Affairs of the Nation

Frances Black

Affairs of the Nation

COVENEY HIDES BEHIND AG

THE MANNER of Simon Coveney’s dismissal of several legal opinions in support of Senator Frances Black’s Occupied Territories Bill (banning produce imported from Palestinian land occupied illegally by Israel) was... Read more »
Denis O'Brien

Affairs of the Nation

DINNY’S HAITIAN HEADACHE

DENIS O’BRIEN’S Caribbean woes continue, with fuel shortages in Haiti causing his mobile phone operation there severe problems and even landing his outspoken chief executive with a summons. Dinny’s Digicel... Read more »
Patrick Collison

Affairs of the Nation

COLLISON BROTHERS’ BLUES

THE HIGH fives at John and Patrick Collison’s Stripe tech outfit following last week’s $22.5bn valuation were put on hold this week when the company found itself included on a... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Edmund Honohan

Affairs of the Nation

ED HONOHAN PURGED

THAT meddlesome Master of the High Court, Ed Honohan, has been effectively purged after years of ‘interfering’ in matters that the judiciary, the banks, the government and even the main... Read more »
Angeliza Zerpa

Affairs of the Nation

MADURO’S IRISH CRITICS

ONE GROUP that will be delighted by Ireland’s support for the Venezuelan opposition and Juan Guaidó in recent weeks is the Venezuelan Community in Ireland (VCI). Founded in April 2017,... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

SARAH LIPSETT’S ELECTION CAMPAIGN

WANNABE politician Sarah Lipsett got her local election campaign off to a flying start last month with a soft piece in the Sindo in which she put all that unfortunate... Read more »
Patrick Dorgan

Affairs of the Nation

PATRICK DORGAN’S HIGHS AND LOWS

THE Law Society’s announcement of the elevation of solicitor Patrick Dorgan to its presidency contained the usual rhetoric about his credentials and his priorities for his term of office. And... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

AODHÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN’S CONSTITUENTS

‘PROPERTY OWNERS of Howth, unite! You have nothing to lose but your cliff views’ is Labour Party senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin’s latest rallying cry in Dublin Bay North, where he... Read more »
Deirdre Hopkins

Affairs of the Nation

PLOT TWIST AT THE IFTAS

THERE’S A bit of a lull among the film and TV luvvies given the disappearance from the spring calendar of the annual Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) gong show,... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Eamon Martin

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: ARCHBISHOP EAMON MARTIN

EAMON Martin, the relatively unknown archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland, is the coming man in a once-omnipotent Irish hierarchy struggling to... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Anna Cosgrave

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: ANNA COSGRAVE

SELF-DESCRIBED ‘social entrepreneur’ Anna Cosgrave has been a fixture in the Irish media since the launch of her ‘Repeal’ jumpers in 2016. One of... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Denis O'Brien

Fit to Print?

DENIS O’BRIEN TO EXIT MEDIA?

IS DENIS O’BRIEN trying to offload not only his Newstalk radio station but also his stake in Independent News & Media, the now-crumbling media empire he seized from the O’Reilly... Read more »
Paddy Agnew

Fit to Print?

PADDY AGNEW’S SCOOP

THE IRISH TIMES’S parting with its 28-year Rome correspondent Paddy Agnew (or sacking, as Agnew and many colleagues argue) has led to protracted hearings at the Tribunale di Roma, Sezione... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

‘INDO’ EVICTION FOLKLORE

THE print media sometimes rails against the unregulated irresponsibility of social media, but what restraints are there against the nonsense sometimes purveyed by the mainstream media? The political ‘story’ of... Read more »

Last Refuge

Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

GRAND COALITION LOOMING

ENDA KENNY was not so bad after all, is the growing sentiment among certain frontbench Fianna Fáil members who are wistfully recalling his 2016 offer of a grand coalition and... Read more »
Ian Paisley Jnr.

