Issue: Annual 2018

GEMMA’S BRITISH COMRADES

November 5, 2020

GEMMA O’DOHERTY is positioned distinctly to the right on the political spectrum, but her rallies and those of other anti-immigrant ‘Irish patriots’, like... Read more »

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POSH BOY MURPHY’S NOBLESS OBLIGE

November 27, 2018

FOR ALL his Leo-style skinny neck ties and multifarious photo ops of him emerging à la the Man from Atlantis from muscle-rippling sea... Read more »

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DR VARADKAR’S DILEMMA

November 15, 2018

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has been defended by his party colleagues as a doctor with experience of management practice in the health service after... Read more »

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IVY’S PR BLITZ

November 15, 2018

SOME rather ingratiating advertisements appeared in the national dailies recently, thanking Irish customers of The Ivy restaurant, the ritzy eatery that opened in... Read more »

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PAUL WILLIAMS’S EXIT

November 15, 2018

NEWSTALK BREAKFAST’S joint host, Paul Williams, met with managing editor Patricia Monahan last Thursday and, following a fraught discussion, it was agreed that... Read more »

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LOVIN MEDIA’S SAUDI LOVE IN

November 15, 2018

Irish businessman Emmet O’Neill must be shocked at some of the articles being published by Lovin Saudi, a franchise of his Lovin Media... Read more »

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LOST LEADER BRIAN HAYES

November 15, 2018

RICHARD BRUTON is the man that effectively blocked MEP Brian Hayes’s planned route back to the top in national politics. But judging by... Read more »

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SHARON BANNERTON’S NEUTRALITY

November 15, 2018

THERE HAS not been much love shown by the media to presidential runner-up Peter Casey. Even the normally cuddly Ryan Tubridy got his... Read more »

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ARAMARK RATTLED

November 15, 2018

Is food services giant Aramark starting to panic about the boycott of its cafes and restaurants by students at the University of Limerick... Read more »

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JOHN ARKINS’S HEADACHE

November 15, 2018
THE TIMING of Prime Time’s recent breathless exposé of the Irish film industry was less than perfect for the Irish Film Workers Association (IFWA),... Read more »

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MARKING DERMO’S CARD

November 15, 2018

WHAT AN extravagant splash the Sunday Business Post published on the “Billionaire investor. Media mogul. IFSC visionary… patriot and a fearsome litigant”, Dermot... Read more »

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FORENSIC PURSUIT OF DOWNEY

November 15, 2018

THE PSNI’s pursuit of John Downey contrasts with its failure to hunt down those who committed a raft of serious crimes in the... Read more »

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THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

November 15, 2018

Good luck getting me out of this skirt! I can only imagine how cringe it looks when I make Spencer take these pictures... Read more »

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MARTIN FLEES THE NORTH

November 15, 2018

ÉAMON Ó CUÍV and senator Mark Daly have been depicted as mavericks for endorsing Sorcha McAnespy, Independent councillor, as a Fianna Fáil candidate... Read more »

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FF DUBLIN EURO DOG FIGHT

November 15, 2018

TWO Fianna Fáil ‘names’ – Conor Lenihan and Barry Andrews – are jockeying for the party’s Dublin nomination for the European elections. However,... Read more »

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EXITING THE INDO

November 15, 2018

TWO more INM executives shuffled off last week, both of whom held senior positions during recent convulsions at the group. Chief peoples officer... Read more »

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DUP VS THERESA MAY

November 15, 2018

“COME YE out from among them and be ye separate and touch not the unclean thing.” St Paul’s injunction from Corinthians was Paisley’s... Read more »

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MIRIAM’S MANY MEDIA FANS

November 15, 2018

RSVP magazine was back promoting Miriam O’Callaghan for all its worth this month, with the presenter splashed across the front page under the... Read more »

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LUKE COMER’S COLTS

November 15, 2018

LUKE COMER’S long-running quest to train a winner continues, but the developer has upped his game recently, spending freely on fresh blood. At... Read more »

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WHIPPING UP A STORM

November 15, 2018

AS ANIMAL rights escalate further up the agenda, it looks like racing’s culture is going to have to get its house in order.... Read more »

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ELLIOTT BACKS SAMCRO

November 15, 2018

SO, WHAT to do with Samcro? Hailed by Davy Russell last year as the second coming, trainer Gordon Elliott fanned the flames of... Read more »

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PATRICK DORAN’S HIGH RAILINGS

November 15, 2018

SOON-TO-BE resident of Shrewsbury Road in the heart of D4, packaging moneybags Patrick Doran, has just suffered a setback for his plans to... Read more »

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JUDY WOODWORTH’S GOOD AND BAD NEWS

November 15, 2018

THERE WAS bad news last week when Wicklow County Council shot down a proposal from the Judy Woodworth-chaired Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF) to... Read more »

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AFTER FILMBASE IN TEMPLE BAR

November 15, 2018

THE APPLICATIONS are in from arts organisations seeking to move their headquarters to the cultural hub that is Dublin’s Temple Bar. The prize... Read more »

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REPLACING JOHN MCAULIFFE

November 15, 2018

AFTER FIVE years, John McAuliffe has finished his term as a member (and deputy chair) of the Arts Council. This is the start... Read more »

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SOAKING UP THOSE FILM FUNDS

November 15, 2018

ANNIE DOONA’S Screen Ireland posted its third-quarter funding allocations last week. As with every round, there is the usual, dominant set of recipients,... Read more »

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SEAN LYNCH TACKLES THE ‘IRISH TIMES’

November 15, 2018

INTERESTING to see that the Irish Times is being sued by a popular Dublin 2 pub. The Swan Bar on Aungier Street and... Read more »

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TAXMAN LOCKS ON TO BASTA

November 15, 2018

MORE headaches for the team behind Sligo lock and door manufacturing plant Basta Parsons Ltd, with the taxman filing a winding-up petition. This... Read more »

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TRIBUNAL GROUNDS LEGAL EAGLES

November 15, 2018

A COUPLE of troubled legal eagles have found themselves on the wrong side of the Law Society again. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has... Read more »

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MONEYBAGS PROFILE: EUGENE MURTAGH

November 15, 2018

EUGENE MURTAGH’S story features an incredible rise to the big time, taking place mostly off the radar (no honorary doctorates for the media-shy... Read more »

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MONEYBAGS PROFILE: GENE MURTAGH

November 15, 2018

GENE MURTAGH is chief executive of one of Ireland’s most dynamic companies of recent time – Kingspan. Although he is only 47, he... Read more »

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THE PHOENIX ANNUAL 2018 – ON SALE NOW!

November 15, 2018

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ADRIAN BLANC’S BILL

November 14, 2018
SPARE a thought for Foxrock businessman Adrian Blanc, who has just been whacked by vulture fund Launceston to the tune of €2.3m. Blanc (also... Read more »

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