Affairs of the Nation

Sam Bungey Sophie Toscan du Plantier

Affairs of the Nation

SAM BUNGEY ON IAN BAILEY AND THE MEDIA

Sam Bungey (along with Jennifer Forde) created the 2018 13-episode 'West Cork' podcast on the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder, which is Audible's most listened to podcast ever. The saga... Read more »
Ian Bailey

Affairs of the Nation

PURSUED BEYOND THE GRAVE

IN ONE respect it is salutary to behold the gardaí and their media Greek chorus join forces to posthumously convict Ian Bailey of Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s murder, something they... Read more »
Oliver Callan

Affairs of the Nation

OLIVER CALLAN’S POOR MOUTH

TO HARDLY anyone’s surprise, the safe pair of hands that is Oliver Callan landed the gig as Ryan Tubridy’s successor on RTÉ Radio 1. Maybe he will stop banging on... Read more »

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Eddie O'Connor

Affairs of the Nation

EDDIE AND BRENDAN

THE PUBLIC veneration of the late Eddie O’Connor – with tributes to his visionary, wealth-creating genius and so on – included an unwitting reference to a particular aspect of this... Read more »
Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh

Affairs of the Nation

REVISING NÍ GHRÁLAIGH’S IDEAS

THE IRISH TIMES’s authority on modern Irish history, Ronan McGreevy, seems confused about the political inspiration behind barrister Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh. The Irish lawyer has been lauded by many for... Read more »
Maura Derivan

Affairs of the Nation

MAURA DERIVAN’S BIG YEAR

EARLIER THIS month, Carrick-on-Suir accountant Bobby Fitzgerald’s 14-year-long defamation case against solicitor Maura Derivan, who until last November was president of the Law Society, came to a conclusion. Separately, it... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

DANNY MCCONNELL’S RIGHT MOVE

BUSINESS POST editor Danny McConnell gave Palestinian supporters in the Dáil a good telling off last week for supporting the South African charge of genocide against Israel, describing it as... Read more »
Kevin Rafter

Affairs of the Nation

KEVIN RAFTER’S DISAPPEARING ACT

THE DEADLINE has now passed for applicants looking to replace DCU’s Kevin Rafter as chair of the Arts Council following his premature exit from Merrion Square. Having been appointed at... Read more »
Frank Kitson

Affairs of the Nation

KITSON’S DIRTY WAR

THE RECENT demise of General Sir Frank Kitson (see The Phoenix 12/1/24) was a blessing in disguise for the darker elements of the British establishment: Kitson cannot now let slip... Read more »
Éirígí Brian Leeson

Affairs of the Nation

DISSIDENTS SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE

WHILE SINN Féin’s project has brought the republican movement close to state power north and south, the factions that split away from SF retreated into political ghettoes and fruitless attempts... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: AODHAIN ORIORDAIN

WHY DOES Labour Party TD and former junior minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin want to run in the EU elections in Dublin? Does he believe... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Conor Reddy

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: CONOR REDDY

AS PRESIDENT of the Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation of Ireland (PWO), Conor Reddy is no stranger to politics, both on campus and further afield. Although... Read more »

Fit to Print?

IPSC RTÉ Kevin Bakhurst

Fit to Print?

RTÉ ACCUSED OF GAZA BIAS

HAS THE predicted subservience of a demoralised and virtually bankrupt RTÉ come to pass already, with the station fearful of upsetting the Government in its coverage of the biggest global... Read more »
Diageo Dana An Garda Síochána IT Trust No Stone Unturned Irish Times Black Friday Vicky Conway

Fit to Print?

DANA’S COMPLAINT

ONE OF the last defamation battles that singer, ex-MEP and former presidential candidate Dana has to sort out is, ironically, one that resulted from a libel case against her, instead... Read more »
The Currency Paul Henderson

Fit to Print?

‘CURRENCY’ EXCHANGE?

AS GOLDHAWK reported last year, the lofty “overarching philosophy” of The Currency is the creation of “journalism that is fearless, focused and always interesting” and free from “any corporate, sectoral... Read more »

Last Refuge

Paul Kehoe Fine Gael TDs

Last Refuge

FINE GAEL’S WILD GEESE

IT’S NOT yet known where the soon-to-be-departed TDs and senators of Fine Gael will next surface, like some buccaneering wild geese marauding through board rooms and the professions or even... Read more »
Finian McGrath

Last Refuge

FINIAN McGRATH RIDES AGAIN

THE RETIREMENT of Fine Gael former minister and failed leadership candidate Richard Bruton from the electoral fray has alerted the minds of those surrounding former minister Finian McGrath in Dublin... Read more »
James Browne Sunday Independent Sinn Féin

Last Refuge

SF ‘HARD AND FAST ON MEDIA’

THE GOVERNMENT parties, especially Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, will be pleased that the decade-long delay in doing anything in the face of media pleading for reform of the defamation... Read more »
Simon Harris European Elections

Last Refuge

FINE GAEL’S LEAN, MEAN MACHINE

READING A list of the generals that Leo Varadkar has appointed to his GHQ staff for the upcoming local, European and general elections as recently published in the Business Post,... Read more »

