Affairs of the Nation

Marie Donnelly

Affairs of the Nation

TOO MUCH DATA, MARIE

LAST OCTOBER the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) received an email from PR and lobbying firm FleishmanHillard to say that its client, Peter Lantry, was “very keen to arrange a... Read more »
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Affairs of the Nation

PADDY CURRAN’S HEAVY GOING

AMONG THE various interesting local election results thrown up this week, Goldhawk noted the surprise defeat by a short head of Kildare Blueshirt councillor Paddy Curran. Having entered the election... 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

PLOT THICKENS IN LISTOWEL

THERE CONTINUES to be more twists and turns on the Listowel Writers’ Week (LWW) board than can be found in any thriller that was discussed at the annual shindig earlier... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

Jim O'Callaghan

Affairs of the Nation

JIM O’CALLAGHAN’S INTENTIONS

MICHEÁL MARTIN was not so much elated as tremendously relieved at the local and EU election results, which basically mean he does not have to face down a revolt from... Read more »
Paschal Donohoe Ray McAdam

Affairs of the Nation

PASCHAL DONOHOE’S PATIENT ‘ALLY’

SCENES OF jubilation among Fine Gael candidates and other senior party figures at the Dublin local election count centre in the RDS were captured by the Sunday Times last weekend,... Read more »
John Twomey

Affairs of the Nation

THE PIT BULL LOBBY

AFTER THE recent fatal dog attack in Limerick, there will be increased focus on the activities of Heather Humphreys’ new Dog Control Stakeholder Group, chaired by ex-Garda deputy commissioner John... Read more »
Clodagh Higginson

Affairs of the Nation

COMER BROTHERS’ PR COUP

CONGRATULATIONS TO the minted Comer brothers, Luke and Brian, who earned a quick return from their decision to splash out on some public relations handlers from London. It turns out... Read more »
Darragh O'Loughlin Mazars Report

Affairs of the Nation

DARRAGH O’LOUGHLIN’S HANDICAP

A DRAFT copy of the long-awaited Mazars report into financial matters that were described by Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) boss Darragh O’Loughlin as being of “grave concern” has been... Read more »
Eoin Drea Irish Neutrality

Affairs of the Nation

NEUTRALITY ANNOYS EU, FG AND BRITS

After a European Parliament election campaign dominated by the issue of immigration, which was put centre stage by a cohort of ideologically committed hard-right parties and then amplified by more... Read more »
Micheál Martin Dublin-Monaghan

Affairs of the Nation

DUBLIN-MONAGHAN BOMBING FILES

Last month President Michael D Higgins told the survivors and victims’ relatives of the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bomb atrocities that it was “not morally acceptable, nor is it politically feasible, to... Read more »

Pillars of Society

Dan Healy

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: DAN HEALY

THE NOW characteristic line in fighting talk of Dan Healy was already very much in evidence when he blazed in to succeed John McMahon... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Martha Ni Riada

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: MARTHA NÍ RIADA

THE OUTGOING president of University College Dublin Students’ Union (UCDSU), Martha Ní Riada (24), is your prototypical student politics type: a permanent fixture at... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Naomi Long

Fit to Print?

MEDIA AND CHURCH RED FACES

THERE WERE red faces for the north’s justice minister, Alliance leader Naomi Long, and her officials, who can add non-competence to the party’s much-touted non-sectarian halo. Media organisations recently convinced... Read more »
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Fit to Print?

PAUL TWEED’S MATCHMAKER

An intriguing mention in the Irish Times recently reported that dating agency Intro Matchmaking is seeking an injunction against one of its former clients, clothes designer Fionnuala Bourke. The story... Read more »
Justin McCarthy Morning Ireland

Fit to Print?

‘MORNING IRELAND’ REPLACEMENT

NOW THAT the venerable Dobbo’s replacement on RTÉ’s News at One has been appointed – Morning Ireland’s Rachel English – speculation about who will replace English on the morning news... Read more »

Last Refuge

Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin

Last Refuge

SF: BEHAVE AS IF IN GOVERNMENT

SINN FÉIN is staring at an electoral abyss and the potential loss of a republican generation that could have provided a radical political transformation, not to mention the slowing of... Read more »
Marian Dwyer-Agrios

Last Refuge

FAMILY FORTUNES

THAT EMBARRASSING tale of Louth Fine Gael candidate Marian Dwyer-Agrios withdrawing from the local elections because she had received €30,000 go-away money-cum-works-on-her-house from a local developer (she initially sought €40,000)... Read more »
Kate O'Connell

Last Refuge

KATE O’CONNELL’S CHOICES

KATE O’CONNELL is currently weighing up her prospects as a Dáil candidate in at least two constituencies after local and European campaigns in which she soldiered mightily in an effort... Read more »

