department… Read more »
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TAXING MATTERS AT VISUAL IN CARLOW
Affairs, Behind the Scenes, 30 October 2019
WHAT ON earth is going on at VISUAL, the multi-million euro contemporary arts centre in Carlow? The board has lost eight directors and there has been no chief executive appointed since Ann Mulrooney departed for the Science Gallery Dublin almost a year ago. It also turns out there is a tax issue raising concerns. Things… Read more »
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Affairs, Cartoons, 30 October 2019
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€40BN ARMAMENTS STROKE
Affairs, Hush Hush, 30 October 2019
A SPEECH last year by then TD Mick Wallace and a short paragraph in the Sunday Times, of all places, are the only references Goldhawk can find on the most audacious, multi-billion-euro stroke pulled by the arms industry and its political supporters. A ruling on a complaint to European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly gives a flavour… Read more »
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YOUNG BLOOD: DAVE GIBNEY
Affairs, 30 October 2019
With the spectre of an upcoming general election haunting the body politic, efforts are being made to reboot the Right 2 Change (R2C) electoral alliance. One of the chief architects of the 2016 pact between Sinn Féin, independent socialist TDs like Clare Daly and Richard Boyd Barrett’s People Before Profit (PBP) was David Gibney (39),… Read more »
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RTÉ VS OIREACHTAS
Affairs, Media, 30 October 2019
A MOST interesting and possibly expensive conflict between RTÉ’s Prime Time Investigates programme and members of an Oireachtas committee will play out in the High Court unless somebody blinks in a forthcoming libel case being taken by a well-known greyhound trainer against the station. Much of PT’s special on the greyhound industry focused on the… Read more »
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BLUESHIRT SURGERY IN SLIGO AND CAVAN
Affairs, 29 October 2019
THE SPECTRE of former MEP Marian Harkin haunts Fine Gael in Sligo-Leitrim, where the already nervous party members believe that her possible entry to the general election would put paid to the sole seat currently held there by Tony McLoughlin. Even if Harkin (65) does not run, FG could be in trouble as without McLoughlin… Read more »
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HALLOWEEN BREXIT BONFIRE
Affairs, Craic & Codology, 29 October 2019
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ARYZTA’S SLOW RECOVERY REFLECTED IN SHARE PRICE
Affairs, Business Briefs, 29 October 2019
IT HAS never been explained why former Aryzta CEO Owen Killian bought a minority 47.8% stake in French frozen foods retailer Picard, for a huge €447m in August 2015, given that this acquisition made no strategic sense for the group, which has no retailing skills or knowledge. The deal proved to be sorely ill-advised, with… Read more »
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ANGELA MOORE’S SEAT
Affairs, High Society, 29 October 2019
THERE IS a new face on the board of the Ireland Funds here. Virginia-based Angela Moore has just been appointed a director and joins the Alan Foy-chaired board. The most recent new face on the Ireland Funds board before Moore was Peter Rooney, the D4-based nephew of former US ambassador to Ireland and Ireland Funds… Read more »
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WILLIAM JONES VS JOHN MAGNIER
Affairs, Racing, 29 October 2019
SPARE A thought for Goldhawk’s favourite ex-employee of John Magnier’s all-powerful Coolmore Stud operation – the irrepressible William Jones. Having set out to challenge the global bloodstock giant, he has ended up in very heavy ground and it looks like his race could now be run. Fans of Goldhawk will recall (see The Phoenix, 4/12/15)… Read more »
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CIARA KELLY’S MISERY
Affairs, Media, 25 October 2019
WOE BETIDE anyone not joining the week of national mourning following Ireland’s unceremonious exit from the Rugby World Cup in Japan. The loss was taken badly by Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly on Twitter who was agog that not everyone was behind the team. The celebrity doctor-turned-radio host took particular issue with journalists Ewan McKenna and Bryan… Read more »
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RACHEL MORAN’S REACTIONS
Affairs, 25 October 2019
FORMER PROSTITUTE Gayle Dalton would have expected a reaction from high-profile, media-friendly anti-sex-work campaigner Rachel Moran after challenging the latter’s account of her past in various tweets. Moran has been quick to hit back when her views are challenged. Earlier this week, Moran marched into the Circuit Court seeking an injunction to prevent Dalton from… Read more »
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Affairs, Cartoons, Craic & Codology, 25 October 2019
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WHAT’S A HYBRID CAR?
