Affairs of the Nation

Mary Robinson

Affairs of the Nation

MARY ROBINSON’S MAKE-OVER

WHO KNEW that Mary Robinson was so impressionable, as indicated in a recent all-holds barred Irish Independent interview with the former president as well as an Irish Times paean 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

Affairs of the Nation

BILL’S BIG HIT

AN OLD friend of Goldhawk’s has just made quite a splash, courtesy of a whopping great judgment from those spoilsports in Nama. Like many property developers, Bill Kilmurray, with an... 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

TARGETING JACK CHAMBERS

THE SUITS in the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (Digi), a lobby group for the alcohol sector, must have been delighted with the front-page story in the Irish Times this... Read more »

Affairs of the Nation

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

NOT SO TIDY

THE NEXT AGM of Dún Laoghaire’s Eblana Club is likely to experience a stormy session regarding unsavoury reports emanating from the club about its alleged refusal to allow refugees to... Read more »
Ian O'Doherty

Affairs of the Nation

WORKING-CLASS HERO

IRISH INDEPENDENT shock-jock columnist Ian O’Doherty is a fan of right-wing US libertarian politics. The born-again proletarian champion recently wrote how “the images from Belfast of working class loyalists joining... 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

SUE GRAY’S CONTROL

PRIME MINISTER Kier Starmer’s chief of staff, Sue Gray, has for some time been accused by many in Britain as a powerful spook behind the scenes in government, especially when... Read more »
Aidan Corless

Affairs of the Nation

AIDAN CORLESS’S UNFORTUNATE TENANT

AIDAN CORLESS is a busy man, juggling his roles as software company boss and charity chairman with overseeing a sprawling rental empire in Dublin (although he also has properties in... Read more »
Neil O'Connell

Affairs of the Nation

NEIL O’CONNELL’S WILD ROOTS

WHILE ELECTRIC Picnic folded up its tents last weekend after another sell-out shindig, there was rather less to celebrate in the grounds of Hazelwood House farm in Co Sligo this... Read more »
Freddie Scappaticci Iain Livingstone

Affairs of the Nation

MI5’S MISSING SCAPPATICCI FILES

NO ONE familiar with the manner in which the UK has conducted inquiries into allegations of British dirty tricks over the last half century will be surprised that MI5 failed... Read more »
Niall Campion VRAI

Affairs of the Nation

VIRTUAL SOLDIERS

DOES THE Government and defence minister Micheál Martin believe they have solved the recruitment crisis in the Defence Forces with pretend soldiers? RTÉ News recently ran a fluff piece on... Read more »

Pillars of Society

MacDara Kelleher

Pillars of Society

PROFILE: MACDARA KELLEHER

THE NEWS that the 2002 Roy Keane/Mick McCarthy Saipan bloodbath is being brought to the big screen is set to bring some added attention... Read more »

The Young Bloods

Hazel de Nortuin

The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: HAZEL DE NORTÚIN

THE RETIREMENT of People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has posed an obvious question about whether her would-be successor, councillor Hazel de Nortúin, can... Read more »

Fit to Print?

Brendan O'Connor

Fit to Print?

‘COOL KID’ BRENDAN O’CONNOR

RTÉ AND Sunday Independent front-page commentator Brendan O’Connor clearly felt the need to reinvent himself as a man with empathy when he moved over to his primary role of RTÉ... Read more »
Drew Harris Deputy Commissioner

Fit to Print?

GARDA INTEL FEARS

NATIONAL SECURITY fears were issued via the media and its supportive crime journalists late last year when the punitive pension tax bills facing those that might take the job of... Read more »
Derry O’Rourke

Fit to Print?

‘IRISH TIMES’ CENSORS

COVERAGE OF the recent conviction of prolific child abuser Derry O’Rourke in the Irish Times was a commendable, warranted catalogue of outrage against O’Rourke and empathy with his victims, expressed... Read more »

Last Refuge

Eileen Lynch Cork FG

Last Refuge

FEMALE FINANCE PROBLEM FOR HARRIS

TAOISEACH SIMON Harris has a serious political, financial and feminist problem on his hands with Cork City and County Fine Gael (FG) proving to be an almost female-candidate-free area as... 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

IRELAND’S MALI ADVENTURE

THE TRUTH behind media reports of a Mali-Islamic motive for the knifing of Fr Murphy in Galway will have to wait for the trial of the teenager charged with the... 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

DARYL BARRON’S COMMUNITY WORK

COOLOCK SAYS NO campaigners appear to have split several ways following their alliance with British fascists and loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast, with various new names being used by those claiming... Read more »
Jennifer Thatcher Carroll MacNeil

Last Refuge

DEFENCE MINISTER DEFENCELESS

THE NEWLY appointed junior minister for European affairs and defence, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, has been putting herself about in the media since her assignment. This is partly down to her... Read more »

