Affairs of the Nation

Boris Johnson MI6

Affairs of the Nation

SPOOKS DO FOR BORIS

HOW FASCINATING it is to note that two and more of the senior British civil servants that downed British PM, Boris Johnson, have links with intelligence (MI6) and security (MI5)... Read more »
Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

NGI NEW BOARD

THE NATIONAL Gallery of Ireland (NGI) is looking for four new board members. Presumably, by the time they are in situ, we will know who the new NGI Director will... Read more »
Budget Jack Chambers Nicki Minaj B’Tselem Phil Hogan UCD IRTA DIGI Katy Brown Rory Godson Pallonji Mistry Shark Hanlon Frances Ruane Taste of Dublin Listowel Writers’ Week Paddy Curran Harvey Norman Anton Savage Paul Hourican Enda O’Coineen PfP Red C Poll IFTA Ben Gilroy Luke Comer Sue Spence Fingleton Aubrey McCarthy Matt Cooper Parker Green Danny McConnell Gayle Killilea Maura Derivan Ed Honohan INS Arts Council EDAF Emuse Rosslare Golf Club Mairead Casey Colm O’Rourke Stephen Connolly Peter Aiken John Malone Tom Barry Anthony Halpin Ian Kehoe Kevin Bakhurst Geraldine O’Leary Dennis Horgan RUSI Gareth McAllister Ryevale House Joe Macken RUC Omagh Patrick Connolly Paddy Cosgrave The Ditch Newstalk Fake Tan Fred Logue Ian Paisley Sean O’Riordan Margaret Sweeney Jay Bourke Ellie Kisyombe Francesca McDonagh Ted Cunningham National Space Centre An Irish Goodbye Oscar Robert Quirke Ciara Kelly Executive Women Gathering Doug Taylor Florian Haufe Robbie Henshaw Bill Shipsey Breaking the Silence L’Ecrivain Ronan McNally National Lottery Michael Roche Energy Action Balls.ie Newspapers VAT Abbey Theatre Patricia Madden Irish Banking Culture Board Randox Aoife Gallagher Book Dalai Lama Trinity Trevor White RTÉ Chairperson Shane Houlihan Noel Smyth IKC Bob Geldof Landlord Ireland Neutrality Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

MARTIN SHANAHAN’S SURPRISE EXIT

THERE WAS plenty of praise for outgoing IDA Ireland boss Martin Shanahan, who surprised everyone by calling it a day at the state agency – where the role comes with... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Cold Case Review

Affairs of the Nation

SOPHIE’S COLD CASE REVIEW

WHAT IS the real motivation behind the cold case review and reopening of the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 26 years after the event? Ian Bailey,... Read more »
du Plantier case

Affairs of the Nation

NETFLIX’S NEW DRAMA

IT CAN be hard to escape the name of Ian Bailey these days after the gardaí reopened the infamous Sophie Toscan du Plantier case, 25 years after she was murdered... Read more »
Anti-Semitism Ireland

Affairs of the Nation

ISRAEL MONITORS THE IRISH

IN MARCH this year, Maurice Cohen, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, had a pop at Irish parliamentarians – during a UN Human Rights Council periodic review of... Read more »
Randox Testing Kits

Affairs of the Nation

PETER FITZGERALD’S RANDOX TESTING BONANZA

LAST WEEK, the Advertising Standard Authority of Ireland (ASAI) issued its latest bulletin on complaints received over advertisements alleged to be misleading or offensive. There was, however, no sign of... Read more »
Irish Neutrality

Affairs of the Nation

IIEA NEW MANDARIN: DAVID O’SULLIVAN

THE NEW director general of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), David O’Sullivan, has been quick to use the institute’s favourite platform, the Irish Times, to launch an... Read more »
Defence Forces Report

Affairs of the Nation

MUTINOUS NOISES

THE MOST interesting thing about that internal, unpublished government Defence Forces report on the state of relations between the Defence Forces and the defence department is not what it says... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Sally Rooney's Books

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: SALLY ROONEY

When Conversations with Friends was unleashed upon the world in 2017, Sally Rooney’s editor at Faber & Faber dubbed her a “Salinger for the... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Cormac Devlin

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: CORMAC DEVLIN

WILL DÚN LAOGHAIRE TD and Fianna Fail deputy whip, Cormac Devlin stay sitting on the fence about the leadership of the party and its... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Cara Hunter porn

Fit to Print?

