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November 30, 2017

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That Frances and Leo deal

November 30, 2017

WHEN the dust settles on the election that nearly was it will be the confidence and supply deal that Leo Varadkar agreed with... Read more »

McCABE: ‘RIGHT THE WAY THROUGH’

November 30, 2017

ONE man with a keen interest in the entire Fitzgeraldgate saga is Colm Smyth, senior counsel for then garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan and... Read more »

COMMITTEE TROUBLE IN TRINNERS

November 30, 2017

A TYPICALLY toxic student row in Trinity College Dublin has led to the ousting of the Trinity Publications chair by her own committee.... Read more »

MANY STONES UNTURNED

November 30, 2017

THE MURDER of comedian Patrick Kielty’s father is key to understanding the Loughinisland massacre and the wider campaign by loyalist murder gangs in... Read more »

FANCY THAT

November 30, 2017

(Hildegarde) Rearguard Naughton was the first Fine Gael TD to call for Frances Fitzgerald to go. Rearguard was elected on the 14th count... Read more »

JADOTVILLE REVISED

November 30, 2017

ENDA KENNY’S decision as outgoing Taoiseach to award medals to the soldiers who fought in Jadotville in the Congo in 1961 – the... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

November 30, 2017

They contacted me and were like, “Would you like to have a speaking part in a movie?” And I was... Read more »

INDIRECT RULE FOR THE NORTH?

November 30, 2017

LEO VARADKAR told the Dáil on November 20 that if Sinn ] and the DUP couldn’t cobble together an executive he would call... Read more »

COVETOUS CORK BLUESHIRTS

November 30, 2017

THAT most earnest of journalists, Newstalk’s Chris Donoghue, has joined equally earnest foreign minister Simon Coveney as special adviser and his responsibilities will... Read more »

LEO VARADKAR LOSES SINDO

November 30, 2017

ANOTHER leaked spin from the spinners in the Strategic Communications Unit (SCU) recently emphasised the Grand Canyon separating the SCU from Fine Gael... Read more »

Union Militant

November 30, 2017

THE accolade bestowed on Vincent Browne by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) – a life membership certificate – at a recent ceremony... Read more »

IRELAND IS THE WORST IN EUROPE

November 30, 2017

BILLS TO ban fossil fuel exploration are like buses: you wait years for one and then two come along at once. Within a... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

November 30, 2017

‘That’s no reason to plead guilty’ JUDGE Kevin Kilrane refused to accept the guilty plea of a man who said he was only... Read more »

Bloodstock Money

November 30, 2017

GOOD NEWS for bloodstock breeder Dermot Cantillon and his missus, Meta Osborne, outgoing Turf Club senior steward. The bloodstock business has bounced back... Read more »

STERN’S EXPENSIVE ESTATE

November 30, 2017

THERE IS still no sign of a buyer for the €7.5m Liss Ard estate outside Skibbereen owned by the filthy rich Swiss Stern... Read more »

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN – ABBEY THEATRE

November 30, 2017

VAMPIRES SMELL funny. Or at least they do according to Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose bestselling 2004 novel is currently in an... Read more »

he: A NOVEL – JOHN CONNOLLY (HODDER & STOUGHTON)

November 30, 2017

THE “he” of John Connolly’s title is Arthur Stanley Jefferson, born in Lancashire and who went on to become the thin part of... Read more »

MICHEÁL MARTIN GETS OUT OF JAIL

November 30, 2017

THE discovery of documents buried within the justice department and which destroyed Frances Fitzgerald saw Micheál Martin leap from bungling Fianna Fáil leader... Read more »

IT’S A SMALL WORLD

November 30, 2017

WHILE THE most talked about article in last week’s Irish Times Christmas supplement was, of course, the profile of one Al Porter –... Read more »

ARTS HEADS PLAYING CATCH-UP

November 30, 2017

LAST WEEK’S sitting of the joint Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht focused on the topical issue of sexual harassment and bullying... Read more »

FICTION LAUREATES LINE UP

November 30, 2017

IT’S THAT time of year again, when the great and good of the Irish literary establishment line up for Merrion Square’s beauty contest... Read more »

DECLAN McDONAGH DOWNSIZED

November 30, 2017

JOHN OXX’S decision not to retain a jockey for next season has left Declan McDonagh without a first jockey position at any yard... Read more »

PUNTERS GET BURNED

November 30, 2017

ANTE-POST punters with an eye on the November Cheltenham meeting are unlikely to be toasting JP McManus and his racing manager, Frank Berry,... Read more »

McNAMARA’S PAPER PROBLEM

November 30, 2017

FANS OF Goldhawk will know of the Turf Club’s handy earner of fining trainers U350 for administrative infringements on recording of vaccinations in... Read more »

DRUG TALK

November 30, 2017

IRISH Grand National winning jockey Ger Fox recently took up the position of assistant trainer to Gavin Cromwell and Goldhawk wonders if the... Read more »

Market fails to value Providence assets

November 30, 2017

THE UNFORTUNATE shareholders in Providence Resources have been through tough times and the latest setback was the double dud in the South Porcupine... Read more »

Mick Hoynes cashes in at Merlyn

November 30, 2017

IT IS most impressive that going from a tiny start in 2000, Mick Hoyne built up his showers operation Merlyn Industries to the... Read more »

Leo Fitzgerald beats back the vultures

November 30, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS to Dublin publican Leo Fitzgerald, brother of moneybags pub mogul Louis Fitzgerald, who had a pretty decent result in the Four Goldmines... Read more »

Manley Construction’s medical trouble

November 30, 2017

INTERESTING to see Meath construction outfit Manley Construction Ltd (MCL) has been served a notice of termination by the HSE on the site... Read more »

Taxman catches up with Maurice Muldoon

November 30, 2017

GOLDHAWK spotted a tax judgment for a meagre €25,000 registered against hapless Co Meath businessman Maurice Muldoon. Once upon a time, Muldoon was... Read more »

Paddy Byrne’s planning problems

November 30, 2017

THERE’S NO questioning the ambition of builders Paddy Byrne and Danny Whelan of Victoria Homes. But, as a quick scan through planning documents... Read more »

Patrick Rainsford is not Emused

November 30, 2017

EMUSE Corporation Ltd has finally gotten around to filing its scary accounts for 2015. The Mount Street D2 software outfit, where chief executive... Read more »

Gobbledygook

November 30, 2017

A new economic plan for Ireland – David McWaffle, Irish Times Unlike hosting the Rugby World Cup, the global economy is no longer... Read more »

Taxman Cometh

November 30, 2017

A FEW interesting names popped up recently after having judgments registered against them by the taxman, among them Clontarf events promoter Donal Bolger.... Read more »

Alan Kelly’s leadership race

November 30, 2017

THE Frances Fitzgerald/Maurice McCabe crisis threatened the leadership of both Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin in the event of poor results for either... Read more »

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