February 12 - February 25, 2021 Archives

AFFAIRS OF THE NATION

MARTIN’S MEA CULPA

February 11, 2021

THE MOST extraordinary dual admission by Taoiseach Micheál Martin last Sunday appears to have been completely overlooked by the political correspondents and even... Read more »

BERTIE’S LONG GAME

February 11, 2021

THE MEDIA focus, as well as that of Micheál Martin, was fixed on the number of rebel TDs that attended one or more Zoom... Read more »

PROFILE: DERMOT FARRELL

February 11, 2021

THE NEW Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell, presents as an archaic culchie compared with his predecessor, the urbane liberal, Diarmuid Martin. This characterisation would be... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: HAZEL CHU

February 11, 2021
WITH THE Green Party falling back in the opinion polls from the high points of the 2019 and 2020 local and general elections –... Read more »

FRAZIER V ALI

February 11, 2021

SECRETARY GENERAL of the Taoiseach’s department, heavy-hitting Martin Fraser, may be the Joe Frazier of government mandarins but chief medical officer Tony Holohan... Read more »

DAVY’S TOUGHEST TEAM – RTÉ ONE

February 11, 2021

IN ADDITION to being one of the most high-profile sports managers in the country, the past seven years have seen Davy Fitzgerald develop... Read more »

ULICK McEVADDY’S RED FLAG

February 11, 2021

INTERESTING To see one Ulick McEvaddy pop up as a director of China International Aviation Leasing Services Ltd (CIALS), the company at the... Read more »

NICK ASHMORE’S SUCCESSOR

February 11, 2021

THE SEARCH is on to find a new chief executive at the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), the little known agency that... Read more »

JUDY WOODWORTH’S APOLLO MISSION

February 11, 2021

THE LEGAL action lodged last year by Wicklow farmer David Egar against the Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF) is winding its way slowly through... Read more »

DENIS EGAN’S HEADACHE

February 11, 2021

THERE HAS been a full agenda for the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) in recent times. In addition to dealing with a high-profile... Read more »

Vol. 39 No. 03

February 11, 2021

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CARI’S JUDGMENT

February 11, 2021

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to see Fingal County Council registering a judgment for a paltry €6,100 against Cari’s Closet Ltd, which has been the... Read more »

TENI’S PRESCRIPTION

February 11, 2021

THE IRISH College of General Practitioners (ICGP) found itself under the spotlight last week after having to withdraw its online guide for doctors... Read more »

BREXIT INTEL

February 11, 2021

THE SURPRISE last-minute switch in the appointment of a new national intelligence adviser in the UK has bigger implications than the fact that... Read more »

FARMERS’ FUMING

February 11, 2021

WHILE most lobbyists at least pay lip service to caring about climate action, the Irish Farmers Association has no such compunctions. At its... Read more »

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

February 11, 2021
A DECADE-LONG legal offensive by barrister Eugenie Houston against members of the Bar Council, the Professional Practices Committee (PPC), the Professional Conduct Tribunal (the tribunal)... Read more »

MELLON LOLLY

February 11, 2021

NO DOUBT, like other charities, the fundraising activities of the Mellon Township Trust operation, set up by Niall Mellon many moons ago, have... Read more »

DISSIDENTS TRICKED?

February 11, 2021

THE RECENT, highly professional execution in Belfast of Daniel McClean, a former member of the so-called Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH) dissident group, is... Read more »

SPY COPS

February 11, 2021

The so called Spy Cops bill currently being debated in Britain’s parliament gives agents being handled by UK covert forces the right to... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 11, 2021

Take note, Stephen Donnelly: the ‘thumbs-up’ emoji is the most passive-aggressive of all. Tanya Sweeney, Irish Times When O’Connell swept into his Irish... Read more »

DUP PANICS

February 11, 2021

CRISES IN the north never come one at a time. Just as it seemed that the crisis at the ports of Larne and... Read more »

MARTIN’S CRITICS

February 11, 2021

WILY WILLIE O’Dea used his Sunday Independent platform recently to have a go – ostensibly at the Green Party – for obstructing the... Read more »

EUGENE MCCARTAN’S COMRADES

February 11, 2021

DISSENT IN the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) has seen factions from Belfast and Cork focus their dissent on the perennial figure of... Read more »

FIANNA FÁIL’S CUNNING PLAN

February 11, 2021

WITH 13 Fianna Fáil Seanad hopefuls vying for the nomination to replace Sinn Féin’s Elisha McCallion on the Industrial and Commercial Panel (Fine... Read more »

RTÉ’S DAMNING STATISTICS

February 11, 2021
AS GOLDHAWK predicted, much revisionist accountancy speak has been heard from RTÉ management as it demands the latest round of cuts from its benighted... Read more »

MARK PAUL’S POLEMIC

February 11, 2021

A PLEA for a raft of state subsidies to prevent newspapers being wiped out by ‘big tech’ was made to the Future of... Read more »

LOYAL SUNDAY TIMES

February 11, 2021

THE AAWRISH edition of the Sunday Times editorialised with sweet reason last weekend about how the north was working its way through the... Read more »

CLIMATE COUNCIL CHANGES

February 11, 2021

SWEEPING CHANGES at the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) bode well for future climate action, especially with far fewer economists being involved. In... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

February 11, 2021

“Ride Their Mothers” A man who was intoxicated and abused gardaí in a Boylesports betting shop in Naas was handed a three-month custody... Read more »

CONN CLISSMANN’S CHARGES

February 11, 2021

A LEGAL challenge brought by some local residents in south Co Dublin has put a spanner in the works for the developers behind... Read more »

JUDY WOODWORTH’S NEW FACES

February 11, 2021

THERE WAS some relief in Russborough last week when the High Court ruled in favour of the Judy Woodworth-chaired Alfred Beit Foundation (ABF),... Read more »

WHAT NEXT FOR JUDDMONTE?

February 11, 2021

THE DEATH of Prince Khalid Abdullah Abdulrahman last month at the age of 83 will have been noted by racing fans who had... Read more »

DIFFERENT ELEMENTS

February 11, 2021

WHEN PRODUCER Ed Guiney of Element Pictures appeared by Zoom on RTÉ News last week to gush about the Golden Globe nominations for... Read more »

COMMISSION CALL

February 11, 2021

A LITTLE late in the day culture minister Catherine Martin has got around to seeking to fill the half dozen vacancies in the... Read more »

NAKED: TEN TRUTHS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE – CAROLINE FORAN

February 11, 2021

THE LUCRATIVE literary genre of personal development continues to flourish – particularly during the current lockdowns, as stressed-out readers search for answers about... Read more »

ABDULAZIZ UNSADDLED IN DUBAI

February 11, 2021

THE BELEAGUERED Phoenix Thoroughbreds were dealt another blow recently when the racing authorities in Dubai began refusing entries for Phoenix-owned horses. This effectively... Read more »

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