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VOL 41 NO 13
Date: June 29, 2023 -
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HORGAN & HOGAN
Date: June 29, 2023 -
DENNIS HORGAN is a highly regarded aerial photographer who has published assorted well-received books, most recently Ireland’s Guiding Lights, for which he captured aerial images of Irish lighthouses, attracting glowing reviews from the likes of Terry Prone and Joe Duffy. The latter would also be very familiar with Dennis’s missus, one Dee Forbes, currently in… Read more »
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MARTIN BUNGLES SECURITY FORUM
Date: June 29, 2023 -
IF MICHEÁL MARTIN believes that his ambition to secure a Brussels sinecure will be enhanced by his forum on international security then his political judgement is a lot more fallible than some pundits claim. He has managed to screw up what he and his Iveagh… Read more »
FORUM FREE SPEECH
Date: June 29, 2023 -
THE SECURITY forum heard much from its chair, Dame Louise Richardson, about her desire to “ensure freedom of speech” and for “maximum participation” of those at the forum. She was doubtless taking her cue from Tánaiste and aspirant EU commissioner Micheál Martin, who had already trumpeted the “inclusive” nature of the proceedings. Unfortunately, the Irish… Read more »
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INCITEMENT TO HATE CONSEQUENCES
Date: June 29, 2023 -
The recent conviction of James Allchurch — online pseudonym, Sven Longshanks — from Wales has created quite a stir within Irish far-right circles. Allchurch’s online platform, Radio Albion, hosted a variety of podcasts and he was charged under the Public Order Act as authorities felt that many of the podcasts featured material that was racist,… Read more »
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‘INDO’ EXPOSES GREEN TD
Date: June 29, 2023 -
IN A story that should have wiped Ryan Tubridy off the front pages, Irish Independent political editor Philip Ryan has ruthlessly exposed a Green Party politician for doing exactly what he said he would do. Shame-faced Limerick TD Brian Leddin admitted to not flying to a conference in Scotland, having publicly committed to reduce or… Read more »
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UKRAINE-RUSSIA IRISH ARMS LINKS
Date: June 29, 2023 -
SPENDING on military hardware and weapons by governments world-wide reached a new high of just over €2 trillion in 2022. Fuelled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ratcheting up of tensions between China and Taiwan, the expansion of the arms industry last year was the biggest in over three decades. In March 2022, news… Read more »
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THE HOT AIR BRIGADE
Date: June 29, 2023 -
His lack of concern for the conventions governing the President’s role may well have opened a Pandora’s box. The way is now open for a demagogue, of left or right, to campaign for office with the specific pledge to oppose the policies of the government of the day. Stephen Collins, Irish Times, submitted by reader… Read more »
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THE POLLUTION PARADOX
Date: June 29, 2023 -
“What if someone nurtured nature, planted hedgerows to make room for the birds and bees, and quietly helped reduce emissions by stitching clover into grass… working together with the land to produce food in a more sustainable way… what if that someone was already here, and thousands strong?” This purple prose might read like the… Read more »
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12TH CULTURAL RITES
Date: June 29, 2023 -
Liberty Hall in Dublin city centre is 59 metres high. Last year the gigantic bonfire at Craigyhill outside Larne commemorating King Billy’s landing at Carrickfergus in 1690 was 61 metres high. It was made mainly of pallets, over 17,000 of them, some ‘donated’ by local hauliers, others stolen and some bought. This year the builders… Read more »
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GREEN ATTACK ON SF
Date: June 29, 2023 -
The ongoing pearl-clutching about the prospect of a Sinn Féin government has been joined recently by the Green Party – and where better to do it than in the opinion section of the Irish Times. Influential climate campaigner and former Green councillor Sadhbh O’Neill revealed that her nightmares involve Mary Lou McDonald’s SF forming the… Read more »
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‘IRISH TIMES’ SPLIT ON NEUTRALITY?
