March 8 - March 21, 2019 Archives - The Phoenix Magazine

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DENIS O’BRIEN MISCALCULATES

March 7, 2019

NOBODY HAS ever accused Denis O’Brien of not being able to count or play poker, but he certainly got it wrong in negotiations... Read more »

JIM O’CALLAGHAN UNDER THREAT

March 7, 2019

THERE WAS a time when Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesperson, Jim O’Callaghan, was Micheál Martin’s right-hand man in the parliamentary party and a member... Read more »

PROFILE: MICHAEL MCDOWELL

March 7, 2019
PRESENTING AS St George fighting Denis ‘The Dragon’ O’Brien during the billionaire’s recent libel case against the Sunday Business Post, Michael McDowell stole the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ELLIE KISYOMBE

March 7, 2019
Egotism and factionalism are the rocks that threaten to scupper the Social Democrats’ ship before the party even leaves the harbour. The recent furore... Read more »

ISRAELI BACKLASH AT DCU

March 7, 2019
Students at another Irish university will vote on whether their union should sign up to the Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli... Read more »

MARIAN KEYES’S MAKE-UP

March 7, 2019

THIS MONTH the long list for the first Comedy Women In Print (CWIP) prize is announced, with our own Marian Keyes in situ... Read more »

ROSS MAGUIRE’S GERMAN EFFICIENCY

March 7, 2019

AN ANONYMOUS-looking company called Generode Ltd has been listed for striking off by the Companies Office for failing to file accounts. This could... Read more »

GEMMA O’DOHERTY’S ROOSKEY ROWS

March 7, 2019

Until recently, Broadsheet.ie had been a staunch defender of former Indo journalist Gemma O’Doherty and even campaigned for her ahead of the 2018... Read more »

MCDOWELL’S GAMBLE

March 7, 2019

WHILE THE bolshy Michael McDowell was jousting with Denis O’Brien in the High Court, he was also keeping one eye on another issue... Read more »

Vol 37 No 05

March 7, 2019

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THOSE ANTI-SOCIAL DEMOCRATS

March 7, 2019
In this issue, Goldhawk profiles the Social Democrat’s local election candidate for Dublin’s North Inner City, Ellie Kisyombe, who is at the centre of... Read more »

WHOSE AFRAID OF DENIS O’BRIEN?

March 7, 2019
THE MEDIA chill – or unbridled paranoia – that grips RTÉ management at the very suggestion of broadcasting critical coverage of Denis O’Brien was... Read more »

CRAIG ZEIRING’S BUTTOCK-TONING

March 7, 2019

SO FAREWELL then Dr Craig Ziering, hair transplant surgeon and ‘body sculptor’ to the celebrity set, whose Irish venture has quietly folded. Craig... Read more »

MATERNAL DEARBHAIL

March 7, 2019

IT IS difficult to say how Irish Independent editor Fionnán Sheahan, felt when he opened his Sunday Independent last weekend to read the... Read more »

FINUCANE: WHY NO PUBLIC INQUIRY

March 7, 2019
The most basic question arising from Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane’s murder is whether RUC Special Branch members aided and abetted loyalist paramilitaries in the... Read more »

DONAL CAULFIELD’S TAX BILL

March 7, 2019

GOLDHAWK spotted an old pal on the Revenue’s latest list of defaulters. Boom-era builder Donal Caulfield made a settlement with the taxman for... Read more »

HOT AIR BRIGADE

March 7, 2019

Roz Purcell has become what is known as a ‘multi-hyphen’ force to be reckoned with. Rachel Farrell, Sunday Independent Shorts are comfortable, they... Read more »

DREW HARRIS’S ‘LEGACY’

March 7, 2019

On 27 February, the permanent secretary at the north’s Department of Justice allocated £55m for expediting so-called “legacy inquests”. He was able to... Read more »

TROT SEATS AT RISK

March 7, 2019

THE Sunday Business Post’s story last weekend about the Socialist Party’s international and internecine factionalism is surprising, but nevertheless indicates a malaise in... Read more »

WHO FEARS TO SPEAK OF UNITED IRELAND?

March 7, 2019

FIANNA FÁIL senator Mark Daly stuck it to the government in a Sunday Independent interview last weekend over its lamentable failure to prepare... Read more »

EXPELLING VICTOR ORBÁN

March 7, 2019

FINE GAEL’S four MEPs are keeping their heads down as a serious split breaks out over the proposed expulsion from the European People’s... Read more »

DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS

March 7, 2019

TRIUMPHANT BOASTS and victory cries over the competition always accompany the Irish Independent’s reporting of the circulation figures and the latest ABC results... Read more »

FINTAN’S FOE

March 7, 2019

IRISH TIMES opinion enforcer Fintan O’Toole, expressed his distaste last year that New York Times columnist Ross Douthat should welcome the notion of... Read more »

‘MAIL’ MANAGEMENT MASSACRE HACKS

March 7, 2019

THE PRE-CHRISTMAS hack-cleansing at the Irish Daily Mail (see The Phoenix, 30/11/18) has been followed by another onslaught against staff at the newspaper... Read more »

MANNERLY VARADKAR

March 7, 2019
We may be in for another torrid year – meteorologically and politically. The UK’s all-time record for the warmest winter’s day was broken several... Read more »

GARRETT SIMONS’S RULING

March 7, 2019

Where the government is pally with big oil, the courts continue to be friends of the planet. The beleaguered Shannon LNG project was... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

March 7, 2019

Complaint to POLICE ABOUT ‘DRUG’ DEALER A DISGRUNTLED would-be drug user has left police incredulous after calling to complain that she paid £200... Read more »

LOSSES AT LISS ARD

March 7, 2019

HAVING FIRST gone on the market over two-and-a-half years ago, it is probably not surprising that the asking price for the sprawling Liss... Read more »

MYERSCOUGH’S WORKOUT

March 7, 2019

WITH THE campaign against the imposition of the top rate of VAT on health food supplements, it is not surprising that Jamie Myerscough... Read more »

McKILLEN’S ART WORK

March 7, 2019

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Paddy McKillen knows a bit about art and likes to spend some of his loose change acquiring works. He also has a... Read more »

BLACKMORE’S CHELTENHAM CHALLENGE

March 7, 2019

OVER THE past couple of national hunt seasons, the big sporting story has been provided by the rivalry between Willie Mullins and Gordon... Read more »

BISI BLOCKED

March 7, 2019

SPARE A thought for playwright Bisi Adigun. The Supreme Court has found that the long-running litigation against his former legal eagles failed to... Read more »

CONOR BARRY’S ‘HOLE IN THE GROUND’

March 7, 2019

IRISH HORROR films and psychological thrillers have not fared well at the box office. Recent excursions The Lodgers and The Cellar Door hardly... Read more »

JESSICA HARRINGTON’S FIRST CHOICE

March 7, 2019

AFTER SUCH a successful beginning to their association, it was a surprise when Jessica Harrington announced recently that she had appointed Shane Foley... Read more »

HUMBLE PIE FOR HAYES

March 7, 2019

FORMER BETTING industry executive Noel Hayes had to endure an awkward moment recently when offering his punditry insight as a guest in the... Read more »

TOM TAAFFE’S TRIBULATIONS

March 7, 2019

TOM TAAFFE’S form-filling skills – or lack thereof – have been put under the spotlight recently. The trainer brought one of his horses,... Read more »

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