Affairs of the Nation

Affairs of the Nation

The Phoenix 40th Edition

The 40th edition is packed with interesting and amusing stories from 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s and up to 2020. Also includes regular issue inside. Download the PDF here To access this... Read more »
Simon Harris

Affairs of the Nation

FG LEADERSHIP PARALYSIS

MANY FINE GAEL TDs and senators want Simon Harris to get a move on and go for the leadership of the party but the new dauphin (following the decline of... Read more »
Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

RYEVALE HOUSE RESISTANCE

THERE IS still significant opposition to the decision to use the impressive Ryevale House outside Leixlip, Co Kildare, to provide emergency accommodation for up to 80 refugees. It is, however,... Read more »
Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

JOE MACKEN’S FORMER PARTNER

GOLDHAWK’S one-time favourite restaurateur Joe Macken (see Young Blood 6/4/12) was in the news again last week when he took a pop at his former business partner, who turns out... Read more »
Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

MI5 MACHINATIONS

HIS MAJESTY’S legislation to snuff out Troubles-related legacy cases looks like it will pass into law this year. The probe into the RUC’s failure to act on intelligence and prevent... Read more »
Ruairi O'Neill

Affairs of the Nation

BEDS BONANZA IN D6

THE BLOCKADE in Inch and the burnt-out tent village in Dublin city centre have focused attention on the issues surrounding the housing of asylum seekers and those fleeing the war... Read more »
Norman Crowley

Affairs of the Nation

NORMAN’S WISDOM

NORMAN CROWLEY’S fans in the Irish Times gave him another outing in the paper earlier this month, where the ‘energy efficient solutions’ motor mouth boasted about signing a “€50m electric... Read more »
Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

HAUGHEY’S GUBU ENEMIES

Harry McGEE’S new book, The Murderer and the Taoiseach, describes the homicides perpetrated by Malcolm McArthur in 1982. Sensationally, McArthur was arrested while staying at the Dalkey apartment of Charles... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

WHITE EUROPEANS

At the Aviva Stadium last October, defence department secretary general Jacqui McCrum opened proceedings at ‘Building the ecosystem – identifying connections for collaboration in security, defence and dual technologies’. The... Read more »
Chris Horn

Affairs of the Nation

CATCH THE WIND

While touted by some as Ireland’s green energy moonshot, the backlash against offshore wind energy seems to be gathering pace, long before a single pylon has been installed. Although experts... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Norma Foley

Fit to Print?

‘SEE NO SECTARIANISM …’

THE IRISH TIMES lasered in on the Government’s scoping inquiry into abuse “at private fee paying schools” recently, but its article had little to say about the most newsworthy aspect... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

NAH NAH PANA

THE MEDIA, military and Government mantra is for a serious debate about neutrality. Newspapers and airwaves are full of strident cries to end neutrality and the ‘free ride’ we get... Read more »
Daniel McConnell

Fit to Print?

‘BUSINESS POST’ REVISES NORTH LINE

NEWLY MINTED Business Post editor Daniel McConnell clearly felt the need to not only assert a politically pristine editorial line on the north but to attach his name to this... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

LOCKED LEGAL EAGLE Judge James McNulty, presiding over Clonakilty District Court, heard the case of a “fledgling barrister” who was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a... Read more »

High Society

Wayne Kieswetter

High Society

KIESWETTERS HAPPY TO STUMP UP

IT IS a truth universally acknowledged that horseracing is for those with deep pockets. The latest figures from the South African-owned Barnane Stud outside Templemore in Co Tipperary – run... Read more »
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High Society

EATHOS’S EXPANDING WAISTLINE

GOLDHAWK SPIES from his perch that a third upmarket Eathos cafe has opened on the stretch from Lower Baggot Street to Upper Baggot Street. Clearly, this is a target-rich environment... Read more »
Peter Gaynor

High Society

PETER GAYNOR SELLS UP

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that the spacious Rembrandt House at 1 Longford Terrace in Monkstown is on the market with a tasty €2.5m price tag. This address – with... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Fergus Cronin

Behind the Scenes

PROMOTING FERGUS CRONIN

CONGRATULATIONS TO scribbler Fergus Cronin, whose debut collection of short stories, Night Music, has attracted the sort of promotion and exposure usually only afforded to established writers. But then Cronin... Read more »

Reviews

Home Scar

Books

THE HOME SCAR – KATHLEEN MACMAHON

FOR MORE than a decade, Kathleen MacMahon’s fiction has centred largely on family members coming together to support one another through various crises. It is the reader who may end... Read more »

Moneybags

Michael O'Leary

Moneybags

RYANAIR BOOSTS PROFITS ON FOOT OF HIKED FARES

MONEYBAGS HAS previously queried Mick O’Leary’s near obsession with growing Ryanair’s capacity for the sake of growing it, rather that seeking to optimise returns in the context of evolving demand... Read more »
Tomas O'Midheach

Moneybags

SHAREHOLDERS WELL PLACED DESPITE FBD’S QUIRKS

HAVING FAILED to pay out on business interruption insurance to assorted publicans shut down during the pandemic, the deadline is imminent for the release of the judge’s written ruling. Now... Read more »

The Hot Water Brigade

Tom Higgins

The Hot Water Brigade

TOM HIGGINS GETS READY TO BLAST OFF

COULD MINTED Tom ‘Psychics Live’ Higgins be about to finally blast off for space, 18 years after he stumped up the equivalent of $¼m to Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic? Way... Read more »
Katie Holly

The Hot Water Brigade

MORE MILLIONS FOR MOVIES

ARTS MINISTER Catherine Martin is currently seeking applications from “suitably qualified candidates” for two vacancies on the board of the state film funding agency, Screen Ireland (SI), created by the... Read more »
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The Hot Water Brigade

FERGAL NAUGHTON’S SALES

GLEN DIMPLEX heir Fergal Naughton and his missus, Rachael, are selling up their Georgian mansion in Howth, Drumleck House – with a cool €8.75m on the price tag. They have... Read more »
Piotr Skoczylas

The Hot Water Brigade

PIOTR SKOCZYLAS’S SOLICITORS

MALTA-BASED Piotr Skoczylas, the man behind Scotchstone Capital, continues to battle on bravely in his decade-long campaign to secure compensation for the government’s nationalisation of Irish Life and Permanent, in... Read more »