Affairs of the Nation

Liam Cunningham

Affairs of the Nation

ANGER MOUNTS OVER GAA LINKS TO ISRAEL

IF THE ceasefire in Gaza is a mockery then so, too, is the temporary halt to hostilities inside the GAA over its sponsorship by Allianz, a company listed in a... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

QUB AXES MITCHELL

The latest spectre haunting Europe, that of the late Jeffrey Epstein, has so far only seen one head roll in Ireland. The bronze bust of former US senator George Mitchell... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

DAMNED ENGLISHMAN

Taoiseach Micheál Martin delivered 3,700 words last week to Cambridge University’s great and good. The assembled academics endured them since Martin simultaneously bestowed a whopping €4.5m on the university’s new... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Affairs of the Nation

CARROLL MACNEILL’S ‘BROKEN PROMISES’

THE SITUATION in which health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill finds herself ensnared is beyond irony, given that she was recently accused of weaponising the same situation to damage her political... Read more »
Virginia Giuffre

Affairs of the Nation

MANY EPSTEIN SPOILERS

Lisa Phillips, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse victims, visited Dublin recently to investigate the case of a 13-year-old girl who was trafficked to Ireland for exploitation by “politicians and notable... Read more »
Gordon Brown

Affairs of the Nation

WHAT DID BROWN KNOW AND WHEN?

Gordon Brown became a close ally of Britain’s intelligence community after assuming the role of prime minister in June 2007, a position he held until May 2010. It is beyond... Read more »
Keir Starmer

Affairs of the Nation

ARSON ATTACKS LINKED TO STARMER

In May 2025 several arson attacks targeted properties and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Three men are scheduled to stand trial next April, charged with conspiracy... Read more »
Keith Woods

Affairs of the Nation

MAC OIREACHTAIGH’S HUNGARIAN ALLIES

The recent visit by National Party (NP) youth wing leader Yan Mac Oireachtaigh to Budapest demonstrates just how extreme the party is. Mac Oireachtaigh visited the Hungarian capital to participate... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Patrick O’Donovan

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: PATRICK O’DONOVAN

THE ARTS, culture, sport, Gaeltacht and media minister, Patrick O’Donovan, is a busy man, as his title indicates. But while his driven political style... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Nadia Adan

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: NADIA ADAN

ASHFORD MOTORS founder Nadia Adan certainly knows how to put the phwoar into roar, routinely turning the sales of her high-end motors into headline-grabbing... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Kevin Bakhurst

Fit to Print?

TROUBLE AT T’MILL, MR BAKHURST

KEVIN BAKHURST and RTÉ executives may be miffed at the ingratitude of the Siptu proles at Montrose, who recently voted down their transformation strategy. But management’s own off-record briefings beforehand... Read more »
Charlie McConalogue

Fit to Print?

MURDOCH’S MEN TUTOR FIANNA FÁIL

WHAT IS it about the tabloid media, the Irish Sun in particular, that appeals to Fianna Fáil and its leaders – currently Micheál Martin and before that Bertie Ahern? The... Read more »

Last Refuge

Catherine Connolly

Last Refuge

COUNCILS DEFEND TRIPLE LOCK

WHILE THE Government declares itself determined to proceed with legislation to remove the triple lock – which currently ensures that any Irish military operations abroad operate solely under the auspices... Read more »
Helen McEntee

Last Refuge

HELEN McENTEE RUBS RUSSIA WRONG WAY

WHETHER OR not Vladimir Putin is quaking in his boots after foreign affairs and defence minister Helen McEntee told a breathless RTÉ that she is considering boarding oil tankers belonging... Read more »
Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

ISRAELI FOOTBALL: HOME AND AWAY

DESPITE TAOISEACH Micheál Martin’s strong words of encouragement to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to go ahead and play their Uefa fixtures with Israel, the row over the issue... Read more »
Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin

Last Refuge

CONRADH VOTES FOR IRISH UNITY

THE INCREASING assertiveness of Irish-language activists, especially from the north, was very much in evidence at the recent Conradh na Gaeilge ard fheis in Belfast, when a contentious motion committing... Read more »

Northwind

John Boutcher

Northwind

JON BOUTCHER’S RECRUITMENT ISSUE

THE PSNI’s latest recruitment drive, which closed on February 11, received 4,104 applications but chief constable Jon Boutcher told the Policing Board that only 26.7% of applicants were from a... Read more »

Hush Hush

John Collison

Hush Hush

COLLISON’S CHEEKY PINT OR TWO

The branding of Stripe co-founder John Collison’s Cheeky Pint podcast – in which he interviews “founders, builders and leaders” in the tech industry “over a pint” – is slick. The... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

HEAD BANGER A 60-year-old man charged with drink-driving and engaging in threatening and abusive behaviour appeared before a recent sitting of Cork District Court. Responding to reports of a collision,... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran

