Affairs of the Nation

Affairs of the Nation

MEDICAL ‘ETHOS’ AT ST VINCENT’S

WHAT an effective bedside screen has been erected around the deal for a new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at St Vincent’s Hospital Group (SVHG). The issue has become a cause... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

IAN BAILEY’S FATEFUL MONTH

IAN BAILEY has more than one crucial appointment with the Irish and French legal authorities this month with imminent decisions in court and an effort on his part to secure... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

Sean Lyons’s ‘Hostel’

LAST MONTH, the Circuit Civil Court reported that two children who had been staying in a Dublin hostel called the Georgian Court on Lower Gardiner Street, D1, were awarded a... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Affairs of the Nation

DRAMA AT THE ABBEY

GOLDHAWK wonders if arts minister Heather Humphreys will get around to announcing the new chair of the Abbey Theatre now she is back from her Easter hols. One thing is... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

RTÉ THROWS THE BOOK AT GALLAGHER

FOLLOWING Goldhawk’s coverage of the bruising demand for discovery faced by Declan Ganley in his defamation case against RTÉ (see The Phoenix 21/4/17), the 2011 presidential candidate Sean Gallagher is... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

NOBODY LIKES BILLO

YOU HAVE to hand it to Jackie Lavin. When it comes to generating publicity for herself, she is hard to top. And it turns out The Irish Times is more... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

CHARLETON TRIBUNAL: PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES

SUPREME Court justice Peter Charleton may find his timeline of nine months to investigate an alleged smear campaign by senior gardaí against whistleblower Maurice McCabe will extend to years in... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

SINN FÉIN IN-FIGHTING

LURID reports of Sinn Féin bullying and heavy-handed internal rows obscure the reality. Unfortunately, SF, far from being different to other parties – as claimed in media coverage of Kildare... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

Daly Bread

SURPRISING to see the real identity of the writer of the rip-roaring Grange Abbey family saga is low profile property developer David Daly, who wrote the Liberties Press 400-page novel... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Pillars of Society

Garry Hynes

WITH THE recent exit of Michael Colgan as artistic director of the Gate Theatre after 33 years attracting oodles of media attention, it is... Read more »

The Young Bloods

The Young Bloods

Keith Mahon

IN JUST a short few years, director of TheTaste.ie Keith Mahon has made himself a fixture in the Irish food media landscape. In the... Read more »

Fit to Print?

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Fit to Print?

Anton Savage’s PR

THE Irish Sun gave Anton Savage a much needed boost by reporting that the ex-Today FM programmer could be on the verge of a TV break through following his exit... Read more »

Fit to Print?

DANA: ALL KINDS OF LITIGATION

DANA’S brother, John Brown, was acquitted in 2014 in a UK court of all charges of indecently assaulting two underage girls, but he and Dana have since initiated a tsunami... Read more »

Fit to Print?

NEWSTALK SHY ABOUT RATINGS

DENIS O’BRIEN’S Irish Independent boasted three months ago that Denis O’Brien’s Newstalk programmes, Newstalk Breakfast and Newstalk Drive, had produced “significant” increases in the quarterly ratings. This, according to the... Read more »

Last Refuge

Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S COALITION PLAN

THERE may be some Fianna Fáil front bench members and TDs who agree with Micheál Martin’s latest strident rejection of Sinn Féin as coalition partners – delivered on the hallowed... Read more »
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Last Refuge

Ó RÍORDÁIN NEXT LABOUR LEADER?

SENATOR Aodhán Ó Ríordáin began canvassing to regain his Dáil seat within minutes of Labour’s rout at last year’s general election. He has been leafletting, door-stepping and holding public meetings... Read more »

Last Refuge

FLANAGAN FLEES BACK TO FOLD

FORMER Fine Gael TD Terence Flanagan has slipped back into the party after his defection to Renua, Lucinda Creighton’s failed attempt to re-create the Desocrats in the 1980s. Terence fared... Read more »

Last Refuge

CABINET DIVIDE ON PALESTINE

THE next cabinet row between the Independent Alliance and Fine Gael could see Shane Ross don a Palestinian scarf and do battle with such as foreign minister Charlie Flanagan, Enda... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

‘About 90% of them are on drugs’ A SOLICITOR has told Ballyshannon District Court that about 90% of people who attended the Sea Sessions Festival in Bundoran were probably taking... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Fowl Emissions

SEAWEED SECRECY

THE ADVERTISING gurus who market Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way will soon be able to supplement the romantic imagery of rugged coastline, dolphins and pony-riding with dramatic footage of giant robots... Read more »

Bird's Eye View

Mary Lou McDonald

Bird's Eye View

BORDER POLL ON THE CARDS?