Date: June 29, 2023 -
AFTER SEVERAL days of semi-hysterical reaction from Irish Times hacks to President Michael D Higgins calling out Micheál Martin’s forum on security for what it is – an attempt to undermine public support for neutrality – cracks began to appear in the paper’s usual militarist… Read more »
ANGLO-US MEDIA
Date: June 29, 2023 -
PREDICTABLE DENUNCIATION of anti-war protesters at Micheál Martin’s security forum came from the Irish edition of the Sunday Times – Whitehall’s favourite Aawrish newspaper. Journalists John Mooney and Claire Scott combined in a piece that described their actions as a combination of “farce… ignorance, misconceptions and misunderstandings”. But the hacks over-reached themselves with some completely… Read more »
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VARIETY JONES’S TASTY DISH
Date: June 29, 2023 -
THE TWO boys behind the highly regarded Variety Jones restaurant in D8 must have been delighted to see half of page 3 in the Business Post last weekend devoted to their business. Readers may have been a little more underwhelmed by the extensive puff piece in the ‘news’ section, however. The main player in Michelin-starred… Read more »
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FINNEGAN’S WAKE
Date: June 29, 2023 -
GOLDHAWK was surprised at the minimal coverage of an interesting ruling by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) appeals body, chaired by barrister (and RTÉ board member) Susan Ahern. The decision, supported by members Laurence McFerran and Finbar Cahill, was to uphold the refusal of Samantha Finnegan’s application for a training licence. At the centre… Read more »
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BITTERSWEET WEEK
Date: June 29, 2023 -
IT COMES as a surprise to many racing fans that multiple champion jockey Colin Keane only rode his first Royal Ascot winner last week, when steering home the Jessica Harrington-trained Villanova Queen in the Kensington Palace Handicap. Despite winning several classics and four champion jockey titles, Keane had been nought from 50 rides before this… Read more »
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SHAREHOLDERS CORNERED AT BALMORAL INTERNATIONAL LAND
Date: June 29, 2023 -
FANS OF Moneybags are well aware of his reservations concerning the whole Balmoral International Land Holdings (BILH) operation, where the directors and executives have been doing remarkably well for themselves, despite the (lack of) performance of Carl McCann’s company. Indeed, the latest remuneration figures simply cannot be justified. Meanwhile, the hapless shareholders were presented with… Read more »
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SMOOTHER ROAD AHEAD FOR GREAT WESTERN MINING
Date: June 29, 2023 -
EMMETT O’CONNELL has been working in the Nevada Rockies for the last 20 years looking for gold, uranium and copper. He floated Great Western Mining on the Dublin market just over a decade ago in 2011 and the operation has been seeking to make the tricky and expensive move from pure exploration to actual production…. Read more »
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‘EXTREMELY CONCERNED’ TV PRODUCERS
Date: June 29, 2023 -
AS FANS of Goldhawk are well aware, the Irish TV and movie sector provides rich pickings for the coterie of movers and shakers with the most clout. It was interesting then that Susan Kirby’s Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) got hot and bothered about the heat around Ryan Tubridy. SPI got in touch with its members… Read more »
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COUNTING ‘THE CURRENCY’
Date: June 29, 2023 -
THIS WEEK, the boys from The Currency have been making the news as well as covering it (see p3) but the good news is that the business is making some decent moolah. The founders and principals in The Currency are its editor, Ian Kehoe (former editor of the Business Post), and chief executive Tom Lyons,… Read more »
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DESMOND’S SURGICAL STRIKE
Date: June 29, 2023 -
A LOW-profile tech company called Intumed Ltd was quietly wound up last month. It turns out to have been heavily backed by Dermot Desmond and although there was no red ink at the end, it does not look to have been one of DD’s better punts. Intumed developed a platform aimed at healthcare professionals, in… Read more »
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IVANA’S FEMINIST RECORD
Date: June 29, 2023 -
THE INTERNAL debate about the report on Labour’s near demise currently being held behind closed doors is really a re-run of the now standard argument between Sandymount liberalism á la Ivana Bacik and traditional Old Labour, trade union politics as claimed by previous leader Alan Kelly. But the interesting feature of the recrimination is that… Read more »
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BRIAN COTTER’S SWAN NECK
Date: June 29, 2023 -
MEDIA-FRIENDLY Brian Cotter – who along with sibling James constitute the self-styled ‘Botox Brothers’ – generated yet more publicity last week when featuring prominently in a couple of different cosmetics stories. No doubt, it will lead to more bookings at the brothers’ SISU clinic, where profits are now being generated, albeit not on the scale… Read more »
