Affairs of the Nation

Simon Harris

Affairs of the Nation

FINE GAEL: WHAT NEXT?

THE TRENDS are impossible to dismiss – Fianna Fáil is in the ascendant over Fine Gael and even a battered Sinn Féin looks to have had a better general election... 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

Affairs of the Nation

CHUPI SWEETMAN’S BOUNCE

GOLDHAWK was surprised to see that media-friendly jeweller Chupi Sweetman has been having a tough time, with the spoilsports in the dreary Irish Times taking the shine off her recent... 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

Affairs of the Nation

EDITING SALLY HAYDEN

HIGHLY REGARDED journalist Sally Hayden was notably underwhelmed by the hapless editing process in the Irish Times, where many of her impressive news stories, concerning events in the Middle East... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Samantha Libreri

Affairs of the Nation

HARRIS, KANTURK AND RTÉ STORY

SIMON HARRIS is correct to say that contact was made with RTÉ following the Kanturk incident but it is not true that this was done merely to offer RTÉ a... 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

Affairs of the Nation

BERTIE’S LUCKY BREAK

ONE WOULD expect Bertie Ahern to be pleased at the rosy prospects for Fianna Fáil as the general election reaches a climax, but there is a story behind the story... Read more »
MULLOOLY

Affairs of the Nation

MEP MULLOOLY’S MOOING

WHILE GOVERNMENT politicians and many others may regard as “sinister” Sinn Féin’s intention to order a “peer review” of RTÉ’s international coverage, support for the move came from the other... Read more »
Keith Walsh

Affairs of the Nation

KEITH WALSH’S MONOPOLY

IT IS interesting to see that one-time RTÉ star Keith Walsh is one half of Moth News, a brand new video and social media platform that aims to give the... 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

Affairs of the Nation

SEAN O’KEEFFE’S BOOKEND

THE LIMITED company that registered the business name for Sean O’Keeffe’s controversial Liberties Press publishing house is to be wound up next week. In the past, this company was behind... Read more »
Judge Michael Twomey

Affairs of the Nation

TARGETING JOHN MAGNIER

GOLDHAWK WONDERS if John Magnier spat out his tea when perusing the Indo earlier this week. The Squire of Coolmore might have wondered just who Micheál Martin was referring to... Read more »
Conor McGregor

Affairs of the Nation

CONOR MCGREGOR’S NEW-RIGHT SUPPORT

Over the last year much was made of Conor McGregor’s posts on X about his plan to run for the presidency. With Elon Musk backing him online, it was no... 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

Affairs of the Nation

DUB-MON BOMBS: STRANGE DELAYS

There are three ongoing enquiries into the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan (D-M) massacre. First, there’s an allegedly ‘open’ Garda investigation, which began in 1974 but never made a single arrest. Second is... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Micheál Martin

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: MICHEÁL MARTIN

YOU HAVE to hand it to Micheál Martin – or to chance – he has presided over the continued, resilient existence of Fianna Fáil... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Barry Heneghan

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOODS: BARRY HENEGHAN

WITH OPINION polls showing that 20% of voters will back Independent candidates, keen observers are asking whether the new boy on the block, councillor... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Archbishop of Canterbury

Fit to Print?

CANTERBURY TALES

THE IRISH TIMES published a perfunctory article on the recent resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. This followed a report blaming the archbishop for failing to ensure a... Read more »
Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

Fit to Print?

IN PRAISE OF JEREMY CLARKSON

IS THERE a common thread between reactionary bumpkin Jeremy Clarkson’s campaign against inheritance tax and that of Alan Shatter’s general election campaign based on the same issue? Other than the... Read more »
Deirdre Veldon

Fit to Print?

TROUBLE AT T’MILL

EVER SINCE The Irish Times Ltd managing director Deirdre Veldon wandered through the newsroom of the galley slaves who toil in the company’s titles, the Irish Examiner and Echo, recently... Read more »

Last Refuge

Michael Collins

Last Refuge

NEW GOVERNMENT TO MOVE SHARP RIGHT?

AFTER THE votes are counted this weekend, the action will move to government formation and there is a real possibility that a much spikier third force than the Green Party... Read more »
Kate O'Connell

Last Refuge

KATE O’CONNELL’S SOLO RUN

THE POLAR opposite of the Dublin Central constituency – Gerry Hutch, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, new-right councillor Malachy Steenson etc – is surely balmy Dublin Bay South (DBS)... Read more »
Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

RED FLAGS FOR FF

THE RISE of Fianna Fáil in the polls would seem to be inexorable and FF leader Micheál Martin and party activists are convinced they will be clearly ahead of Fine... Read more »
Gerry Hutch

Last Refuge

HUTCH TO TAKE OUT STEENSON?

