July 13 - July 26, 2018 Archives - The Phoenix Magazine

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FINE GAEL GUNNING FOR ELECTION

July 12, 2018

A TRIO of young but influential Fine Gael ministers has persuaded most of their party members in cabinet that an early general election... Read more »

SEAMUS HEANEY’S EXPENSIVE ARCHIVE

July 12, 2018

THERE HAS been plenty of gushing coverage of the Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition that marks the overdue opening of the Bank... Read more »

PROFILE: COMMISSIONER DREW HARRIS

July 12, 2018
THE appointment of PSNI deputy chief constable Drew Harris, as the new garda commissioner drew mildly critical comment from Sinn Féin but it is... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: EMER CURRIE

July 12, 2018

UNEASY LIES the head that serves the king seems to be the motto for Fine Gael in Dublin West where 39-year-old marketing analyst... Read more »

MICHAEL D’S CHORUS

July 12, 2018

THE IRISH TIMES has shown surprisingly little appetite for the high-minded ethical argument that there should be a presidential contest and has not... Read more »

POSH SPICE AND ALI HEWSON

July 12, 2018

ACROSS THE Irish Sea, Victoria Beckham’s fashion retail outfit has been running up big bills, resulting in slashed prices. Back in Ireland, there... Read more »

EOGHAN MURPHY STRIKES BACK

July 12, 2018

TD Kate O’Connell’s public assault on her Fine Gael constituency ‘colleague’ Eoghan Murphy – for his alleged impotence over the planned Metrolink’s desecration... Read more »

RONAN KEATING’S PAL

July 12, 2018

WITH BOYZONE having kicked off their farewell (at last!) tour in the UK, lead singer Ronan Keating still found time to tweet his... Read more »

CONOR LENIHAN COMEBACK?

July 12, 2018

FORMER MINISTER Conor Lenihan made a surprise visit to his old stomping ground of Dublin South-West recently where, at his own request, he... Read more »

ELEANOR McEVOY’S SAD SONG

July 12, 2018

LAST WEEK singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy put on her hat as chair of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) – which represents songwriters, composers... Read more »

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July 12, 2018

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INM’S DATA DILEMMA

July 12, 2018

THE ODCE investigation into the massive data breach at Independent News & Media (INM) has dominated coverage of the issue. The ODCE’s involvement... Read more »

METHOD TO McALEESE MADNESS

July 12, 2018

MANY IRISH Catholics believe former President Mary McAleese has lost a sense of balance on controversial gender issues as instanced by her latest... Read more »

BENDING THE KNEE

July 12, 2018

THERE is something out of sync with the rush to fete the sixth in line to the British crown, the Duke (and Duchess)... Read more »

THE BUDGET: GUNS OR HOUSES?

July 12, 2018

MICHEÁL MARTIN and his party face an interesting dilemma in the run-up to the October budget as opposition TDs are mobilising against a... Read more »

DECLAN O’CALLAGHAN’S EXIT

July 12, 2018

IT MAY not come as too great a surprise to hear that controversial Ballaghaderreen legal eagle Declan O’Callaghan has decided to step down... Read more »

WRONG SIGNAL

July 12, 2018

RACO (the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers) keeps up with military events at home as well as abroad and most members of this... Read more »

NORDIES’ VIEW OF LEO VARADKAR

July 12, 2018

LEO VARADKAR has probably uttered millions of words since he became Taoiseach. But the words that set little men lepping around inside Northern... Read more »

FRANCES AND PRECOCIOUS VLAD

July 12, 2018

THERE’S INGRATITUDE and ingratitude and then there’s Frances Fitzgerald’s attitude to her leader, Leo Varadkar. Fragrant Frances quipped at a fundraiser for Mary... Read more »

SINN FEIN’S PRESIDENTIAL DELUSIONS

July 12, 2018

HAS Mary Lou McDonald driven Sinn Féin into a no-win situation with her demand for a presidential election and the proposal that SF... Read more »

JACK HITS THE ROAD

July 12, 2018

WICKLOW would normally be an easy bet for any Labour Party general election candidate, especially one who is chairman of the party and... Read more »

FINE GAEL SEARCHING FOR WOMEN

July 12, 2018

THE DAMNED gender quota for general election candidates coupled with the current feminist upsurge is causing serious problems for the lads in the... Read more »

ISRAELIS FIX IRISH MEDIA POLLS

July 12, 2018

THE ISRAELI propaganda machine is flushed with victory after overturning for the second time an Irish poll which, before being targeted by the... Read more »

OFFENDING ALAN SHATTER

July 12, 2018

THERE was apprehension, on both sides ahead of a meeting between Irish Independent editor Fionnan Sheehan and Alan Shatter to discuss terms of... Read more »

‘FAKE MOOS’

July 12, 2018

ASTONISHING progress has been achieved by the Irish dairy sector in the last few years in massively increasing production while simultaneously almost flat-lining... Read more »

VARIABLE EVELYN

July 12, 2018

THE ONGOING heatwave seems to have got people over at Met Éireann HQ in Glasnevin a little hot under the collar. With the... Read more »

KIESWETTER V O’BRIEN

July 12, 2018

WHILE COVERAGE of the Irish Derby weekend at The Curragh was dominated by the exploits of brothers Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien there was... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

July 12, 2018

DRUNK FARMER’S TROUSERS FELL DURING PURSUIT A DRUNK farmer who hitched a lift from his son on the back of his tractor exposed... Read more »

PATRICK DORAN’S HAPPY FAMILY

July 12, 2018

A NEW planning application has been submitted for Fintragh, one of a number of houses on Shrewsbury Road that has changed hands over... Read more »

A SMASHING PLAN!

July 12, 2018

IN MARCH this year, the wheels came off Filmbase when Tom Murray was appointed liquidator but the story is far from over. For... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN STARTS TO BUILD

July 12, 2018

IT’S FAIR to say there are few surprises in the expensive film industry review commissioned by Heather Humphreys in November 2016 from London... Read more »

KEVIN MANNING’S MISTAKE

July 12, 2018

NORMALLY when a rider appears to ease up prematurely in a race and loses a placing (possibly as a result of those actions),... Read more »

AFTER DESSIE SCAHILL

July 12, 2018

AFTER NEARLY half a century as Ireland’s chief race commentator, Dessie Scahill will call his last race at the end of this month.... Read more »

LUKE COMER JNR SHOWS THE WAY

July 12, 2018

AS HIS father’s lengthy quest to train a winner continues, Luke Comer Jnr got his own training career off to a decent start... Read more »

WILLIE MULLINS’S BELLE DU JOUR

July 12, 2018

THE IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) senior flat handicapper Garry O’Gorman has come in for criticism after a minor race at Leopardstown where... Read more »

DRAPER ESPRIT GROWS BUT STILL IMPOSSIBLE TO VALUE

July 12, 2018

NO PRIVATE equity groups are quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange besides Draper Esprit (DE), which floated off on the ESM two years... Read more »

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