ABUSE OF SDLP MEMBERS

SDLP MLA, Cara Hunter, received much sympathetic media coverage, north and south, after she was targeted with online porn smears. This falsely depicted her as engaged in a sex act... Read more »
Ivan Yates Nell McCafferty RTÉ Lord Laird Intro Matchmaking NewsBrands Martin McGuinness Dún Laoghaire Pat Leahy Cormac Lucey John Cooney Irish Journalism Awards Steve Aiken Anton Savage John Downing Lucinda Creighton Marina Sologub Eilis O'Hanlon Ian Kehoe Danny McConnell Sindo O'Connor Mediahuis Stephen Collins Book Justine McCarthy Rewriting the Troubles Lynn Ruane Sinn Féin

Fit to Print?

MCINERNEY FAVOURITE

WITH RSVP citing Sarah McInerney as favourite at 3/1 to take over Claire Byrne Live — the RSVP list ran to nine presenters with the outside bet being Brendan O’Connor at 14/1 — it... Read more »
RTÉ Vacancy

Fit to Print?

JON WILLIAMS’S SUCCESSORS

MINOR MYSTERY surrounded that Covid-19 super-spreader going-away party attended by RTÉ broadcasters recently. This is presumed to have assisted the infection of some of the 25 members of RTÉ’s news... Read more »

Last Refuge

McConalogue Mica

Last Refuge

McCONALOGUE TAKES THE MICA

JOE McHUGH TD appears to be in the firing line of mica campaigners in his Donegal constituency given that he felt compelled to honour his commitment to campaigners by resigning... Read more »
James Geoghegan

Last Refuge

GEOGHEGAN COMEBACK

THE NOTION that James Geoghegan, model Fine Gael candidate and a barrister possessed of an unrivalled judicial pedigree, was going to walk off the pitch after Ivana Bacik wiped his eye in the... Read more »
Who will replace Micheál Martin?

Last Refuge

MARTIN FACES NEW REVOLT

JUST WHEN the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin thought things had finally quietened down in Fianna Fail another rising has broken out, and the occupation of party premises in Leinster House was... Read more »
Navan Hospital Controversy

Last Refuge

RUNNERS AND RIDERS IN NAVAN

PARTY DISCIPLINE has gone out the window in both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael when it comes to Our Lady’s hospital in Navan. The only politician that comes up smelling... Read more »

Hush Hush

Colin Duffy

Hush Hush

NINE-YEAR TRIAL

In December 2013, a fortnight after an armed ambush on a convoy of PSNI vehicles in Ardoyne, Belfast, Colin Duffy, Alex McCrory and Henry Joseph Fitzsimons were charged with IRA... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

ROUND OF SHOTS Eric Nicholson (25) of 6 Oak Drive, Ballacollig, Mountmellick, pleaded guilty in Portlaoise District Court to public intoxication and being abusive toward gardaí. Sergeant Mark Daly told... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

IFA President

Fowl Emissions

CULLINANE’S COWS

WHAT A topical if misleading article the Irish Times published this week from Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president, Tim Cullinane, on the burning issue of methane. For decades, the focus... Read more »
Climate Disinformation Coillte Climate Action EU Livestock NDC Claude Etchelamendy Ed Brophy Richard Boyd-Barrett Kish Dale Crammond Frank Mitloehner Shell Greenwashing Meta Data Centres Ireland

Fowl Emissions

ECO ROVER

The Irish Times recently reported on the painful dressing down delivered to Land Rover for its advertorial featuring gardener Diarmuid Gavin in his hulking “sustainable” two-and-a-half-ton diesel SUV. However, the news report modestly neglected... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Padraig Harrington

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

It’s the best venue in the world as far as I’m concerned. Padraig Harrington on the course at Adare Manor, where he advised on the redesign, Irish Independent Ronan O’Gara,... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Vulva Facials

High Society

CYNTHIA CHUA’S ‘VULVA-VERSE’

IT’S INTERESTING to see that the colourful and loaded Cynthia Chua – who has long been extolling the virtues of “vulva facials” – has... Read more »

High Society

JP McManus Pro-Am

High Society

KAY MULCAIRE’S ADARE BOUNCE

THERE WAS plenty of predictable drooling by the hacks over the two-day JP McManus Pro-Am golfing extravaganza at the Geneva “tax resident’s” Adare Manor... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Eoin Colfer's Partner