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IRISH TIMES MARCHES ON
Date: June 28, 2023 -
TIME WAS when the Sunday Independent was the would-be Irish Tory trumpet in the media on foreign and domestic politics (think Eoghan Harris on Israel etc), compared to the left-liberal-peace-loving Irish Times. But in recent years the IT’s rush to embrace western military values and organisations has seen it change places with the Sindo. While… Read more »
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DUNCAN STEWART’S SPEECH
Date: June 28, 2023 -
Kudos to Dublin City Council and lord mayor Caroline Conroy for the decision to bestow the Freedom of the City to environmentalists for the first time. Architect and environmentalist Duncan Stewart and Greta Thunberg were the recipients. Stewart received a rousing reception at the Mansion House, where he delivered a typically feisty off-the-cuff speech in… Read more »
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RONAN MCNALLY’S GOOD NEWS
Date: June 28, 2023 -
THERE WAS some good news for errant trainer Ronan McNally last week, although he still carries a hell of a handicap. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) had sought to rid racing of his presence by banning Ronan McNally from the sport for a whopping 12 years. He was also ordered to stump up a… Read more »
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CURRENCY EXCHANGE
Date: June 28, 2023 -
AS THE RTÉ saga gathered momentum, The Currency business media website has had its fair share of exposure courtesy of RTÉ. Not surprisingly, things have got a little complicated here. The Currency editor Ian Kehoe also happens to sit on the board of RTÉ and is even on the audit and remuneration committee. Given that… Read more »
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RUSSIAN ROULETTE IN THE DÁIL
Date: June 15, 2023 -
AN INTRIGUING EXCHANGE recently occurred in the Dáil between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and People before Profit TD Paul Murphy, which appeared to demolish much of the pro-Nato propaganda the Government deploys to justify its support for war in Ukraine and the longer-term goal of abandoning… Read more »
PROFILE: PADDY DUNICAN
Date: June 15, 2023 -
THE NAME Paddy Dunican may not ring too many bells outside the horseracing world but events off the turf over the last year have seen him ride into a prominent position, just as the final furlongs beckon in the battle for control of the €325m TV broadcasting rights. Among the silks on view in this… Read more »
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YOUNG BLOOD: LOUISE DUFFY
Date: June 15, 2023 -
WHEN BROADCASTER Louise Duffy took over from Ronan Collins in the midday slot on RTÉ Radio 1, it came as a surprise to many as she had been somewhat off-radar. After eight years at Today FM, Duffy was dropped by the station in the summer… Read more »
SIMON HARRIS’S LEADERSHIP TIMING
Date: June 15, 2023 -
HAS ANYONE noticed that of the two junior ministers now increasingly mentioned as possible Fine Gael leadership rivals to senior minister Simon Harris, both of them – Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Peter Burke – collaborated with Leo Varadkar (and Martin Heydon) in that income tax… Read more »
UNA HEALY’S TRANSFORMATION
Date: June 15, 2023 -
TV PRESENTER, singer and brand ambassador Una Healy appears to have multiple personalities and her energetic PR campaign has seen her rubbish reports of her ‘throuple’ relationship and state her longing for a monogamous man. In recent years Healy has been pulling in much moolah… Read more »
JENNY KEANE’S SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Date: June 15, 2023 -
SPARE A thought for the assorted boring, traditional sexual health therapists operating in Ireland, who must be a little jealous of the remarkable success of “holistic sex educator Jenny Keane”. She is set to pack in the punters at her roadshows in Vicar Street and elsewhere in September at a cool €96 a ticket. The… Read more »
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CATHERINE MARTIN’S €1.85M GRANT
Date: June 15, 2023 -
ARTS MINISTER Catherine Martin was delighted to bask in the positive publicity surrounding the purchase by the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) of Paul Cézanne’s tidy little painting, ‘La Vie des Champs’. It will be interesting to see just how much of the final tab… Read more »
NAEEM MANIAR’S FROZEN FOOD
Date: June 15, 2023 -
THE RATHER discreet change of ownership at the Iceland stores has resulted in raised temperatures in the frozen food chain, where the new owner, one Naeem Maniar, has adopted a pretty confrontational approach. Indeed, it hasn’t taken him long to call in the dreaded legal… Read more »
AIB SHAREHOLDERS SET FOR PROFIT BONANZA
Date: June 15, 2023 -
AIB SUPREMO Colin Hunt has had a challenging time since his appointment as CEO in March 2019, trying to keep pace with Bank of Ireland (BoI) during Francesca McDonagh’s reign. Now, however, the shoe is on the other foot and, as a result of rising… Read more »
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