Affairs of the Nation

Micheál Martin Ukraine

Affairs of the Nation

UKRAINE DEFEAT LOOMS

THE ISRAELI horror show in Gaza cannot hide for long the uncomfortable fact – for Nato and the West, including Ireland – that Ukraine stands on the edge of defeat... 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

MAURA DERIVAN’S SETTLEMENT

THE SETTLING this week of circuit court defamation proceedings by number-cruncher Bobby Fitzgerald against outgoing Law Society president Maura Derivan and her hubby, Patrick, took no less than 14 years.... 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

GAYLE KILLILEA AND DER KAISER

FOLLOWERS OF the entertaining X account of Gayle Killilea saw her react in characteristic fashion to a two-page spread in the Indo about her new mansion near Ascot: “As the... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Richard Humphreys

Affairs of the Nation

JUDGE HUMPHREYS AND JAMIE BRYSON

WHAT AN intriguing coupling Judge Richard Humphreys and loyalist activist Jamie Bryson make in their collaboration on the recently published Constitutional Balance, the Acts of Union and the Principle of... 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

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ED HONOHAN AND THE VULTURE FUNDS

FORMER MASTER of the High Court Ed Honohan has been on the rampage in the US in recent weeks, with dramatic allegations against what he describes as collusion between the... Read more »
David Norris

Affairs of the Nation

DAVID NORRIS’S ‘MILLION POUNDS’

FANS WHO managed to stay up (awake?) for RTÉ’s The Week In Politics programme last weekend were treated to an interesting titbit from David Norris, who was happy to confirm... 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

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RTÉ’S FOUR SEATS

AS GOLDHAWK revealed (see The Phoenix 1/12/23), the premature exit of Connor Murphy from the RTÉ board created a second vacancy for media minister Catherine Martin to fill. She has... Read more »
Linda Martin

Affairs of the Nation

LINDA MARTIN’S PUPPY LOVE

CHRISTMAS CAME early for Linda ‘Eurovision’ Martin, whose move into the business end of animal welfare has landed her a juicy gig from Dublin City Council (DCC), although the €45,000... Read more »
Bono

Affairs of the Nation

BONO’S WINDFALL

THE PEACE message frequently peddled by Bono has invariably been aligned with a western political agenda but a recent move by the singer saw him benefit from a financial deal... Read more »
Esmond Birnie NLAW

Affairs of the Nation

ARMS TO GAZA (VIA UKRAINE)

THE ARMS industry makes a big deal of end-use certificates, which identify a government agency of the importing state that will use their weapons. Despite this, there is still a... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Vicki Notaro

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: VICKI NOTARO

HAVING LEFT her position as MD of VIP Publishing earlier this year, Vicki Notaro has impressed Goldhawk with her modus operandi as she forges... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Chris Clifford

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: CHRIS CLIFFORD

THE current president of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Chris Clifford, came to power in unique circumstances. A two-term president of Munster... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Kieran McDaid Reach

Fit to Print?

‘MIRROR’ OVER REACHES ITSELF

THE ELEVATION of Irish Sun editor Kieran McDaid to the hot seat occupied until recently by Nóirín Hegarty at the Aarish edition of the Sunday Times also saw the transfer... Read more »
Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

Fit to Print?

NON-DISCLOSURE AT THE ‘IT’

IT LOOKS like the Irish Times DAC and also the IT Trust have weathered the stormy response of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and its chapel (NUJ branch) to... Read more »
Niall Meehan Eddie Gorman

Fit to Print?

CoI SLEEPS SOUNDLY

LAST WEEK the Church of Ireland (CoI) and the Scouts Association forked out £100,000 in damages to Eddie Gorman, who was abused by Rev WG (Bill) Neely in Mount Merrion... Read more »

Last Refuge

Emma Blain

Last Refuge

THE 2023 GIRL

THE FIRST and one of the most intriguing Fine Gael selection conventions for the next general election takes place in the new year (January 15) in Dublin Bay South (DBS),... Read more »
Dylan Hutchinson

Last Refuge

KINGSTOWN FG: THE ENEMY WITHIN

A FRISSON of anti-Russian paranoia ran through a number of Dún Laoghaire Blueshirts recently, causing the postponement of the convention for candidates to the Blackrock area for next year’s local... Read more »
Janice Boylan Irish Military Mali Coolock Says No IFP Hermann Kelly Timmy Dooley Aontú Mal O’Hara Fintan O’Toole Josepha Madigan Eoghan Harris Ukraine War Micheál Martin Middle East Philip Ryan Seán Clancy Simon Coveney Hugo MacNeill Mountbatten Neasa Hourigan Green Party Martin NPT Ivana Bacik Independents Limerick Hospital Overcrowding Barry Cowen