Affairs, Business Briefs, Media, 25 October 2019
Earlier this month, RTÉ’s website ran a scoop, headlined, ‘Toyota to drop petrol versions of Corolla and C-HR’. Motoring editor Donal Byrne explained that the Japanese manufacturing giant expects 92% of its cars to be “fully hybrid by the end of next year”. Toyota Ireland’s CEO, Steve Tormey, called it “a brave move given the… Read more »
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TRADE WAR BACKLASH
Affairs, Business Briefs, 24 October 2019
NEWS THAT MOLEX, the US electronics company owned by Koch Industries, is to shut its doors in Shannon comes as a most unwelcome echo of the day when Dell called time in Limerick ten years ago. Labour TD, Jan O’Sullivan, has said that “these workers have become collateral damage in the current trade war between… Read more »
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PIPPA O’CONNOR’S BEST LIFE
Affairs, High Society, 24 October 2019
IT HAS been a busy few weeks for ubiquitous model-turned-blogger-turned-designer Pippa O’Connor, social media sensation and wife of TV presenter Brian Ormond. She has been energetically plugging her latest book and, Goldhawk can reveal, is also putting in place a brand new business. Ormond recently celebrated his 40th birthday with a knees-up for 200 guests… Read more »
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Affairs, 24 October 2019
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ANOTHER APOLOGY
Affairs, 23 October 2019
IT WAS ANOTHER PERFORMANCE of lofty contrition in Dáil Éireann on Tuesday with government once more apologising to women wronged by the state. The public gallery was packed with many of those directly effected by the cervical check scandal and although there was genuine appreciation for the “words of dignified acknowledgement and apology”, there was… Read more »
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PHANTOM OUTRAGE
Affairs, Media, 23 October 2019
WHO KNOWS if Irish politics will ever recover from the revelation that TDs often vote for absent colleagues. The once unblemished reputation of Dáil Éireann has been rocked this week with news that at least some inhabitants are duplicitous chancers, prone to cut corners. Even by Fianna Fáil standards, not since the dark days of… Read more »
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McHUGH FOR MAYO?
Affairs, 23 October 2019
SAOIRSE MCHUGH’S SELECTION to contest a seat in Mayo will have surprised few following the candidate’s strong debut in European elections. The Achill native gained a high profile and sizeable vote in May, thanks to a breakthrough performance in debates and increasingly eco-conscious voters. But Mayo, with an older and less urban electorate, will present… Read more »
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CUBAN SILENCE
Affairs, 23 October 2019
READERS OF THE IRISH PRESS will scarcely be aware that the President of Cuba was in town this week. Miguel Díaz-Canel was received at Áras an Uachtaráin on Monday to begin an official state visit. From there it was on to government buildings and a meeting with Leo Varadkar. The sight of Vlad shaking hands… Read more »
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VLAD’S CELEBRITY SNUB
Affairs, 22 October 2019
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR, Mark Ruffalo, did not mince words in his appeal to the “hypocritical” government yesterday. The Avengers star pointed to Ireland’s ban of domestic fracking on health and safety grounds while proceeding with plans to import gas from places like Pennsylvania, where he says “I’ve been to the communities that you guys will be… Read more »
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HISTORY IS A NIGHTMARE FROM WHICH I AM TRYING TO AWAKE
Affairs, Craic & Codology, 22 October 2019
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JAMIE HEASLIP’S TACTICS
Affairs, 22 October 2019
FORMER Irish rugby captain Jamie Heaslip is everywhere at the moment. When he’s not appearing on RTÉ’s Rugby World Cup panel, the Newbridge native is doing the media rounds in aid of his recently released autobiography, All In. Readers of his book – a memoir of his years on the field – probably shouldn’t expect… Read more »
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DAVID RAETHORNE’S ‘FABULOUS’ HOUSE
Affairs, High Society, 22 October 2019
THE INDO went to town in its property supplement last week, gushing about Brentwood House in Dundrum, Co Dublin, which is on the market with an asking price of E4m. This turns out to be the abode of low-profile moneybags David Raethorne and his wife, Susan Claffey. Headlined ‘The real Dundrum Castle’, the article took… Read more »
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DANIELLE MEAGHER’S TARGETS
Affairs, Business Briefs, 21 October 2019
ALTHOUGH SHE is now based in sunny California, Danielle Meagher (formerly ‘Dr Botox’) continues to create waves this side of the Atlantic. Now known as Danielle Collins, the dentist-turned-beautician-turned-actor is involved in a couple of legal spats, in both Dublin and Belfast. Earlier this year, Danielle found herself on the end of a judgment for… Read more »
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MEANWHILE IN SOUTH AMERICA
Affairs, 21 October 2019
OFFICIAL REACTION to the ongoing unrest in South America has been rather muted compared to the sensationalism surrounding events in Venezuela earlier this year. Protests in Ecuador have seen thousands on the streets in demonstrations sparked by an all too familiar story of IMF plunder. Chilean President, Sebastian Pinera, has also declared a state of… Read more »
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TÓBÍN’S ‘WILL OF THE PEOPLE’
Affairs, 21 October 2019
As deadline day arrives for the legalisation of abortion and same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, Aontú have been busy peddling an online petition. Despite a long list of signatures, the party are aghast that “the southern media is mostly silent on this issue”. Aontú warn that “Europe’s most extreme abortion law is being imposed on… Read more »
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