Behind the Scenes

EOIN COLFER’S PARTNER

INTERESTING TO see that super successful novelist Eoin Colfer has set up a company with theatre producer Breda Cashe. Not surprisingly, the venture isn’t linked to any new movie adaptation... Read more »
Tailored Films Screen Ireland Perspectives DCCI Crescine Tarka Russell Lara Hickey Reality Check Sarah McInerney Irish Movies Paul Murray Arts Council Dublin Theatre Festival TWU Macdara Kelleher Richard Boyd Barrett DADC Cillian Murphy Terry McMahon Media Commission Ireland Kerlin Gallery Creative Ireland Section 481 Christine O’Donovan RTÉ Storyland NMI Board Vacancies IASCA Ossie Kilkenny RTÉ Original Programmes

Behind the Scenes

NEW BLOOD AT NMI

WITH the closing date having passed for applicants to the board of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), it will be interesting to see how long Catherine Martin waits to... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Joseph O'Brien's Horses

Sport of Kings

O’BRIEN’S AMERICAN DREAM

HAVING PLUNDERED some major international Group 1 prizes in Australia and America last year, Joseph O’Brien‘s horses are on the up. Now the trainer is looking to go a step... Read more »
Brendan Duke Adrian Murray Mick Bailey

Sport of Kings

MICK BAILEY BACK ON TRACK

AN INTERESTING recent returnee to racehorse ownership in Ireland is one Mick Bailey of Bovale Developments. A prominent owner during the Celtic Tiger days when he had horses with Arthur... Read more »
Ronan McNally Suspension

Sport of Kings

RONAN MCNALLY’S FORM

THE TRAINER Ronan McNally has had his fair share of setbacks when he trains a winner. Some wins have coincided with either a major gamble being landed or a stewards’... Read more »
Leopardstown Sponsor

Sport of Kings

A HEADACHE FOR TIM HUSBANDS

IT APPEARS that for the third year in a row the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown – arguably Ireland’s premier flat race – will be run without a sponsor. Consistently... Read more »

Reviews

Maia Dunphy podcast

Podcasts

READ THE ROOM- PADDY COURTNEY/MAIA DUNPHY PODCAST

A CREATION of Newstalk owners Bauer Media, the Go Loud app is quickly developing its own niche in the era of landfill podcasting, as it continues to churn out a... Read more »
DBC Pierre New Book

Books

BIG SNAKE LITTLE SNAKE – DBC PIERRE

SINCE WINNING the 2003 Booker Prize for his debut novel, Vernon God Little, DBC Pierre has continued to, occasionally, write hit-and-miss satirical fiction that is inventive, unconventional and frustratingly over-the-top.... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Falcon Oil Shares

Moneybags

FALCON OIL SHARES GET READY TO FLY

SOMETIMES, IN business, things can change very quickly. The global target for carbon neutrality by 2050 in order to reduce air pollution has seen... Read more »

Moneybags

Kingspan's Share Price

Moneybags

KINGSPAN’S SHARE PRICE ROLLERCOASTER CONTINUES

THE FACT that Kingspan, the second most valuable Irish quoted company at the beginning of this year, when worth €20bn, has almost halved in... Read more »

Briefcases

Alan Curran

Briefcases

ALAN CURRAN’S ‘SCOUTING TRIPS’

MUCH FANFARE was expended last week by the Jimmy Menton-chaired board of Providence Resources in announcing the appointment of Alan Curran as interim chief executive. Just the man Providence needs,... Read more »
Greencoat Renewables

Briefcases

GREENCOAT RENEWABLES’ JAMMY CONTRACT

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that the Rónán Murphy-chaired board of the listed wind energy conglomerate Greencoat Renewables has been busy renewing the lucrative contract held by the company’s ‘investment... Read more »
Dublin Airport Car-Park

Briefcases

GERRY GANNON’S WINDFALL

IT LOOKS like yet another bumper payday is heading the way of developer and landowner extraordinaire Gerry Gannon, who has put the former Quickpark 6,100-space car park on 42 acres... Read more »
Elgin Road Apartments

Briefcases

SENAN SEXTON’S DARK APARTMENT

A LARGE property on Elgin Road D4 in the heart of the embassy district is on the market with a hefty price tag. It turns out to be owned by... Read more »