Affairs of the Nation

Roisin Ingle Blackrock Irish Times

Affairs of the Nation

BASHING BLACKROCK BOYS

RUADHÁN MAC CORMAIC has handled his first crisis as Irish Times editor by ignoring it and Róisín ‘Bungle’ Ingle’s loud, long sneer at Blackrock College boys – in the week... 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

BALLS.IE SCORES

WITH THE World Cup in Qatar driving footie fans even to the outer reaches of the internet in search of more and more coverage, the event is clearly good news... 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

EAMON RYAN’S RED FACE

THERE MAY be a few red faces at Green Party headquarters this week as a result of the Energy Action board deciding to call it a day. The decision was... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Siun Ni Raghallaigh

Affairs of the Nation

NEW CHAIRPERSON AT RTÉ

THE APPOINTMENT by Catherine Martin’s of Siún Ní Raghallaigh as chairwoman of RTÉ will not be too big a surprise to those who have watched the career of the canny... Read more »
Newspapers VAT Paschal Donohoe

Affairs of the Nation

ZERO VAT FOR WEALTHY MEDIA

PAUPERISED NEWSPAPERS and their websites recently reflected the windfall tax relief donated to them by the Government’s budgetary measures after a lengthy campaign that emphasised how close to ruin many... Read more »
Deirdre Veldon Paul Mulvaney

Affairs of the Nation

‘IRISH TIMES’ MUSICAL CHAIRS

THE RECENT reshuffle of top editorial and commercial positions at the Irish Times solved what looked at one stage to be a chaotic situation. When deputy editor and former managing... Read more »
Sheikh Fahad Al Thani

Affairs of the Nation

SHEIKH FAHAD’S THOROUGHBREDS

THERE HAS, not surprisingly, been oodles of coverage over the last month of the Qatar’s sports-washing agenda, which is playing itself out for a global audience courtesy of the World... Read more »
Leo Varadkar Biodiversity Ireland

Affairs of the Nation

BIODIVERSITY WAKE UP CALLS

DESPITE REPEATED attempts by vested interests trading on Ireland’s “green” reputation, Ireland’s biodiversity is in fact in freefall. Water pollution, largely as a result of livestock agriculture, is increasing, while... Read more »
Bobby Sands Sinn Féin Merchandise

Affairs of the Nation

SUNDAY TIMES’ TRUMP CARD

ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE by the Aawrish edition of the Sunday Times on those dastardly Sinn Féin operators reported that the party has “taken a page from Donald Trump’s playbook by offering... Read more »

Pillars of Society

John Cooney

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: JOHN COONEY

THE LATEST flood of revelations about the horrific scale of previously unaddressed historic clerical sexual abuses at Blackrock College has spread to other fee-paying... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Rosie Connolly Quinn

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: ROSIE CONNOLLY QUINN

FROM HUMBLE beginnings as a personal shopper at Arnotts, Rosie Connolly-Quinn has transformed her online persona from girl-next-door blogger to wealthy business woman. This... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Peter Vandermeersch Mediahuis Newsbrands Ireland

Fit to Print?

MEDIA GONGS TO BE SILENCED?

GOLDHAWK SPECULATED recently that Mediahuis titles might show a marked improvement in the NewsBrands Ireland awards this year compared with their humiliation in 2021 (see The Phoenix 2/11/22). Last year... Read more »
Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

Fit to Print?

GO, HARVEY, GO!

IN A timely editorial last Saturday, the Irish Times warned: “Indigenous retailers have been effectively strong-armed into holding Black Friday sales by multinationals better equipped to buy in stock specifically... Read more »
Christy Kinahan John Mooney

Fit to Print?

IRAN-KINAHAN SCARY STORY

THE IRISH edition of the Sunday Times has been purged of most long-time, senior staff but crime and security correspondent John Mooney remains in situ. This is either because of... Read more »

Last Refuge

Catherine Martin Greens Coalition

Last Refuge

‘UNITED’ GREEN PARTY

THE GREENS put on a show of unity and purpose last Saturday in a convention that was several galaxies distant from traditional gatherings of yesteryear when policy differences were aired... Read more »
Gerard Craughwell

Last Refuge

CRAUGHWELL’S FORGOTTEN ARMY

SENATORS MICHAEL McDowell and Gerard Craughwell issued some aggressive statements about the refusal of Government and the Defence Forces to give official endorsement to last week’s commemoration of National Army... Read more »
Micheal Martin Belsat TV

Last Refuge

IRELAND JOINS THE COLD WAR NEUTRALITY

AN ALARMING note recently from one of Goldhawk’s agents in Moscow’s sphere of interest advanced the proposition that the Irish Government is involved in a western plot to effect regime... Read more »
Malachy Steenson

Last Refuge

EAST WALL’S GANDHI RESURFACES

AMONG THE speakers, mostly outsiders from the hard right, attempting to mobilise East Wall residents against refugees was a more exotic political personality, locally born Malachy Steenson, aka Gandhi of... Read more »

Hush Hush

Justin Barrett National Party Ard Fheis

Hush Hush

‘NAZIS AND NUTTERS’

MANY WERE non-plussed at muffled media reports of an incident at the Lough Erne Resort in Co Fermanagh a fortnight ago involving the far-right National Party. It’s not the first... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE’ A 73-YEAR-OLD who verbally abused county council waste enforcement officials received the Probation Act at Sligo District Court. The court heard that Willie Tighe, of Carrowgobbadagh,... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Larry Goodman

