Affairs of the Nation

Dara Calleary

Affairs of the Nation

THE SHAFTING OF DARA CALLEARY

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S ruthless dispatch of Dara Calleary, his deputy leader and policy director (not to mention a long-time aspirant leader), was not something that occurred overnight. Its genesis goes back... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

MARY IRVINE’S AGENDA

THERE WAS a sense of a new wind blowing through the personal injuries (PI) neighbourhood of the legal world when Mary Irvine got the nod to be the new president... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

RTÉ’S SUNBURN

FANS of Irish property porn were left scratching their heads on April 6 when part two of the heavily promoted RTÉ series Burnt By The Sun failed to air, replaced... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Maria Walsh

Affairs of the Nation

BLUESHIRTS’ MILITARY BLUSTER

ONE OF the more bizarre responses to the American police killing of George Floyd recently was a statement from Fine Gael’s five MEPs. Deirdre Clune, Frances Fitzgerald, Sean Kelly, Máiréad... Read more »
Geraldine Bryne Nason

Affairs of the Nation

THE MOUSE THAT ROARS

Leo Varadkar, foreign minister Simon Coveney and diplomats like our ambassador to the UN Geraldine Byrne Nason made much of our commitment to disarmament and to the Middle East (code... Read more »
Hildegarde Naughton

Affairs of the Nation

PATSY O’BRIEN’S PREDICAMENT

FACED WITH new national responsibilities, super junior minister Hildegarde Naughton will be anxious to see a local party issue resolved speedily given that it involves a long-time party councillor in... Read more »
Jed Dowling

Affairs of the Nation

JED DOWLING’S HEADACHE

WHILE SOME party-poopers will have been happy enough that the overblown Dublin Pride Festival was relegated to virtual status last week, the company behind the annual jamboree – Jed Dowling’s... Read more »
Eoghan Murphy

Affairs of the Nation

EOGHAN MURPHY’S REHABILITATION

EOGHAN MURPHY’S Gethsemane is at an end, but it looks like he will have to wait a little longer than three days before his resurrection take place. Murphy knows that... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

MORGAN O’SULLIVAN’S HAPPY ENDING

THIS WEEK’S settlement of the long-running (ie expensive) legal spat between German movie producer Winni Hammacher and his fellow shareholders in Octagon Films – James Flynn and Morgan O’Sullivan –... Read more »
Anthony Coughlan

Affairs of the Nation

COUGHLAN’S PALS

BURSTING WITH pride, TCD Professor Emeritus Anthony Coughlan has circulated widely the news of his life honorary membership of the Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIB), awarded to him by... Read more »
John Gormley

Affairs of the Nation

JOHN GORMLEY’S SCREENPLAY

ONE OF the more urgent decisions to be made by newbie arts and media minister Catherine Martin is whether the government should underwrite any of the uninsurable Covid-19 risk that... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Gary McGann

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: GARY MCGANN

WHILE NOT as high profile as the election of a taoiseach last weekend, a vote in the corporate world next month looks set to... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Finn McRedmond

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: FINN MCREDMOND

IT SAYS much about the rightward drift of the Irish Times that a one-nation Tory sympathiser now occupies a weekly slot on the newspaper’s op-ed page.... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Daniel Kinahan

Fit to Print?

WHO’S AFRAID OF DANIEL KINAHAN?

THE STAR’S gamble in announcing a boycott of the proposed Anthony Joshua/Tyson Fury fight has paid off spectacularly as gangster Daniel Kinahan was effectively disowned recently by KHK Sports, owned... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

IRISH TIMES GENDER ISSUES

THOSE STROPPY Irish Times women haven’t gone away, you know. A report from IT women journalists alleging all manner of sexist, “macho” behaviour by management at the most politically correct... Read more »
Peter Vandermeesch

Fit to Print?

DUTCH MASTER SALES

MEDIAHUIS’s INM publisher in Ireland, Peter Vandermeersch, has been quoted as having scant respect for INM’s digital strategy (“incredibly, there was none”) and not much for its print titles either,... Read more »

Last Refuge

Leo Varadkar

Last Refuge

VARADKAR’S SENATE CHOICES

WHAT IS it about former taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s general election running mates in Dublin West that sees them a) bombing in elections and b) entering the subsequent Seanad? His four... Read more »
Michael Ring

Last Refuge

MAYO MOTIONS

MAYO Fine Gael voted against the government formation deal and so did Kerry Blueshirts, but what has provoked widespread anger in the party is not just the actual deal (strenuously... Read more »
Micheál Martin

Last Refuge

WHAT WILL O’CALLAGHAN DO?

