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PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY TARGETS MARTIN
Date: March 12, 2026 -
THE PRO-ISRAELI master plan to depict Irish support for Palestinians as some national antisemitic rage was boosted by the ever-helpful Irish Times this week, which published yet another article by Oliver Sears pushing this line. The particular method being pursued – by the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland (JRCI) – is a demand for Ireland… Read more »
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PROFILE: GARY GANNON
Date: March 12, 2026 -
THE SOCIAL Democrats’ conference last month may have been a youthful affair by comparison with the average Oireachtas party conference but it still had a graveyard shift. Gary Gannon led a purgatorial 9.15am Saturday discussion with two political scientists on “trends in Irish politics”, when he must have been wondering what he had done to… Read more »
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YOUNG BLOOD: LORCÁN PRICE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
THE APPEARANCE of barrister Lorcán Price at the US House of Representatives judiciary committee in September 2025 and last month attest to his increasing prominence in culture wars on both sides of the Atlantic. While in Washington DC, Price focused on the impact of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na… Read more »
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BAKHURST V UNIONS AND OPPOSITION
Date: March 12, 2026 -
A LEFT alliance of sorts was created by RTÉ unions and the media spokespersons of Dáil opposition parties at a recent meeting in Buswells Hotel near Leinster House. The meeting was called by Siptu, whose members at RTÉ had rejected management’s “new direction strategy” – by a majority of 89% – because they regard it… Read more »
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BRIAN O’DRISCOLL’S HECKLES
Date: March 12, 2026 -
BRIAN O’DRISCOLL surely found a more hospitable crowd at last month’s Ireland Funds annual ‘rugby lunch’ than he had in October, when he was heckled while on stage during a cyber security event surrounded by Israeli cyber spooks. The Ireland Funds event was celebrating “the careers of outstanding rugby players, recognising their achievements both on… Read more »
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JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S LOBBYING
Date: March 12, 2026 -
LAST MONTH the Irish Independent provided an exceedingly comprehensive answer to a question that nobody was asking: What are the former TDs of the last Dáil “doing after a life in politics”? The piece spoke to Francis Noel Duffy about his plan to paint portraits of every lighthouse in Ireland, and reported on Catherine Martin’s… Read more »
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O’DONOVAN DEFERS (UN)FRIENDLY GAME
Date: March 12, 2026 -
PHOENIX READERS and ministerial colleagues in both Government parties will be aware that Patrick O’Donovan, Fine Gael’s culture, communications and sport minister, does not suffer rivals gladly, be they real or imaginary. Since last year there has been much flagging in advance by Government politicians of the bountiful sports capital programme and other sources of… Read more »
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JAY BRADLEY’S FABERGÉ EGG
Date: March 12, 2026 -
THERE WAS hardly a news outlet in Ireland or Britain last month that could resist the tale of the stolen Fabergé egg, nicked by a handbag snatcher in the Dog and Duck Pub in London’s Soho neighbourhood. The thief, Enzo Conticello (aka Hakin Boudjenoune), pled guilty and the judge drolly noted: “I expect it was… Read more »
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PHILIP DWYER’S CO-STARS
Date: March 12, 2026 -
A recent video posted by Philip Dwyer on his X and Telegram accounts highlights a series of legal cases faced by some of Ireland’s most prominent right-wing activists such as Derek Blighe, Ross Lahive, Ferg Power, Kirk Loco and Dwyer himself. In February ‘citizen journalist’ Dwyer appeared in Bray District Court to face a charge… Read more »
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GENERAL CLANCY’S NATO STANCE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
It was inevitable that once the US and Israel launched their war on Iran that calls for increased militarisation of the EU would intensify. Over recent months the momentum for the formation of an EU army has been building and European Union Military Committee (EUMC) chair General Seán Clancy has had to deal with the issue…. Read more »
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VOL 44 NO 05
Date: March 12, 2026 -
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AILING A5
Date: March 12, 2026 -
The proportion of the €600m subvention announced by esrtwhile transport minister Eamon Ryan for the ailing A5 road project that will end up in the hands of lawyers is set to increase as the north’s infrastructure minister, Sinn Féin’s Liz Kimmins, continues her appeal of the High Court decision quashing the project on climate and… Read more »
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APCO’S IRISH LINK
Date: March 12, 2026 -
MORGAN McSWEENEY’S part in Epstein buddie Peter Mandelson’s appointment to the top Brit posting to Washington has overshadowed a separate No 10 scandal involving a dodgy dossier into London journalists by American PR firm APCO Worldwide. It turns out that APCO also has senior representation in Ireland. The fallout led to the ousting two weeks… Read more »
