Affairs of the Nation

Leo Varadkar

Affairs of the Nation

Leo Varadkar’s Foreign Strategy

Leo Varadkar LEO VARADKAR’S intention to double Ireland’s international presence is only one part of the Taoiseach’s plan to involve Ireland in global geo-politics. The other foreign policy aim is... Read more »
Leslie Buckley

Affairs of the Nation

Leslie Buckley’s Big Day

Leslie Buckley THIS WEEK’S annual general meeting of Independent News & Media (INM) should be a sell-out affair but, unlike the McGregor-Mayweather bout, there is unlikely to be too much... Read more »
Pat Carey

Affairs of the Nation

Hanging Out Pat Carey

Pat Carey THE smearing of garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe has resulted in Judge Peter Charleton’s Commission of Investigation into the alleged behaviour of gardaí and journalists, among others. At the... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Affairs of the Nation

John Butler Yeats On The Block

John Butler Yeats WHAT AN inglorious fate for the self-portrait of John Butler Yeats, which he himself called his masterpiece, than to be dumped for sale in a London auction... Read more »
Trina Vargo

Affairs of the Nation

Trina Vargo’s Hard Lesson

Trina Vargo TRINA VARGO, the bolshy founder and face of the US-Ireland Alliance (USIA), was throwing her weight around last week in light of new estimates of the number of... Read more »
Courts

Affairs of the Nation

‘Vexatious’ Lay Litigants

The High Court THE legal establishment will be pleased with the crack down on lay or non-legal advisers who have become a feature in the Four Goldmines in assisting home... Read more »
Mary Robinson

Affairs of the Nation

Green Light for Robbo’s Shrine?

Mary Robinson NEXT MONTH could well see the go-ahead given by Mayo County Council for the multi-million euro Mary Robinson Centre (MRC) in Ballina, albeit in a slightly slimmed down... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Josepha Madigan

Pillars of Society

Josepha Madigan TD

Josepha Madigan JOSEPHA MADIGAN TD is one of Leo Varadkar’s vamps, politically speaking of course, ticking all the right (and right-wing) boxes on tax... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Jennifer Whitmore

The Young Bloods

Jennifer Whitmore

Can Greystones councillor Jennifer Whitmore give the flagging Social Democrats a revival boost by defying the odds and taking a seat for the party... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Sarah Carey

Fit to Print?

Newstalk Mad Men

Sarah Carey THE take-over of Newstalk’s Drive programme by Ivan Yates, means that Drive presenter Sarah McInerney’s future is unclear, as is that of co-presenter Chris Donoghue. But what of... Read more »
Frank Fitzgibbon

Fit to Print?

After Myers at the ST

Frank Fitzgibbon A loud if delicate calm has descended on The Sunday Times newsroom since the Kevin Myers anti-semitic affair, reflecting the mute editorial approach taken in the newspaper to... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

Jonathan Hoare: Keyboard Warrior

INTERESTING to see Jonathan Hoare, special advisor to Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed, has deleted all but two tweets from his personal Twitter account, perhaps before anyone in the mainstream... Read more »

Last Refuge

Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

FF Confidence and Supply Cabinet

Micheál Martin THE ongoing and agonising debates about possible permutations to form the next coalition government are all predicated on the notion that the current confidence and supply arrangement will... Read more »
Shane Ross

Last Refuge

Judicial Bluster

Shane Ross HOW well The Irish Times knew to request – under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act – a copy of that letter from the judiciary to the Taoiseach,... Read more »
Gerard Craughwell

Last Refuge

Craughwell’s ‘Allies’

Gerard Craughwell SENATOR Gerard Craughwell’s tilt at the Áras is a little quixotic despite, or perhaps because of, his dalliance with four political groupings as well as other interesting organisations... Read more »
Brendan Howlin

Last Refuge

‘Young, Vibrant’ Labour Party

Brendan Howlin LIKE Enda Kenny in 2002 and Micheál Martin in 2011, Brendan Howlin is trying to revive Labour after a disastrous election by bringing forward new, fresh candidates. But... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Black Pudding thief jailed A MAN who punched a garda in the face during an investigation into thefts from cars has been jailed for nine months. Enda McGowan was approached... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Sean Kelly

Fowl Emissions

Fracking : The Irish Way

Seán Kelly For Irish problems there are Irish solutions. Women travel abroad for abortions. Neutral Ireland refuels US warplanes at Shannon Airport. And now fracking joins the proud tradition. Last... Read more »

Bird's Eye View

Danny Morrison

Bird's Eye View

SF: Reluctant to Re-Enter Assembly

Danny Morrison SPEAKING at Féile an Phobail in west Belfast a fortnight ago, Danny Morrison, Sinn Féin’s most successful ever spin doctor said, “I think we’re at a crux here... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Dermot Bannon