THE EXCLUSION of Jim O’Callaghan from cabinet was hardly unexpected – at least not to Phoenix readers (see edition 22/5/20) – and, by the same token, neither was the appointment... Read more »
Lorraine Clifford-Lee

Last Refuge

BALANCING CLIFFORD-LEE

AN TAOISEACH Micheál Martin gave expression to his modern, inclusive new world last weekend with the appointment of Traveller activist Eileen Flynn to the Seanad. And just to underline his... Read more »

Hush Hush

Charlie Flanagan

Hush Hush

WILLIE FRAZER’S RECORD

Charlie Flanagan’s final act as justice minister last week was to warn the Dáil of the continued threat from republican paramilitary organisations in advance of TDs approving the renewal of... Read more »
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Hush Hush

DERMO’S HOUSING ANXIETY

‘THE KAISER’, Dermot Desmond, and his missus, Pat Desmond, are certainly exhibiting high anxiety about the housing crisis, as it affects the nation as well as their own little neck... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

WHERE’S Wally? Derry Crown Court heard the case of a shoplifter accused of stealing an adult fancy-dress costume from a Party Warehouse shop in Derry. Mary Donegan, 33, of Carnhill,... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Eamon Ryan

Fowl Emissions

RYAN VS MARTIN

It seems oddly appropriate that, as the heated internal debates within the Green Party on entering coalition approached boiling point, a wave of extreme heat was sweeping through the Arctic... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

BARRY COWEN AND THE FARMERS

While few in environmental circles will have mourned the departure of Michael Creed from the agriculture ministry, the appointment of Offaly TD and former greyhound stadium manager Barry Cowen to... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Gina London

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

You may still be wet and rainy, but Ireland, you’re buff now. You’re hot. Gina London on Ireland getting a UN Security Council seat, Sunday Independent, submitted by reader I’m... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Linda and Dan Kiely

High Society

SISU’S BEAUTIFUL MOVE

WITH HAIRDRESSERS, beauty salons etc open again for business, there will be plenty booking in for their facial treatments, including those über popular Botox... Read more »

High Society

Consuelo O’Connor

High Society

EVA MARIA’S MOYGLARE MOVE

THE SWISS billionaire owner of Moyglare Stud in Co Kildare – Eva Maria Bucher-Haefner (daughter of the founder, Walter Haefner) – has been busy... Read more »

High Society

Richard Martin

High Society

CHANGES AT THE GLUCKSMAN GALLERY

THE BOARD of the Glucksman Gallery in University College Cork (UCC) has been beefed up by the arrival of heavyweight legal eagle Richard Martin. And there have also been other... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Rose McHugh

Behind the Scenes

ROSE McHUGH’S GOOD NEWS

ON HER way out the door of the Department of Culture, Josepha Madigan dished out €102,000 to the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork. It is the latest piece of good... Read more »
Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly

Behind the Scenes

SARAH DILLON’S WRAPPED HANDOUTS

FANS OF GOLDHAWK will be familiar with the workings of the Western Region Audiovisual Producer’s (Wrap) Fund, headed up by Sarah Dillon. It is a development and production scheme floated... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Luke Comer Ban

Sport of Kings

LUKE COMER’S FORM BOOK

LUKE COMER doesn’t appeal as a candidate for champion trainer this season if the exploits of his early season runners are anything to go by. He may yet have a... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

FAMILIAR SOUNDTRACK AT THE CURRAGH

THE IRISH Derby weekend at the Curragh took place alongside a now familiar soundtrack, akin to Heuston Station, as the wind whistled through the E80m grandstand causing a screech of... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Alan Linn

Moneybags

PROVIDENCE RESOURCES’ STRANGE DEAL WITH SPOTON ENERGY

TONY O’REILLY Jnr has had an eventful career and the end came last December with Providence share price sitting at 5c, having peaked at... Read more »

Moneybags

David Atkins

Moneybags

PERFECT STORM HAMMERS HAMMERSON SHAREHOLDERS

HAMMERSON PLC (owner of Dundrum Town Centre) is the most significant retail property investor in this country. However, CEO David Atkins stepped down last... Read more »

Brief Cases

Sheila O'Riordan and Nina Gillett

Brief Cases

KEY COLLECTIONS LOCKED OUT

WITH THE pandemic causing havoc in the tourism sector, it is perhaps not surprising that some businesses are suffering coronavirus-related side effects. Nevertheless, the winding up last week of short-term... Read more »
Rick Delaney

Brief Cases

LISA DELANEY’S JARRING EXPERIENCE

GOLDHAWK spied a couple of companies being readied for striking off by the Companies Office. They turned out to be linked to Monaco-based Corkman Rick Delaney, whose Aqua Blue Sport... Read more »
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Brief Cases

DANNY KENNY’S LOW BAR

A COMPANY called Midnight Entertainment Ltd is to be wound up at the end of this week. The owner here turns out to be an interesting chap by the name... Read more »