Hush Hush

Johnny Adair Patrick Quinlan

Hush Hush

NEW RIGHT (DIS)UNITY

EFFORTS BY disparate new right groups to translate anti-immigration sentiment into unified electoral success have been seriously undermined by a section of the anti-immigrant movement in the south recently lining... Read more »

Bog Cuttings

Bog-Cuttings-Defaul

Bog Cuttings

BOG CUTTINGS

‘STONE DRUNK’ Shane McKenny (37) of Tower View, Tenure, appeared before Drogheda District Court charged with the theft of €80 worth of perfume from Hickey’s Pharmacy in Drogheda on June... Read more »

Fowl Emissions

Anne Rabbitte Lumcloon Energy

Fowl Emissions

PSEUDO SOLAR GIFTS

It’s not unusual for an energy company to throw a lot of cash at a rural community when trying to build a big fossil fuel plant in their midst. It’s... 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

WHAT A WIZZ!

Last week Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air launched an ‘All you can fly’ annual ticket. “What’s not to love?” asked a BBC online article. Indeed. On RTÉ’s News At One,... Read more »

The Hot Air Brigade

Dylan McGrath

The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

Hospitality is changing and we believe our strong work ethic is better applied to new and different opportunities. Celebrity chef Dylan McGrath explains why he has closed two of his... Read more »

High Society

High Society

John Reddington

High Society

REDDINGTON’S RIDE

CONGRATULATIONS TO London-based construction magnate John Reddington, who hails from Bohola in Co Mayo. Last week, the minted part-time jockey returned west of the... 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

MAGNIER’S RACING ROYALTY

FANS OF Goldhawk will know about the various private tours of horse racing establishments now being offered by top trainers and breeders, proving them... Read more »

High Society

Tresillian House

High Society

DISCOUNT SPECIAL IN FOXROCK

GOLDHAWK SPIES that the sale of a Brighton Road pile called Tresillian House, sitting on an acre (and including a two-bedroom bungalow), has finally taken place, a full three years... Read more »

Behind the Scenes

Catherine Martin IMMA

Behind the Scenes

CATHERINE MARTIN’S ‘NUANCE’

GOOD TO see arts minister Catherine Martin finally getting around to advertising the vacancies on the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). The procrastinating minister has managed... 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

PADDY LOU’S LOLLY

EARLIER this month (see The Phoenix 9/8/24), when no 2024 quarterly funding decisions had appeared on the Screen Ireland (SI) website, a curious Goldhawk lobbed in a couple of queries... Read more »

Sport of Kings

Brendan Holland

Sport of Kings

BREEZE DOWNS?

BRENDAN ‘BLARNEY’ Holland of Grove Stud – the newly elected chairman of the Breeze-Up Consignors Association (BUCA) – has spooked the horses over proposed new breeze-up sales at Goffs and... 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

‘AL RIFFA’S’ FRENCH ADVENTURE

The Joseph O’Brien-trained Al Riffa was the subject of some bluster on X, courtesy of Kevin Blake, following the nag’s win at Hoppergarten in the Group 1 German Westminster 134th... Read more »
Brendan Duke Adrian Murray Mick Bailey

Sport of Kings

DUKE DELIVERS

POPULAR CURRAGH trainer Brendan Duke returned from the wilderness earlier this month to saddle the Liam Tougher-owned Ballysax Hank for a win in the bank holiday bumper at Cork. Ridden... Read more »

Moneybags

Moneybags

Rita-Rose Gagne

Moneybags

HAMMERSON DROPS €½BN ON ITS SALE OF VALUE RETAIL STAKE

INVESTORS DON’T like surprises. The CEO since November 2020 of Hammerson plc, the largest retail property investor in this country, is Rita-Rose Gagné and... Read more »

Moneybags

Myles O'Grady BoI

Moneybags

BANK OF IRELAND PROFITS FROM DUOPOLY BUT SHARES UNDERVALUED

ALONG WITH seeking to ensure that the Irish banking system is a solid one, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has a key role... Read more »

Briefcases

Bill McCabe

Briefcases

BILL MCCABE’S IMPLANTS

A FEW months after the liquidation of the heavily indebted breast implant manufacturer Global Consolidated Aesthetics Ltd (which was backed by the likes of veteran investor Bill McCabe), another company... Read more »
Mark Quick 9th Impact

Briefcases

9TH IMPACT’S TAX GAME

DIGITAL GAMING is big business and an Irish company that has been at the forefront in recent years is 9th Impact, which was set up a decade ago by pals... Read more »
Joan Fitzpatrick KML

Briefcases

KITE MEDICAL’S TURBULENCE

A YEAR and a half after collapsing into liquidation, the final wind up meeting has been held for Kite Medical Ltd (KML). While there was a few bob to be... Read more »
Denis Coleman Cognito HRM

Briefcases

WORKCOMPASS LOSES ITS WAY

ELSEWHERE IN this issue (see p5) Goldhawk looks at the adventures of Dundrum-based businessman, landlord and philanthropist Aidan Corless, who is now in situ as CEO of a software outfit... Read more »