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STATE’S ATROCIOUS CLIMATE REVIEW
Date: March 12, 2026 -
With just months to go before Ireland takes over the presidency of the European Union, the Government has received a sharp rap on the knuckles from the United Nations for its lacklustre performance on environmental issues. Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN special rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, spent 11… Read more »
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BBC’S ROLE IN DIRTY TRICKS
Date: March 12, 2026 -
The mainstream media was astonished to learn that MI5 had an office inside the BBC that monitored journalists. This “discovery” emerged from a legal action brought by Vincent Kearney against MI5 and the PSNI before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London. The IPT specialises in cases involving intelligence agencies. Goldhawk was hardly surprised, having… Read more »
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WEB OF DISTRACTION
Date: March 12, 2026 -
In the last edition of The Phoenix (27/2/26), we highlighted how author and researcher Whitney Webb became the target of a dirty tricks operation designed to distract from her work, which delves into the Jeffrey Epstein case. Webb’s research suggests that Epstein maintained connections to Western intelligence agencies and employed blackmail, facilitated through honeytrap operations,… Read more »
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SCAPPATICCI’S PAY DAY
Date: March 12, 2026 -
Freddie Scappaticci, a member of the IRA, became an agent for British Army intelligence in 1978. He eventually became second in command of the feared Internal Security Unit, known as the “nutting squad”. In 1982, he became an agent of the British Army’s newly formed Force Research Unit. Scappaticci, who died in 2023, consistently claimed… Read more »
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THE HOT AIR BRIGADE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
You have mocked God. Enoch Burke to judge Brian Cregan after the imprisonment of his mother and sister for contempt of court, as quoted in the Irish Times [The nomination of Phil Hogan] reflects Ireland’s continued commitment to strong multilateralism and effective international institutions. Memo on Phil Hogan’s nomination for the role of director-general of… Read more »
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GIBBONS WARNS THE EARTH
Date: March 12, 2026 -
In March last year, EU preparedness and crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib warned all Europeans to ensure they have adequate supplies of critical necessities – fresh water, food, medicines etc – to last at least 72 hours. This was in response to growing geopolitical tensions, with Europe facing heightened threats from Russia and, increasingly, the… Read more »
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BORD BIA SOURS ON IFA
Date: March 12, 2026 -
During the 28-day sit-in by Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) members at Bord Bia HQ demanding the removal of its chair, Larry Murrin, the IFA managed to disrupt the work of the state food marketing agency and alienate Fine Gael, its erstwhile staunchest political allies. Repeated IFA attacks on FG agriculture minister Martin Heydon, including pickets… Read more »
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DUP USES IRAN WAR TO BERATE O’NEILL
Date: March 12, 2026 -
The DUP contrived to create a spat at Stormont just after the US-Israeli war on Iran began. DUP leader Gavin Robinson deplored the fact that Stormont’s first minister, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill, had declined to attend a “confidential Cabinet Office security briefing” on Britain’s position. According to the deputy first minister, the DUP’s Emma Little-Pengelly,… Read more »
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CRUELLA MACNEILL SCOOPS THE FG POT
Date: March 12, 2026 -
BAD NEWS for Fine Gael but impressive results for aspirant party leader Jennifer Carroll ‘Cruella’ MacNeill are contained in the breakdown of figures in Superdraw 2025, the Blueshirts’ main fundraising event of the year. Each ticket costs €100 but, despite “up to €150,000 worth of prizes” to be won, the total raised by all constituencies… Read more »
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WILL CRAUGHWELL MOVE ON TEHRAN?
Date: March 12, 2026 -
WHILE WESTERN leaders, including Donald Trump, wring their hands about the absence of an alternative to the clerical regime in Iran, waiting in the wings is field marshall and senator Gerard Craughwell, leader of the Irish group of TDs and senators that has been tick-tacking with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) for… Read more »
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COUNCILS ‘NO’ TO TRIPLE LOCK POLICY
Date: March 12, 2026 -
THERE IS more trouble for Micheál Martin’s plan to do away with the triple lock as Dublin City Council (DCC), by a substantial majority, joins the growing list of councils that, at local level, have voted to retain the lock. The triple lock requires a UN Security Council mandate before more than 12 Irish troops… Read more »
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UNITED IRELAND INEVITABLE?