The Hot Air Brigade

The Hot Air Brigade

Dermot Bannon The aim of the project is to reach out and become embedded in the landscape, but more importantly, finally create a home, a refuge that shrinks and wraps... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Lorena and Allen Krause

High Society

Killua Castle’s Mexican Millionaire

Lorena and Allen Krause AN INTERESTING report in the Indo last week referred to the presence in Ireland at an event last month of... Read more »

High Society

Fionnuala and Anthony Brabazon

High Society

Lady Ardee’s Groove

Fionnuala and Anthony Brabazon LAST WEEKEND’S Groove Festival in Killruddery estate in Bray, Co Wicklow, proved a popular event and represented the latest financial... Read more »

High Society

Jonty Evans

High Society

Jonty Evans Jumps Clear

Jonty EvansONE OF the more sporting sports stories in recent times featured show jumper Jonty Evans and his highly rated horse, which rather than being sold off to some loaded... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Hannah Kiely

Behind the Scenes

Open Call at Galway 2020

Hannah Kiely Capital of Culture operation has just appointed Chris Baldwin as its creative director and many other important positions have now been filled. However, there is still no sign... Read more »
Chester Beatty Library

Behind the Scenes

Chester Beatty Vacancies

IT IS not only Galway 2020 that is short on directors. Over at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, there are currently two vacancies on the board, both of which... Read more »

Sport of Kings

NIck Bradley

Sport of Kings

Beckford’s Near Miss

GORDON ELLIOTT and his team came agonisingly close to gaining a brilliant Group 1 win at the Curragh recently, when Beckford just failed to get to grips with the Aidan... Read more »
Joseph O'Brien

Sport of Kings

O’Brien Jnr Targets Title

Joseph O’Brien LAST YEAR’S race for the title of champion jumps trainer proved riveting and went down to the very last day of the season, when Willie Mullins staged a... Read more »
Conor O'Dwyer

Sport of Kings

Conor O’Dwyer’s Comeback

Conor O’Dwyer CONOR O’DWYER’S training career is clearly experiencing a renaissance this summer as the Curragh-based handler enjoys the most productive spell of his career in several years. O’Dwyer has... Read more »

Reviews

Rachel Wyse

Reviews

GAA Coverage

RTÉ v SKY SPORTS FOLLOWING Waterford’s epic win over Kilkenny in the hurling championship in July, RTÉ pundit Michael Duignan indulged in a vintage piece of grandstanding on The Sunday... Read more »
Love in Row27

Books

Love in Row 27

Eithne Shorthall – (Corvus) THIS DEBUT novel by the arts correspondent with the Sunday Times centres around Cora Hendricks, a Heathrow check-in attendant who likes to play matchmaker with unsuspecting... Read more »
Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh

Radio

The Mooney Show

DEREK MOONEY and Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh are natural born fillers. All broadcasting involves a degree of waffle but both of these second-string RTÉ stalwarts are especially gifted. Given the vast... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Patrick Anderson

Moneybags

The other Irish gold rush – Dalradian

Patrick Anderson WHILE THERE has been significant media interest in the boardroom upheavals at Conroy Gold and Natural Resources, there is an even more... Read more »

Moneybags

Charles Gallagher

Moneybags

Abbey shareholders miss out on property boom

Charles Gallagher AS FANS of Moneybags are well aware, Charlie Gallagher has run the Abbey house building group before, and especially during, the crash... Read more »

Brief Cases

Brief Cases

More troubles for Anthony Fitzpatrick

Sean Ryan MORE trouble for Limerick accountant Anthony J Fitzpatrick’s appeal against the High Court’s decision to remove him as liquidator of Star Elm Frames Ltd. The Revenue was in... Read more »
Sean Fitzmaurice

Brief Cases

‘North County Leader’ stops the presses

Sean Fitzmaurice SPARE a thought for Dublin free-sheet the North County Leader, which is set to become the latest local newspaper to shut up shop with the loss of 15... Read more »
Gavin McDonagh

Brief Cases

Gavin McDonagh’s Ranelagh ‘Brioche’

Gavin McDonagh IT’S been a tough 2017 for Dublin restaurants of all stripes, with the likes of Nick Munier’s up-market Avenue and Barry Sheehan’s trendy Aussie BBQ collapsing suddenly into... Read more »
Darina and John Gately

Brief Cases

John Gately’s failed Republic

Darina and John Gately John Gately can’t seem to catch a break. His company, Gately Hospitality Consultants (GHC) Ltd, had to call in the liquidator last month, just two years... Read more »
Scammers

Brief Cases

Scammers alert!

Scammers GOLDHAWK hasn’t been alerted to an internet registration scam in a while, but it seems that a certain German-based company is up to its old tricks. The outfit is... Read more »
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Brief Cases

James O’Rourke’s vulture troubles

SPARE a thought for south Dublin publican James O’Rourke whose company, Inveresk Ltd, has just had a receiver appointed to it on foot of an Ulster Bank mortgage from 2000.... Read more »