Last Refuge

IAN PAISLEY’S FIRST CLASS TICKETS

THE DUP’S Ian Paisley does not appear to be grateful for the first-class travel and accommodation enabling him to speak at Co-operation Ireland’s New York bash on the 20th anniversary... Read more »
Regina Doherty

Last Refuge

BITCHIN’ BARRY BLAMELESS

LIBERAL BIGOTS and left-wing zealots have been routed by the Fine Gael national executive and former head of Young Fine Gael, Barry Walsh, with the latter being successful in his... Read more »
Phil Hogan

Last Refuge

VLAD PLOTS COVENEY’S EXILE

INTENSE SPECULATION about Phil Hogan being a shoe-in for reappointment to the EU Commission has been largely stimulated by Big Phil himself. But unbeknownst even to himself, there is another... Read more »

Hush Hush

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Hush Hush

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER

MEDIA scrutiny of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s attendance at a DUP fundraiser in Ballymena last week largely focused on the comfort he gave to Ian Paisley, recently suspended from the House of... Read more »

Student Life

Norman Finkelstein

Student Life

STORMIN NORMAN VS THE PHIL

WHAT IS going on at the Trinity College Philosophical Society (The Phil)? The debating society has had to endure the wrath of American academic and critic of Israel Norman Finkelstein... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

The Guards are ‘FAT PIGS’ A 35-YEAR-OLD man who approached gardaí and started shouting insults – like “the guards are pigs, fucking pigs and fat pigs” – is due to... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Tony O'Reilly Jnr.

Fowl Emissions

BURN, BABY BURN

AS IRELAND’S disastrous record on forestry comes under the spotlight again, the relevant junior minister, Andrew Doyle, seems a bit lost in the woods. The latest fuss follows campaign group... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

NOW THAT’S GAS!

Last month Goldhawk warned of the gas industry’s attempts to bamboozle us with an evermore elaborate mix of gas types, as ad campaigns herald the era of “renewable gas” –... Read more »

Bird's Eye View

Maurice Quinlivan

Bird's Eye View

BORDER POLL INEVITABLE

THE LATEST Labour Force Survey Report for the north was published on 22 January by the Northern Ireland Statistical Research Agency (NISRA), a government body. It’s Protestant/Catholic ratio results are... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Grainne Gallanagh

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

I think a lot of people who have the opinion that pageants are outdated, they haven’t really been involved in one or watched one. Miss Universe Ireland Grainne Gallanagh, Sunday... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Dery Desmond

High Society

RED INK FOR THE DESMOND BOYS

WHILE DER Kaiser has developed quite a reputation for making a killing from his investments, Dermot Desmond’s scions are struggling to match him, at... Read more »

High Society

Consuelo O’Connor

High Society

NEW OWNERS OF PETER WHITE’S FORMER PILE

THE COUPLE who made a killing on the sale last year of postal software operation Escher – Liam Church and Fionnuala Higgins – turn... Read more »

High Society

Vogue Williams

High Society

VOGUE WILLIAMS’S NEW PARTNER

THE VERY real business of fake tan has been attracting more and more players into an increasingly crowded but lucrative market. The latest name looking to turn bronze into gold... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Josepha Madigan

Behind the Scenes

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S BOTCHED BURSARIES

FANS OF The Phoenix will not have been surprised to hear about the sudden brake applied to the €20,000-a-pop “Markievicz bursaries” announced last November by Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

VAL RUTTLEDGE’S CHOCOLATE SURPRISE

INTERESTING to see Dublin City Council (DCC) getting exercised about a plan by an arts centre to develop a property near Kilmainham Goal into a commercial venture. There was barely... Read more »
Deirdre Donaghy

Behind the Scenes

DEIRDRE DONAGHY’S PLOT SPOILER

THE OIREACHTAS Budgetary Oversight Committee had a recent session on tax expenditures (wake up down the back! – Ed), which uncovered some of the least-transparent areas of public spending –... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Aubrey McMahon