Last Refuge

SIMON COVENEY’S AMBITIONS

YOU REALLY have to wonder who, apart from one of Simon Coveney’s people, inspired that Sunday Times story last weekend headlined, “TDs tip Coveney to replace Donohoe”, as speculation continues... Read more »
Regina Doherty

Last Refuge

REGINA V JOSEPHA – AND MAYBE BARRY

LEO VARADKAR and his command staff officers in the bunker have one issue to deal with before others when it comes to the Dublin European seat and that’s whether to... Read more »

Hush Hush

Drew Harris Dublin Riots

Hush Hush

DREW HARRIS’S COP OUT

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris’s credibility in the aftermath of the Dublin riots rests on his claim that no one could have anticipated the level of violence. But the level of... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘FAT BASTARD’ A MAN who was found sleeping on a flower bed by gardaí appeared before Sligo District Court on two counts of public intoxication. At 7:35pm on June 14,... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Charlie McConalogue Cop28

Fowl Emissions

COP ON OR COP OUT?

Won’t anyone think of the oil companies? In a frantic communiqué issued at Cop28, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) warned that the “undue and disproportionate pressure against fossil... Read more »
Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

Fowl Emissions

BILL CALLANAN’S CANDID COMMENTS

The long-standing nitrates derogation that allows some farmers to use 250kg per hectare ends this month. A new lower limit of 220kg will be in place in 2024 amid much... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Conor McGregor

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

If anointed, the appointing of An Taoiseach will begin with a friendly sparring match in my purpose built, Presidents Octagon, in the grass outside Áras an Uachtaráin. Gumshield, 16oz gloves,... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Brendan and Alison Parsons Birr Castle

High Society

BIRR CASTLE’S CHINESE MENU

IT LOOKS like some very wealthy people from around the world will be making contact with the owners of Birr Castle, who are offloading... Read more »

High Society

Harry McCalmont

High Society

HARRY McCALMONT’S HEAVY GOING

HARROW-EDUCATED horse breeder and well-known Turf Club personality Harry McCalmont found himself in the headlines last week when a legal action against him resulted... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Oliver Sears

Behind the Scenes

BUSY OLIVER SEARS

ART DEALER and Holocaust awareness advocate Oliver Sears tends to generate plenty of media interest and most recently was afforded a lengthy outing on Brendan O’Connor’s RTÉ Radio One show.... 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

BOX OFFICE BLUES

AROUND 40 ‘Irish’ movies, some of them re-releases or hold-overs from 2022, were released in cinemas in Ireland over the course of 2023. Many of these movies will have passed... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Sam Ewing Willie Mullins

Sport of Kings

ADVANTAGE MULLINS

IRISH Horseracing Regulatory Board stewards made a decision at Punchestown that could have ramifications for trainers and jockeys, especially in light of the BHA’s plans to introduce a limit of... Read more »
Barry Connell Tim Husbands

Sport of Kings

CONNELL’S PLAN

THE RECENT ‘festivalisation’ of some of the big winter jumps meets has resulted in big crowds and great atmospheres at Irish tracks. Leopardstown boss Tim Husbands will be hoping this... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Dermot Smurfit

Moneybags

DERMOT SMURFIT’S BET ON GAN BLOWS UP

AT ONE stage, after floating off on the American Nasdaq market in May 2020 and raising $50m, the Dermot Smurfit-headed GAN Gaming looked to... Read more »

Moneybags

Sean Coyle

Moneybags

ORIGIN’S LESS THAN FERTILE PERFORMANCE

THE CEO of Origin Enterprises, Sean Coyle, describes the company as “evolving and well positioned for future growth with strong fundamentals and sustainability at... Read more »

Briefcases

Barry Napier

Briefcases

BARRY NAPIER’S WINDFALL

CHRISTMAS CAME early for tech investor Barry Napier, whose remarkable multimillion-euro windfall from the sale of a controlling stake in his Cubic Telecom business to the Japanese SoftBank represents a... Read more »
Frank Boyle

Briefcases

FRANK BOYLE’S MISPLACED OPTIMISM

WELL-KNOWN Sligo-based medtech entrepreneur Frank Boyle is not going to have a happy Christmas and neither will any creditors of his Nektr Technologies Ltd (NTL) and its subsidiaries, all of... Read more »
John Russell Mizna

Briefcases

MIZNA’S STRONG MEDICINE

AMONG THE relatively small batch of tax defaulters published by the Revenue Commissioners earlier this month was a company called Mizna & Co Ltd, which is described as a medical... Read more »
Max's Burgers Shane Mitchell

Briefcases

MAX’S BURNT BURGERS

AMONG THE more high-profile players in the hospitality game here in recent years have been Shane Mitchell and long-time business partner John Quinn, who are associated with a number of... Read more »