Date: March 12, 2026 -
THE SURRENDER of legendary unionist politician John Taylor (aka Lord Kilclooney) to the forces of republican darkness has unnerved some of his colleagues and it was left to unionist commentator Sam McBride to administer verbal smelling salts to his compatriots. Taylor told the Irish News that unionists had made many mistakes and that repetition of… Read more »
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KEARNEY’S ‘SINDO’ WAR RESPONSE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
IMMEDIATE MEDIA reaction to the US-Israeli attack on Iran was predictably biased, supportive even, with little opprobrium at the unbridled violence of the high-tech weaponry unleashed. But there were some surprising responses. The Sunday Independent’s new editorial regime under Liz Kearney does not appear to be at all horrified at the violence and its editorial… Read more »
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PAUL BYRNE’S LATEST PUNT
Date: March 12, 2026 -
RACEHORSE OWNER Paul Byrne’s Fitzwilliam Sports, a ‘boutique’ betting service previously only available to VIP clients, is now open to the masses following the introduction of its Fitzbet online platform. The launch coincided with the organisation’s purchase of the famous Sean Graham rails at Cheltenham for a whopping £325,000. Following the company’s acquisition of the… Read more »
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ANDERSON’S D4 PILE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
CINEMA MOGUL Paul Anderson is in the midst of winding up an entity called Panoramic Cinemas (Ireland) Limited where, Goldhawk has noticed, there is a nice little surplus of €2.8m. But there’s precious little news of a potentially tastier windfall from the sale of his pile on Shrewsbury Road, which was put on the market… Read more »
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ED GUINEY’S FULL PLATE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
SPARE A thought for intrepid Element Pictures producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe. With the Oscars on March 15, they are up for their fourth Best Picture nomination, for Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia, not having prevailed over the competition on their three previous outings. Emma Stone, meanwhile, with both a best acting and best picture producing… Read more »
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WINDMILL LANE’S CREDITORS
Date: March 12, 2026 -
AT THE start of last year, Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd (WLP) – the audiovisual post-production business established under James Morris’s leadership – collapsed into liquidation, sending shockwaves through the sector. Now filings from joint liquidators Nicholas O’Dwyer and Paul Walsh of Grant Thornton reveal some interesting figures. The financial situation clearly deteriorated rapidly as the… Read more »
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CONNELL’S HUMBLE PIE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
BARRY CONNELL, the ever-bullish stockbroker-turned-racehorse trainer, has been enjoying a diet of humble pie recently. Having seen his stable star, Marine Nationale, narrowly beaten (after a horrendous mistake) by Solness at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting, the nag disappointed again at the Dublin Racing Festival. This time he was beaten out of sight by JP McManus’s rejuvenated… Read more »
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KHAN WHIPPED
Date: March 12, 2026 -
JIM BOLGER’S 55-year-old apprentice, Ikbal Khan, found himself in more trouble with Dundalk’s Bowler Hat Brigade following the recent running of the Bar 1 Betting ‘Download Our App’ Handicap. Khan was summoned before them following the fourth-place finish of his mount, Lahore Da King, for overuse of the whip. Khan tasted success twice aboard the… Read more »
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LUKE COMER’S TROUBLE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
BILLIONAIRE LUKE Comer has once again found himself in trouble with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). On this occasion the former trainer, who had his training licence suspended by the authorities for doping offences, is being pursued for unpaid fines and costs. These relate to the banned substance disciplinary case in which Comer has… Read more »
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UNIPHAR’S GLOBAL MOVES COULD PROVE LUCRATIVE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
Uniphar was the best-performing Irish stock on the Dublin Market last year, with its shares doubling from €2 on January 2, 2025, to €4 by year end. This has attracted a lot more market attention than it deserves. Certainly, it is a lot higher than the €1.15 the company was floated off at back in… Read more »
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I-RES IN LINE FOR BOOST FROM RENT REGIME CHANGE
Date: March 12, 2026 -
IT IS often difficult to know what is going on in I-Res, the Irish residential properties Reit, but CEO Eddie Byrne, who has been in the position for nearly two years, is in prime position to see his company’s profits soar in the coming years thanks to changes to Ireland’s rent regulations. Founded back in… Read more »
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PADDY BYRNE’S LIQUIDATOR
Date: March 12, 2026 -
COLOURFUL HOUSE builder Paddy Byrne is still up to his neck in controversy. He’s fighting with Kildare County Council over his approach to restoring a terrace of railway cottages and with South Dublin County Council over attempts to develop modular homes on a site that has never received full planning permission. But the fall-out from… Read more »
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