Hush Hush

Michael D Higgins

Hush Hush

IRELAND AT NATO MEETINGS

Last June, when President Michael D Higgins commented on the Government’s Forum on International Security, he talked of a dangerous “drift” away from Ireland’s long-standing policy of neutrality. Tánaiste and... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘CORK PRICKS’ A man who had travelled to Cork to socialise became intoxicated to such an extent that he threatened to fight gardaí after being arrested for his own safety,... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Luke Holland Climate Denial John Fagan Wolf Europe David Quinn Duncan Stewart Data Centre Carbon Emissions Conor Skehan Chris Hazzard

Fowl Emissions

‘NEW’ CLIMATE DENIAL

Climate denial was once a straightforward affair. All you had to do was to grasp what a poor understanding the public and most of the media have of even the... Read more »
Ray Bates

Fowl Emissions

RAY BATES’S CAMPAIGN

Climate denial has lost its most persistent Irish advocate with the recent death of Prof Ray Bates, formerly of Met Éireann and UCD. Since retiring over 20 years ago, Bates... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Darren Kennedy

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

It involves making intentional decisions about what to keep, donate, or discard. In doing so, we create space for new possibilities and a sense of calmness in our lives. Darren... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Nigel Rogers

High Society

NIGEL ROGERS PULLS THE TRIGGER

THERE WAS endless oohing and aahing when a huge 8,600 sq ft mansion in Shankill, Co Dublin, featured on RTÉ’s Selling Ireland’s Dream Homes... 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

COSGRAVE FAMILY FEUDING

AS FAMILY spats go, the one involving members of the fabulously wealthy Cosgrave building family is set to be one of the biggest. In... 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 FITZPATRICK’S MIS-STEP

GOLDHAWK SPIES a creditors’ meeting called for one of the companies linked to the Fitzpatrick shoe retailing dynasty. Meanwhile, it turns out that the prime property on Grafton Street, previously... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Audrey Whitty Bonar Law Collection

Behind the Scenes

AUDREY WHITTY’S GOOD NEWS

HAVING JUST handed over €60,000 to the Crawford Art Gallery towards the acquisition at auction of Harry Clarke’s The Colloquy of Monos and Una, there was further evidence of the... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

REALITY CHECK

THE LONG campaign to drag the Irish taxpayer into subsidising “unscripted” productions (ie reality TV shows) through the Section 481 tax break looks set to deliver. Then finance minister Pascal... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Patrick Mullins

Sport of Kings

PATRICK MULLINS’S INSTRUCTIONS

THE SIGHT of Patrick Mullins wagging his finger at cousin Danny Mullins at the end of the Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick last month was a reminder of the pecking... Read more »
Ed Dunlop David Dunsdon Sarah Lynam Rebecca May Wayne Hassett Eoin O'Brien Michael Burke Aine O’Connor Ashroe Diamond Thomand O’Mara Peter Keatley Timmy Hyde Coolmore All About Sunday Colin Keane Ronan Whelan JP McManus Jessica Harrington Dundalk Racecourse Paul Hensey Irish National Hunt Horse-racing Doping Paddy Walsh Tom Kelly Suspension

Sport of Kings

FINAL FENCE FOR HBL

THREE MONTHS after the passing of high-profile Kilkenny bookmaker Triona Harrington, her company, Harrington Bookmakers Ltd (HBL), is being removed from the companies register. The good news is that business... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Martin Davis

Moneybags

ACTION REQUIRED AT MOLTEN VENTURES

IT CONTINUES to be very difficult to make sense of what is going on inside Molten Ventures plc. There have been some startling contrasts... Read more »

Moneybags

Seamus Keating

Moneybags

TIME FOR KEATING TO DELIVER AT FD TECHNOLOGIES

OVER FOUR years on from the death of FD Technologies founder Brian Conlon, the company continues to struggle to convince the market that all... Read more »

Brief Cases

Kneecap

Brief Cases

KNEECAP’S CAPITAL

CONTROVERSIAL HIP-HOP act Kneecap have attracted plenty of media coverage as a result of the antics of its three members, which have included some pretty provocative murals – the sort... Read more »
MCD Denis Desmond

Brief Cases

DENIS DESMOND’S RESTRUCTURING

THERE WAS plenty of coverage of the latest results from the MCD-Live Nation concert promotion behemoth last week as the LN-Gaiety Holdings joint venture published its 2022 accounts. Although the... Read more »
Leo Mohan

Brief Cases

LEO MOHAN’S MISHAPS

Goldhawk has followed the exploits of Leo Mohan for many years since the Monaghan entrepreneur was involved in a substantial Christmas tree business that came a cropper in the 1990s,... Read more »
Kieron McQuaid

Brief Cases

KIERON MCQUAID’S ROUGH RIDE

IT WAS reported in the Irish Examiner last week that, in the lead-up to last October’s budget, finance minister Michael McGrath had sought to have the VAT rate for both... Read more »