Affairs of the Nation

Sean Clancy

Affairs of the Nation

ARMY UNREST GROWS

ONE CHARACTERISATION of conflicts such as sexual offences in the Defence Forces is that of the defence department’s alleged control freakery and micromanagement. But another description is that of the... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

NEW ‘CENSOR’

CINEMA-GOERS will have spotted a new name on the certificate that pops up on the screen before the film’s opening credits, courtesy of the Irish Film Classification Office (Ifco), known... Read more »
Eamon Dunphy

Affairs of the Nation

EAMON DUNPHY SCORES AGAIN

A COMPANY called Festuca Ltd probably doesn’t ring too many bells for Goldhawk fans but it turns out to be one of the firms incorporated by journo and professional controversialist... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Mark Henry

Affairs of the Nation

MARK HENRY’S BOOK

MARK HENRY, author of In Fact: An Optimist’s Guide to Ireland at 100, has been getting rave reviews from the ‘right’ people’ (very ‘right’ people), in particular those who are... Read more »
Charles Haughey

Affairs of the Nation

US EMBASSY’S VIEW OF CJH & CO

WITH FOREIGN embassies and their information gathering under scrutiny (well, one of them), it is interesting to note that the mainstream media ignored the stream of information supplied by Julian... Read more »
Richard Bruton

Affairs of the Nation

AGRI-BIZ AND CLIMATE ‘SOLUTIONS’

A SMALL piece of Dáil history was made recently, with the first joint meeting of the oireachtas committees on agriculture and environment and climate. What might have proven a valuable... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

SINDO SCOOPS S. TIMES HACK

AN INNOCUOUS, discreetly placed ad at the bottom of page 2 of the Irish edition of the Sunday Times in the smallest of fonts seeks a ‘general news reporter’. Mark... Read more »
John Calvert Irish Film Tax Credit

Affairs of the Nation

WHAT LIES BENEATH FOR CALVERT’S BCP

YET ANOTHER less than auspicious cinema opening for an Irish film took place last month with Brendan Muldowney’s haunted-house drama, The Cellar, where the suits at John Calvert’s BCP Asset... Read more »
LAUGHING WIG

Affairs of the Nation

COX IN THE BOX

He also said Ms Burke had criticised another partner, Kevin Lynch, when he stopped by to congratulate her for completing a deal. The witness said Ms Burke told Mr Lynch... Read more »
Eliza Manningham-Buller-2 Nicholas Blanford

Affairs of the Nation

MONTROSE AND CHATHAM HOUSE

RTÉ HAS for years relied on ‘experts’ from the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House (CH) to provide Irish listeners with their views on international affairs, most recently,... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

KEEPING UP WITH GREG SPARKS

THE IRISH TIMES was quick out of the blocks last month to report on the “dismay” expressed by the two female contenders who lost out on the prize job of... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Ivana Bacik

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: IVANA BACIK

PARTY LEADERSHIP heaves, especially on the left, are supposed to involve impassioned speeches from candidates – usually to the left and right of each... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Kieran Walsh

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOODS: KIERAN WALSH

FROM POSING with bikini-clad social media influencers in Marbella to hanging out with Vogue Williams in the Caribbean, Kieran Walsh certainly knows how to... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Rupert Murdoch

Fit to Print?

‘ST’ BURNS LECTURES ‘RT’ MCDONALD

IN HIS quest to dish it to Irish journalist Brian McDonald, of RT (formerly Russia Today), the associate editor of the Sunday Times aawrish edition, John Burns, ransacked the archives to ferret out a 10,000-word hatchet... Read more »
Claire Byrne

Fit to Print?

‘RTÉ’S EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES’

IF TRUTH is the first casualty of war then Montrose should be littered with journalists’ corpses given its by now standard coverage of geopolitical news as applied to the war... Read more »

Last Refuge

Lorna Bogue

Last Refuge

‘UPPITY’ BOGUE ET AL VS CORK ‘BOYS’ CLUB’

THE CREATION of a women’s caucus on Cork City Council has not been greeted with enthusiasm by their male counterparts and the females have accused some of them of using... Read more »
Micheal Martin

Last Refuge

MARTIN’S PACKED AGENDA

PAUL CLARKSON is turning out to be the most effective spin doctor that an taoiseach Micheál Martin could have hoped for. In particular he has managed to persuade virtually the... Read more »
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Last Refuge

FF-FG PLAY OFF

SOME IN Fine Gael believe the real concern about the next election is not whether Sinn Féin seizes the reins of power but rather the destructive potential entailed in another... Read more »

Hush Hush

General Claudio Graziano

Hush Hush

DALY AND WALLACE RETALIATE

IRISH EUROPHILES felt humiliated by the electorate’s rejection of constitutional referendums on the Nice and Lisbon treaties in 2001 and 2008 respectively. While both votes were subsequently passed it was... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘Big F***ing Thick’ DUNDALK DISTRICT Court heard the case of Jim Cash (37) of Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, who was charged with using abusive language towards a garda after... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Malcolm Noonan