Fowl Emissions

NIALL CUSSEN HOLDS BACK THE TIDE

The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) has been busy regulating councillors across the country who seem hell-bent on zoning flood plains for housing. On 288 occasions in the last... Read more »
Climate Disinformation Coillte Climate Action EU Livestock NDC Claude Etchelamendy Ed Brophy Richard Boyd-Barrett Kish Dale Crammond Frank Mitloehner Shell Greenwashing Meta Data Centres Ireland

Fowl Emissions

SEAWEED WAR

Murky waters surrounding the recent history of seaweed harvesting have seeped into the Galway West by-election. Every candidate worth their salt is standing with the Aran-jumpered men pulling bladderwrack out... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Gerry Hutch

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

When they get to know me, they will realise they are dealing with a decent chap. Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch on what politicians would make of him were he elected... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Mark FitzGerald

High Society

FITZGERALD’S D6 DISCOUNT

THERE WAS plenty of coverage this month of the centenary of the birth of former Fine Gael leader and taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. Another FitzGerald... Read more »

High Society

IHT CHL The Lion in Winter Racing Royalty Le Brocquy City of Troy Fitzwilliam Square AIRO Dermot Smurfit Ballinacarrig Park Club Cosgrave Fitzpatrick Keith Jameson National Gallery Collection Marissa Carter VG Tom Higgins Neil Jordan Laura Bonner Paul Ward Variety Jones Dtat Eathos Sharon Keegan Angela Scanlon Desmond Canouan Bellair Estate Bobby Flay John O’Conor Portrait of Omai Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile Wedding NGI Board Rachel Flynn JP McMahon Ash Quinn Pamela Laird Abdullah Al Naboodah Boundless Ocean

High Society

COY O’DONOVAN

FANS OF Goldhawk are familiar with the delays at the Chester Beatty Library (CBL), where culture minister Patrick O’Donovan remains remarkably slow to fill... Read more »

High Society

Michael Smurfit

High Society

MICK SMURFIT’S DISTINGUISED AWARD

IN OCTOBER 2024 Tom Lyons of The Currency made the pilgrimage to sunny Monaco to pay homage to his “warm and gracious host”, Mick Smurfit, on board the Lady Ann... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Rex Ryan

Behind the Scenes

REX RYAN’S RUN

ON THE basis that there is no such thing as bad publicity, presumably Rex Ryan and the Glass Mask Theatre Company board will have been delighted with the coverage of... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

LUVVIES LIG

IN A year in which Ireland is set to bail out of the Eurovision Song Contest, RTÉ has a few bob to spare and, along with the upcoming Royal Television... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Faye Bramley

Sport of Kings

BRAMLEY’S HOT TRANSFERS

PATRICK MULLINS recently returned to Fakenham, the scene of his two January long odds-on flops, to partner the Faye Bramley-trained Stattler in the William Bulwer Long Memorial Open Hunters’ Chase.... Read more »
Adrian Keatley

Sport of Kings

KEATLEY’S NEAR MISS

CLASSIC WINNING trainer Adrian Keatley narrowly failed in his recent attempt to set the outright modern-day record for nine consecutive handicap wins with his charge, Aisling Oscar, at Newcastle. Ridden... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

John Teeling

Moneybags

ARKLE RESOURCES SHARE PRICE FAILS TO REFLECT EXCITEMENT

WHEN John Teeling stood down from Clontarf Energy three years ago, installing long-term sidekick David Horgan as executive chairman, it looked as if this... Read more »

Moneybags

Ronan Murphy

Moneybags

GREENCOAT RENEWABLES’ LOW ENERGY SHARE PRICE

THERE IS change coming at the top of Greencoat Renewables as long-time chairman Ronan Murphy steps down. Investors will be hoping there will be... Read more »

Brief Cases

Eoin McGee

Brief Cases

EOIN MCGEE’S MOOLAH

THE PUBLIC’S favourite financial and budgeting adviser, Eoin McGee, has just published yet another book on financial planning, which has been the subject of plenty of media coverage. Less attention... Read more »
Tom Lyons

Brief Cases

TOM LYONS’S ‘BUSINESS POST’ PREDICTIONS

LAST WEEK The Currency’s Tom Lyons got to break some exciting news about his former newspaper, the Business Post, when he wrote about who would be filling Sarah Murphy’s very... Read more »
Eilis O'Hanlon

Brief Cases

ST PATRICK’S PROCEEDINGS

ÉILIS O’HANLON, the Sindo’s anti-woke agony aunt, got stuck into a bit of research about six months ago for one of her columns, but it has resulted in Mediahuis’s legal... Read more »
Larry Goodman Sr

Brief Cases

GOODMAN JR’S SOLAR SALVO

GOOD TO see that Larry Goodman Jr, who has been taking over the reins at the gigantic beef business run by his father, Larry Goodman Sr, still has the time... Read more »