Fowl Emissions

LARRY GOODMAN’S OIL STRIKE

YOU’RE NEVER too old to reinvent yourself. At 85, billionaire beef baron Larry Goodman is starting a new career – as an aspiring oil baron. Earlier this year he bought... Read more »
Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

Fowl Emissions

EU ROUNDS UP RENEWAL

Imagine if civil servants ignored the outcome of a Dáil vote and implemented a policy measure against the wishes of a majority of TDs. Something like that has happened in... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Bono

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

How does someone who first shows up as a monumental pain-in-the-arise fundamentalist become someone who can write the greatest ode to love in two thousand years. Bono on writing ‘One’... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Kasia Gaborec McEvoy

High Society

MY NAME IS KASIA

NO DOUBT Katarzyna ‘Kasia’ Gaborec-McEvoy was delighted with the latest lengthy plug her upmarket handbag company received in the Business Post last month, courtesy... Read more »

High Society

IHT CHL The Lion in Winter Racing Royalty Le Brocquy City of Troy Fitzwilliam Square AIRO Dermot Smurfit Ballinacarrig Park Club Cosgrave Fitzpatrick Keith Jameson National Gallery Collection Marissa Carter VG Tom Higgins Neil Jordan Laura Bonner Paul Ward Variety Jones Dtat Eathos Sharon Keegan Angela Scanlon Desmond Canouan Bellair Estate Bobby Flay John O’Conor Portrait of Omai Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile Wedding NGI Board Rachel Flynn JP McMahon Ash Quinn Pamela Laird Abdullah Al Naboodah Boundless Ocean

High Society

PAUL SHEERAN’S PLANS

THERE’S BEEN plenty of publicity in recent weeks for jeweller Paul Sheeran, who has been expanding on all fronts. Well established in the bling... Read more »

High Society

Mickael Viljanen Ross Lewis

High Society

CHAPTER ONE’S NEW CHAPTER

THE WINDING-UP of a company called Lindley Ltd has just taken place, marking an ‘official’ end to the original Ross Lewis-fronted Chapter One restaurant business, where the name in lights... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Visual Carlow Emma Lucy O'Brien

Behind the Scenes

CARRY ON CARLOW

HAVING LOST out on some money-spinners last year due to the pandemic, the cash-strapped Visual arts centre in Carlow is hoping nothing derails this year’s panto. While the institution (where... 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

BOYD BARRETT’S CAMEO ROLE

WATCHING THE Oireachtas select committee on finance and public expenditure go through the nuts and bolts of the recently published Finance Bill would be a pretty tedious undertaking were it... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Kevin O'Ryan

Sport of Kings

KEVIN O’RYAN’S SCHEDULE

RACING TV presenter Kevin O’Ryan is known to keep himself busy within the sport, juggling his broadcasting role with acting as a jockeys’ agent, an equine talent scout for Goffs,... Read more »
Ronan McNally Ithaka Horse

Sport of Kings

MCNALLY HANGING ON

THE CURIOUS case of trainer Ronan McNally rumbles on, despite reports in recent months that a decision was imminent as to whether he would face any sanctions from the Irish... Read more »
Robert Tyner

Sport of Kings

ROBERT TYNER’S U-TURN

ANOTHER TRAINER who had a spot of bother with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) earlier this year is Robert Tyner. During the summer the Cork-based trainer announced his intention... Read more »
Kevin Doyle

Sport of Kings

KEVIN DOYLE’S NEW GOAL

WHEN FORMER Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle paid €155,000 three years ago for a foal that was a half-brother to a then star two-mile chaser, he announced it was... Read more »

Reviews

Surrender - Bono

Books

SURRENDER: 40 SONGS, ONE STORY – BONO

SURRENDER IS a command and the media have complied. No editor appears to have given Surrender to someone qualified enough or brave enough to review its dubious history, politics and... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Paul O'Donnell

Moneybags

GREENCOAT MANAGERS CONTINUE TO REAP THE REWARDS

GREENCOAT RENEWABLES raised €270m at €1 a share in 2017. It has since gone on to raise over €1bn from investors, most recently €282m... Read more »

Moneybags

Brian Hall

Moneybags

GREAT WESTERN’S GROWING PROSPECTS

EMMETT O’CONNELL floated off the tiny Great Western Mining exploration vehicle in Dublin in 2011, which focused on licences he had acquired in the... Read more »

Brief Cases

Bill McCabe

Brief Cases

BILL MCCABE’S LEGAL HEADACHE

INTERESTING TO see a midland engineering outfit called Aubren Ltd lodging proceedings in the Four Goldmines against the high-profile air purification outfit WellAir Ltd, where the main player is well-known... Read more »
Mark Galligan House of Ireland

Brief Cases

MARK GALLIGAN’S EMPTY HOUSE

THE SUMMER of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, the House of Ireland (HoI) crafts and gifts retail group collapsed into liquidation. The liquidator has now completed his task... Read more »
Ciara Donlon

Brief Cases

RESCUING CIARA DONLON

HAVING WON her fair share of plaudits in recent years, Ciara Donlon – the woman behind Theya Lingerie Ltd, which produces post-surgery underwear from bamboo no less – finds herself... Read more »
Michael Hackman

Brief Cases

MICHAEL HACKMAN’S IRISH SCREENPLAY

INTERESTING TO see that the first accounts have been filed by Michael Hackman’s Ardmore and Troy Studios Limited, which acquired the two film and TV studios from Joe Devine’s consortium... Read more »