Fowl Emissions

BURN, BABY, BURN

“WE HAD to destroy the village in order to save it”. This quote was famously attributed to a US commander during the Vietnam war in explaining their scorched earth approach... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

TIM CULLINAN’S PIGS

‘SAVE OUR bacon’ read the signs outside Dáil Éireann recently, as pig farmers protested over rising feed and fuel costs. Led by IFA president Tim Cullinan, Ireland’s 300 or so... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Jennifer O'Connell

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

More people who recognise what Socrates said about wisdom being about knowing what you don’t know. Maybe less time staring at your phone and more time staring out the window.... Read more »

High Society

High Society

John Magnier

High Society

JOHN MAGNIER’S SCONES

IT IS unlikely that John Magnier spends too much time on social media but presumably one of his flunkies informed the Squire of Coolmore... Read more »

High Society

Dermot Desmond

High Society

DERMOT DESMOND’S ITALIAN PARTNER

LAST WEEKEND, the Business Post wrote about an interview given by Dermot Desmond to the luxury lifestyle magazine Robb Report, in which Der Kaiser... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Catherine Tate

Behind the Scenes

KIERAN’S CORRIGAN’S NAN

BACK IN 2019 Catherine Tate’s The Nan Movie was shot in Ireland with Goldhawk’s old pal Kieran Corrigan handling the €1m-€2m tax credit bounty provided by taxpayers for the film.... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

PAT KIELY’S BIG DEAL

CONGRATULATIONS ARE in order for ex-Virgin Media television boss Pat Kiely, whose decision to go it alone is paying off. Kiely is a well-known face in Irish media but branched... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Jessica Harrington

Sport of Kings

HARRINGTON’S WRIST SLAP

WHEN THE Co Kildare premises used by the now high-profile equine therapist John Warwick were raided by Department of Agriculture officials in tandem with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB)... Read more »
Quevega Cheltenham Winners Willie Mullins

Sport of Kings

UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR WILLIE

NOT SINCE the 1950s when Vincent O’Brien was crowned champion jumps trainer in Britain has an Irish trainer achieved this feat but Willie Mullins finds himself a contender, just a... Read more »
Ado McGuinness

Sport of Kings

ADO’S PUNT PAYING OFF

WHEN TRAINER Ado McGuinness convinced owner Gary Devlin to fork out a reputed €¼m for recent Dubai winner A Case Of You a little more than a year ago, it... Read more »
Robbie Dunne

Sport of Kings

DUNNE’S EARLY RETURN

ROBBIE DUNNE was vindicated in lodging an appeal against his 18-month suspension for his bullying of fellow jockey Bryony Frost. The reduction in the jockey’s ban to 10 months means... Read more »

Reviews

THE GROUP CHAT

Podcasts

THE GROUP CHAT

THIS PODCAST from Virgin Media is aiming to capitalise on the sizeable social media popularity of its news reporters Richard Chambers, Zara King and Gavan Reilly – whose combined Twitter... Read more »
THE COLONY - AUDREY MAGEE

Books

THE COLONY – AUDREY MAGEE

THE EMOTIONAL power that distinguished Audrey Magee’s 2014 debut novel The Undertaking earned her widespread critical praise. Written in simple, understated language, her alternate view of life in Nazi Germany... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Bertrand Gautier

Moneybags

GREENCOAT BOARD SHOULD TERMINATE INVESTMENT MANAGER CONTRACT

THE LATEST fundraising exercise by wind farm owner Greencoat Renewables went off without a hitch but the biggest beneficiary of the group’s activities continues... Read more »

Moneybags

John Teeling

Moneybags

BOTSWANA DIAMONDS STARTING TO SHINE

DIAMOND MINING is not the kind of business that attracts too many Irish entrepreneurs, particularly as the industry is an effective monopoly, dominated by... Read more »

Brief Cases

Martin Cullen

Brief Cases

MARTIN CULLEN’S COMEBACK

THE BUILD-UP to the Dublin City LGBT Pride festival has begun in earnest as the various corporate entities prepare to display their rainbow credentials for all to see. (The organisers... Read more »
Tom Ryan

Brief Cases

TOM RYAN’S LEGAL BILLS

THERE WAS no luck for Goldhawk’s old friend, Tom Ryan, whose bid to appeal €8.5m in judgments in the UK has suffered a setback. He remains one of the more... Read more »
Ellie Kisyombe

Brief Cases

ELLIE’S BUSY SCHEDULE

IT WAS a busy week of news coverage for Ellie Kisyombe, self-described “public figure, politician, mum, food & direct provision campaigner”, as well as hot sauce maker, Irish food cafe... Read more »
Michele Romanow

Brief Cases

MICHELE ROMANOW’S FANS

IRISH BUSINESS hacks, normally starved of a bit of glamour, went ga-ga over Michele Romanow last week, which was proof (if any of the same journos had bothered to look... Read more »
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Brief Cases

UNIPHAR’S D6 DUD

HAVING REPORTED a most impressive set of 2021 results last month, Goldhawk was surprised to see a creditors’ meeting called for one of healthcare giant Uniphar’s pharmacies in Rathmines, D6.... Read more »