Hush Hush

Hermann Kelly IFP

Hush Hush

NOT ALL RIGHT ON THE NIGHT

DESPITE THE hype, the results of the local government and European Parliament elections were underwhelming for a number of Ireland’s new right-wing parties. A small number of ‘Independent’ new-right councillors... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

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Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

LAST CHANCE SALOON A Donegal pub owner once more found himself before Letterkenny District Court charged with selling alcohol after hours. Garda Suzanne Gordon described how gardaí received an anonymous... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

FAO Charlie McConalogue

Fowl Emissions

DAIRY PR PRODUCE

On being installed as Taoiseach, one of the first actions by the canny Simon Harris was to reassure the agri lobby that his Government had no intention of rolling back... Read more »
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Fowl Emissions

NIALL BOYLAN’S HOT AIR

While the local and European elections have thrown up some real surprises, perhaps the least surprising aspect has been the sheer cluelessness of climate-denier candidates and the fact that this... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Gavin Duffy

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

It’s a great investment for a child to have a pony because they won’t be down the local shopping mall or be hanging around. Gavin Duffy, Sunday Independent Life Magazine... Read more »

High Society

High Society

Philippa Evans Bevan Fortwilliam Estate

High Society

EVANS BEVAN’S ESTATE

HAVING ACQUIRED the impressive Fortwilliam Estate on 400 acres outside Lismore, Co Waterford, just over a decade ago for almost €8m, the wonderfully named... Read more »

High Society

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High Society

JOHN BYRNE SADDLES UP

CONGRATULATIONS TO moneybags horse owner John Byrne, who has ended up in the saddle at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board as senior steward and... Read more »

High Society

Declan Ryan

High Society

DECLAN RYAN SELLS UP

THERE WAS a glowing write-up at the weekend in the Business Post for an impressive-looking house on Harcourt Street in Dublin 2, now on the market for €3m. The owner... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Susan Kirby Revenue

Behind the Scenes

DOMINO EFFECT

NEW GUIDELINES issued by Revenue – following its successful Supreme Court appeal last October regarding the employment status of Domino’s pizza delivery drivers – look set to have a domino... Read more »
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Behind the Scenes

TARKA RUSSELL’S EXIT

SO FAREWELL then to Tarka Russell, who has stepped down from the board of the Glucksman art gallery in UCC after five years. The 30-something London/New York-based gallery director added... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Denis Hogan

Sport of Kings

DENIS HOGAN HITS OUT

AS FANS of Goldhawk are aware, trainer Denis Hogan is no stranger to the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) stewards and he made his feelings pretty clear earlier this month... Read more »
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Sport of Kings

EOIN O’BRIEN’S DOUBLE TROUBLE

ANOTHER POOR reflection on the regulatory standards in Irish racing was evident when the same appeals body subsequently sat to consider the case of Eoin O’Brien, the winning rider of... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Bertrand Bodson

Moneybags

KEYWORDS STUDIOS PLAYING THE RIGHT GAME

KEYWORDS STUDIOS plc was established in Dublin in 1997 before eventually floating on the AIM market in 2013, driven by then CEO Andrew Day.... Read more »

Moneybags

Michael O'Leary Ryanair Profits

Moneybags

PROFITABLE RYANAIR’S PROBLEM IN THE COCKPIT

THE RYANAIR results for the full year to March 2024 show a modest 9% increase in passenger numbers to 184 million but a stonking... Read more »

Brief Cases

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Brief Cases

SUSAN BERGIN BOWS OUT

Given arts and media minister Catherine Martin’s promise to bring forward a proposed new funding framework for RTÉ before the Dáil recess on July 11, it may be a while... Read more »
Mike Ormonde

Brief Cases

SAVING MIKE ORMONDE’S HYDE

THE RESCUE process being undertaken by Secret Seasonings Ltd, the insolvent company behind the Hyde bar and nightclub off Dublin’s Grafton Street, is entering the closing strait and process adviser... Read more »
Norman Crowley

Brief Cases

NORMAN CROWLEY’S DEPLETED ENERGY

JOINT LIQUIDATORS Ken Fennell and Brendan O’Reilly of Interpath Advisory have been installed at Crowley Carbon, owned by the media-friendly Norman Crowley. The move must have come as quite the... Read more »
Pat and Una McDonagh

Brief Cases

PAT MCDONAGH’S APPEAL

THIS WAS a memorable month for Supermac’s co-founder Pat McDonagh, whose fast-food operation scored a notable win in its long-running trademark dispute with global burger giant McDonald’s. The European Court... Read more »