THE SPECTRE of master criminal Hutch or right-wing, anti-immigrant councillor Malachy Steenson – or both – entering Leinster House after the general election has unnerved many in and outside the... Read more »

Hush Hush

Keith Woods

Hush Hush

BLOOD AND HONOUR

With the National Party (NP) running nine candidates in the general election, most party activists have been busy campaigning in constituencies across Ireland. However, prominent NP member Keith Woods (pseudonym... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘USELESS SHOWER’ A 51-year-old man who gave the wrong name and address after verbally abusing gardaí appeared before Dundalk District Court. Martin McShane, of Back Road, Mullaghbawn, Newry, became abusive... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Martin Kenny

Fowl Emissions

HOW PARTIES RATE ON CLIMATE

It’s a political truism that the electorate is far more concerned about the end of the month than the end of the world, and so it has proved yet again... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Terry Prone

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

The floating voter is a fascinating human being, not least because they never sink. You can hit them with corruption, scandal, inflation, housing, and health crises and they keep floating,... Read more »

High Society

High Society

John Magnier

High Society

JOHN MAGNIER’S AWARDS BASH

RACECOURSE COMMENTATOR Richard Pugh filled the role of MC at this month’s annual back-slapping awards ceremony for the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners (AIRO),... Read more »

High Society

Bono

High Society

BONO’S EXTENSION

A NEW planning application has just been greenlighted by Kildare County Council to ensure that the whiskey distillery planned by Bono and Paddy McKillen... Read more »

High Society

Olivia Gaynor Long and Brian Long

High Society

KENAH HILL’S LONG STORY

KENAH HILL, one of the most expensive properties in Dublin, is on the market with a hefty €10.75m price tag and curious readers of the Irish Times were informed that... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Tailored Films Screen Ireland Perspectives DCCI Crescine Tarka Russell Lara Hickey Reality Check Sarah McInerney Irish Movies Paul Murray Arts Council Dublin Theatre Festival TWU Macdara Kelleher Richard Boyd Barrett DADC Cillian Murphy Terry McMahon Media Commission Ireland Kerlin Gallery Creative Ireland Section 481 Christine O’Donovan RTÉ Storyland NMI Board Vacancies IASCA Ossie Kilkenny RTÉ Original Programmes

Behind the Scenes

EDITING MOLI

NINE MONTHS after it emerged that the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) on St Stephen’s Green was in financial disarray, the required cuts have been implemented. It turns out that... Read more »
Cillian Murphy

Behind the Scenes

CILLIAN MURPHY’S MOOLAH

SUPERSTAR Cillian Murphy continues to take on new roles and his latest is as the saviour of the Phoenix cinema in Dingle, which has been closed since 2021. The actor... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Michael Halford and Tracey Collins

Sport of Kings

HEAVY GOING AT CONYNGHAM

IT LOOKS like the Conyngham Lodge partnership between Curragh trainers Tracey Collins and Michael Halford has encountered some heavy going. In February last year, the pair were issued with what... Read more »
Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

Sport of Kings

WHIP SMARTING

THE REINSTATEMENT of the Cathy O’Leary-trained winner of the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch at Newmarket, Alphonse Le Grande, was described by runner-up trainer Simon Crisford as “another deeply embarrassing episode for... Read more »
Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

Sport of Kings

HAYES PAYDAY

FLAT JOCKEY Chris Hayes and his wife, Rachel, enjoyed a bumper payday at Goffs when their homebred Mehmas filly sold for €150,000. Hayes had bought her dam, Shahaada – a... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Donal Murphy

Moneybags

DCC’S NOT-SO-GREEN ENERGY U-TURN

FOR OVER two decades Moneybags has been recommending that DCC rationalise the group and instead focus on the more important energy division. Now this strategy... Read more »

Moneybags

Carl McCann

Moneybags

BALMORAL SHAREHOLDERS SUFFER AS EXECS RAKE IT IN

THE PRIMARY fiduciary duty of directors is to serve the interests of all the company’s shareholders. In the case of Balmoral International Land Holdings... Read more »

Briefcases

Eamonn Rothwell

Brief Cases

EAMONN ROTHWELL’S RENT

ONE OF the longest-serving bosses on the Irish stock market listed companies is Eamonn Rothwell, who has made a fortune out of his time at Irish Continental Group (ICG), owner... Read more »
John Farrell

Brief Cases

JOHN FARRELL’S RECIPE

FANS OF the type of restaurants associated with hip restaurateur John Farrell will be delighted that a new operation – Suertudo – has opened its doors in place of the... Read more »
John Collison

Brief Cases

JOHN COLLISON’S NEIGHBOURS

STRIPE BILLIONAIRE John Collison’s spending on his Laois estate continued apace last year, as losses of €3.6m were racked up on his Abbeyleix House and Farm Ltd, bringing the accumulated... Read more »
Declan Ganley

Brief Cases

DECLAN GANLEY’S ENEMIES

GOOD TO see Declan Ganley echoing the honourable legacy of the Skibbereen Eagle, this time keeping an eye on the chairman of the communist party of China. Last week, Decco... Read more »