Sport of Kings

AUBREY McMAHON’S APPEALING BEHAVIOUR

AMATEUR JOCKEY Aubrey McMahon obviously felt aggrieved over a five-day ban handed down by the race-day stewards at Tramore following his ride aboard Batcio (owned by his father, Luke McMahon)... Read more »
Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum

Sport of Kings

SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S WEIGHT WATCHERS

GOLDOLPHIN, the racing entity of Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum, has had a change of heart over its heavy-handed approach to work riders. Early in the New Year, exercise riders were... Read more »
Ross Kierans

Sport of Kings

TROUBLE AT THE TOTE

HORSE RACING Ireland (HRI) recently announced the industry statistics for 2018 and, as expected, the figures pertaining to the betting sector made for unpleasant reading. There were extenuating circumstances surrounding... Read more »
Nick Rust

Sport of Kings

NICK RUST’S ROUGH RIDE

IS THE British Horseracing Authority (BHA) – where Nick Rust cracks the whip – actually managing to bring the sport it is charged with governing and promoting into disrepute? A... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Stephen Glancey

Moneybags

TOASTING STEPHEN GLANCEY AT C&C

THE DECISION by C&C to bring in Stephen Glancey and his pals from Scottish & Newcastle a decade ago, to help sort out the... Read more »

Moneybags

Jamie Heaslip

Moneybags

INVESTORS IN THE DARK AT PRIME ACTIVE CAPITAL

LATER THIS month, the Prime Active Capital (PAC) AGM will be held in Dublin and it is set to be a heated affair. Investors... Read more »

Briefcases

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Briefcases

PATRICK MCCABE’S BANK BEEF

SPARE a thought for Louth farmer and businessman Patrick McCabe Jnr, who has just had his eye wiped by AIB in the High Court. The Blakestown native is the son... Read more »
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Briefcases

JONATHAN O’CONNOR’S CONDUCT

SPARE A thought for Wicklow accountant Jonathan O’Connor, who has recently been whacked by the Disciplinary Tribunal of Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI). The Bray bookkeeper’s timekeeping issues had stoked the... Read more »
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Briefcases

COURT ROOM DRAMA

A FORMAL complaint against a senior judge is the talk of the Four Goldmines at the moment. Complaining of alleged mistreatment by a beak in the Superior Courts, a judicial... Read more »
Ray Norton

Briefcases

RAY NORTON’S NEW SHOP

THE bizarre Click.ie saga took another turn recently with the opening of a new shop in Dublin. This is despite the company behind the tech retailer, Cantec Office Solutions Ltd,... Read more »
Hugh Scully

Briefcases

HUGH SCULLY’S SWEET SOUNDS

DUBLIN entrepreneur Hugh Scully is hitting all the right notes. Companies Office filings reveal that the former DJ recently managed to tap the coffers of several high-fliers to the tune... Read more »
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Briefcases

PAUL ALLEN’S LOSSES

DUBLIN PR suit and lobbyist Paul Allen hasn’t been able to put a good spin on recent results at his company. Allen is a well-known operator in the capital and... Read more »
Henry Fitzsimons

Briefcases

TAXMAN BITES HENRY FITZSIMONS

THE taxman is trying to bring colourful canine trainer Henry Fitzsimons to heel. Meanwhile, the Dundalk native has just brought another case against RTÉ, who he is suing in the... Read more »
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Briefcases

JERRY DONOVAN’S BUSINESS PARK

THERE was some activity (of the wrong kind) at Nama developer Jerry Donovan’s Irish and European Properties Ltd (IAEP) recently. The property vehicle, a high-profile victim of the crash, has... Read more »
Elliot Hughes

Briefcases

PORTERHOUSE’S BRAY HANGOVER

THERE was good news for craft beer fans recently when the Porterhouse group released its annual results, with accumulated profits up by over €1m, from €19m in 2016 to just... Read more »