CROWING about Ireland’s diplomatic coup last Saturday when the EU agreed that the north could rejoin the EU if it voted for Irish unity Enda Kenny said the decision was... Read more »

Foreign Frolics

Foreign Frolics

WAR WITH NORTH KOREA: NO JOKE

By John Stanton THE 1953 Korean Armistice signed by the United States, China and North Korea called for a cessation of hostilities until a lasting peace agreement between the warring... Read more »

High Society

High Society

David Davies

High Society

DAVID DAVIES’S IRISH HOME

THE LAUNCH last month of the glossy coffee table book Abbeyleix – An Irish Home and its Demesne (by Wiliam Laffan) took place in... Read more »

High Society

High Society

PUBLIC LOLLY FOR DANIELLE RYAN

WHILE THE plans of Danielle Ryan to establish a luxury brands group continue to suck up funds from her overflowing coffers, the good news... Read more »

High Society

High Society

CIARÁN MURRAY’S MERRION MANSION

LAST WEEK, The Irish Times reported that a house in the exclusive Ailesbury Wood development in Dublin 4 had been acquired by Ciarán Murray (former head honcho at pharmaceutical giant,... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

EXITING THE CORK FESTIVAL

NOW THAT the May 17 Cannes Film Festival junket is coming into focus, one subject of discussion, among the Irish contingent at least, will surely be the unheralded departure of... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

SMALL CHANGE FOR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

THIS WEEK should see the publication by Sotheby’s of the catalogue for next month’s auction of the historic collection of rare books and manuscripts assembled by Irish judge William O’Brien... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Sport of Kings

WHAT BREXIT?

THE IMPENDING Brexit hasn’t had much negative impact on bloodstock trade in Britain thus far, if prices at recent auctions are anything to go by. Happily, the Irish are making... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

JUMPING FOR JOY

WHILE THE flat breeze up market is no doubt underpinned to a certain extent by Arab money, there are no such resources fuelling the national hunt market, so it was... Read more »

Sport of Kings

JOHN OSBORNE’s STEPPING STONE

HRI HAS strengthened its management team with the recent appointment of both Jonathan Mullin and John Osborne. The latter looks to have bigger fish to fry. Mullin seems a fairly... Read more »

Sport of Kings

TAKING ON WILLIE MULLINS

THE Punchestown Festival coincided with the culmination of the epic battle for the champion jumps trainer award between young pretender (and eventual runner-up) Gordon Elliott and perennial champion Willie Mullins,... Read more »

Reviews

Reviews

MAZ & BRICKS – PROJECT ARTS CENTRE

SET as a home for counter-cultural voices 50 years ago, Project Arts Centre made its mark when tones of dissent and difference were very unwelcome on Dublin stages. And it... Read more »

Books

A LINE MADE BY WALKING – SARA BAUME (HEINEMANN)

SINCE HER widely acclaimed 2015 debut, Spill Simmer Falter Wither, expectations have been high for Sara Baume’s second novel. In her follow-up, the Cork-based writer continues to explore the uncertain... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Moneybags

Papering over the cracks at Bank of Ireland

THE BIGGEST single problem that Bank of Ireland (BoI) is facing is the stress testing of its solvency, carried out last year by the... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Kenmare Resources restored to profit

MICK CARVILL has twice brought Kenmare Resources to the point of total collapse, first back in 2000 when he closed down the company’s loss-making... Read more »

Brief Cases

Brief Cases

Sky falls on Molloy’s Pub

SPARE a thought for thirsty Independent News and Media journalists who could have a hard time watching matches in their local boozer from now on. The company behind Molloy’s Pub... Read more »

Brief Cases

Paul Ferriter’s tax troubles

IT’S been a good year professionally for Dublin sculptor Paul Ferriter whose statue of champion jockey AP McCoy was unveiled at February’s Cheltenham Festival. But there have been a few... Read more »

Brief Cases

Taxman knocks for Nick Munier

SPARE a thought for former Masterchef Ireland judge and maître d’hôtel extraordinaire Nick Munier who unexpectedly shut the doors of his Dublin restaurant Avenue last month after just two years... Read more »

Brief Cases

Cardinal runs the rule over Genesis

SPARE a thought for former McInerney Homes chief Barry O’Connor whose Genesis Homes property vehicle has just had a receiver appointed to it by Cardinal Capital. The receivership has thrown... Read more »

Brief Cases

Hugh Scully’s Pressing Matters

THE Sunday Business Post was kind enough to feature a plug recently for Dublin entrepreneur Hugh Scully who is planning to set up a press in Glasnevin to print vinyl... Read more »

Brief Cases

Massive losses at Motorway Security

THE directors of a company called Motorway Security Ltd had the book thrown at them in the High Court recently by Judge Robert Haughton. Abrash Khan and Kaleem Sheikh were... Read more »

Brief Cases

Heating up at Gaelectric

THE temperature has been turned up at renewable energy group Gaelelectric, which has reduced its board from nine to four members, possibly in an effort to stanch its massive losses.... Read more »