October 21 - November 3, 2022 Archives

AFFAIRS OF THE NATION

MARY LOU CHILLS OUT MARTIN

October 19, 2022

MICHEÁL MARTIN, Shane Ross and other journalists have accused Sinn Féin, and Mary Lou McDonald in particular, of having a “chilling… spooked” effect... Read more »

PROFILE: CHRISTOPHER HEATON-HARRIS

October 19, 2022

LIZ TRUSS appointed Christopher Heaton-Harris, an arch eurosceptic, as her secretary of state for Northern Ireland, after others turned down the post. His... Read more »

The Ditch Eoghan McNeill and Roman Shortall

YOUNG BLOODS: EOGHAN MCNEILL & ROMAN SHORTALL

October 19, 2022

“All killer, no filler” is how The Ditch’s editorial team of Roman Shortall and Eoghan McNeill describe their modus operandi of publishing stories... Read more »

‘IRISH TIMES’ EDITORIAL WINS OUT

October 19, 2022

FOR MANY years the commercial side of the house in Tara Street tended to win out over the lofty editorial staff with their... Read more »

FRANCES RUANE’S NEW DRAMA

October 19, 2022

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see a tender notice has been published by the Abbey Theatre, seeking applications from consultants to carry out what... Read more »

ENOCH BURKE PROTESTERS

October 19, 2022

ENOCH BURKE is now well into his second month in prison after he breached an injunction instructing him to stay away from Wilson’s... Read more »

OUT OF AFRICA

October 19, 2022

IRISH WOMAN Lynn Sheehan has just been appointed head of operations of the EU’s advisory mission in Ukraine. This follows her service as... Read more »

Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

AOIFE GALLAGHER’S INSTITUTE

October 19, 2022

CONGRATULATIONS TO journalist-turned-analyst Aoife Gallagher, who has managed to generate a huge amount of publicity for her new book, Web of Lies (The... Read more »

DANIELLE RYAN’S LATEST FOUNDATION

October 19, 2022

GOLDHAWK was interested to come across an outfit called The Form Foundation, which turns out to be the latest arty incarnation for busy... Read more »

RTÉ’S NEW CHAIR

October 19, 2022

THE SHORTLIST of applicants to replace the chair of the RTÉ board, Moya Doherty, is down to three: super successful broadcaster and digital... Read more »

VOL 40 NO 21

October 19, 2022

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BERTIE MOVING BACK CENTRE STAGE?

October 19, 2022

WHY HAS the question of Bertie Ahern re-joining Fianna Fáil suddenly become an issue and why does the former taoiseach appear willing to... Read more »

RANDOX’S RAP ON THE KNUCKLES

October 19, 2022

THE Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has issued its latest findings into alleged breaches of its code, including complaints about the seriously... Read more »

CULTURE CLUB

October 19, 2022

THERE HAS been a flurry of letter writing activity in the Irish Times this month relating to the little-known Irish Banking Culture Board... Read more »

TEVIAN’S TRAVAILS

October 19, 2022

A JUDGMENT has just been registered by PR queen Caroline Kennedy against the fabulously named Tevian Mirrelson, who previously came to the attention... Read more »

LAW SOCIETY ABSTENTIONISTS

October 19, 2022

HOW EMBARRASSING. With elections pending to the Law Society Council, members have been informed there will be no such election as not enough... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

October 19, 2022

I don’t say “Up the ‘RA” because I think it diminishes and collapses complex things into an edgy soundbite. Una Mullally, Irish Times... Read more »

UNIONIST MINORITY VETO?

October 19, 2022
It’s now universally accepted that the British don’t keep treaties and certainly not the parts that don’t suit any incoming government, like the Conservatives... Read more »

FIANNA FÁIL MARCH ON DUBLIN

October 19, 2022

MICHEÁL MARTIN has hit on a devilishly clever plan to boost Fianna Fáil’s alarmingly low support base in Dublin, with its recent ard... Read more »

MARY, MARY AGAIN CONTRARY?

October 19, 2022

MARY HANAFIN may be poised to perform a political Lazarus act and attempt a return in Dún Laoghaire at the next general election,... Read more »

TIMMY DOOLEY’S HEALTH WARNING

October 19, 2022

THAT MOST persecuted section of society, senior HSE managers, were ambushed by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael backbench TDs last June, according to... Read more »

DEIRDRE OF THE SORROWS

October 19, 2022

IS COUNCILLOR Deirdre Conroy some sort of political masochist? As a Fianna Fáil by-election candidate in Dublin Bay South (DBS) last year, Conroy... Read more »

‘SUNDAY TIMES’ CULTURE CULL

October 19, 2022

SOMETHING OF a cultural counter-revolution is happening at the Irish edition of the Sunday Times, where new staff to replace the allegedly over-paid... Read more »

PLUGGING STEPHEN COLLINS

October 19, 2022

HOPEFULLY PUBLIC ennui with Brexit will not diminish sales of the recently published book, Ireland’s Call: Navigating Brexit, by Irish Times columnist and... Read more »

WHO BOMBED NORD STREAM?

October 19, 2022

Last month’s sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea was another godsend for the captains of the US gas industry... Read more »

OSSIAN SMYTH’S DATA ISLAND

October 19, 2022

The CEPA energy security review commissioned by Eamon Ryan stresses the urgent need to reduce Ireland’s energy consumption and politely notes that data... Read more »

BOG CUTTINGS

October 19, 2022

‘SMIRKING’ KARATE KID Speaking at Ennis District Court, Judge Mary Larkin wondered whether a “smirking” defendant who verbally abused gardaí, threatening to “karate... Read more »

BRENDAN’S BLING

October 19, 2022

LAST MONTH Blanchardstown shopping centre got a taste of bling when cosmetics entrepreneur Brendan McDowell shipped in the 2022 Love Island bombshell winner,... Read more »

RACHEL FLYNN’S SWEET DEAL

October 19, 2022

INTERESTING TO see a filing in the Companies Office showing that food investment firm BiaVest pumped €700,000 into former Vogue magazine digital marketing... Read more »

JOHN EGAN’S APOLOGY

October 19, 2022

VETERAN IRISH jockey John Egan has enjoyed something of a renaissance in his riding career over the past few seasons in Britain, where... Read more »

O’CALLAGHAN’S CRYPTO LOSS

October 19, 2022

TRAINING FOR Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing delivers access to some top-class horses but it also brings plenty of headaches when it comes to... Read more »

PHOTO FINISH FOR TITLE

October 19, 2022

JOCKEY COLIN Keane started the flat season back in March as the heavy favourite to land his third champion title in a row... Read more »

MAGNANIMOUS MAGNIER

October 19, 2022

GIVEN THE focus on high inflation figures and the impact on the cost of living, it is unclear to some observers whether the... Read more »

VIRGIN’S ‘VANISHING TRIANGLE’

October 19, 2022

GIVEN THE popularity of the ‘true crime’ genre, including efforts “based on a true story”, it’s perhaps not surprising that the disappearances of... Read more »

CATHERINE MARTIN’S MUSEUM PIECES

October 19, 2022

AFTER 15 months, arts minister Catherine Martin has finally got around to filling the vacancies on the board of the National Museum of... Read more »

HAVEN – EMMA DONOGHUE

October 19, 2022

WHILE SHE has written successfully in many genres over the past 20 years, Emma Donoghue has repeatedly turned to historical fiction. Her latest... Read more »

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