Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

FORUM FREE SPEECH

June 29, 2023

THE SECURITY forum heard much from its chair, Dame Louise Richardson, about her desire to “ensure freedom of speech” and for “maximum participation”... Read more »

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INCITEMENT TO HATE CONSEQUENCES

June 29, 2023

The recent conviction of James Allchurch — online pseudonym, Sven Longshanks — from Wales has created quite a stir within Irish far-right circles.... Read more »

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‘INDO’ EXPOSES GREEN TD

June 29, 2023

IN A story that should have wiped Ryan Tubridy off the front pages, Irish Independent political editor Philip Ryan has ruthlessly exposed a... Read more »

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RONAN MCNALLY’S GOOD NEWS

June 28, 2023

THERE WAS some good news for errant trainer Ronan McNally last week, although he still carries a hell of a handicap. The Irish... Read more »

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CURRENCY EXCHANGE

June 28, 2023

AS THE RTÉ saga gathered momentum, The Currency business media website has had its fair share of exposure courtesy of RTÉ. Not surprisingly,... Read more »

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RUSSIAN ROULETTE IN THE DÁIL

June 15, 2023
AN INTRIGUING EXCHANGE recently occurred in the Dáil between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and People before Profit TD Paul Murphy, which appeared to demolish much... Read more »

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CATHERINE MARTIN’S €1.85M GRANT

June 15, 2023
ARTS MINISTER Catherine Martin was delighted to bask in the positive publicity surrounding the purchase by the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) of Paul... Read more »

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NAEEM MANIAR’S FROZEN FOOD

June 15, 2023
THE RATHER discreet change of ownership at the Iceland stores has resulted in raised temperatures in the frozen food chain, where the new owner,... Read more »

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UNA MCGURK’S WRIT

June 15, 2023

OUTSPOKEN SENIOR counsel Una McGurk has been tweeting about the incoming hate speech legislation but she has also been keeping an eye on... Read more »

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SPOOKY SPEAKERS

June 15, 2023

HOW APPROPRIATE that the first speaker to address Micheál Martin’s opening panel at the forum on security policy (see also p11) this month... Read more »

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NUNAN’S TOUGH TASK

June 15, 2023

CHILDREN’S MINISTER Roderic O’Gorman’s choice of Sheila Nunan to lead negotiations with churches on contributions to the long-awaited, miserly Mother & Baby Institutions... Read more »

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BAUER’S RADIO INTERFERENCE

June 15, 2023

THIS WEEK the High Court will hear deliberations regarding the action initiated by DJ and radio presenter Dave Macardle against his new employers,... Read more »

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GARETH MCALLISTER’S BACKERS

June 15, 2023
WITH IT getting harder to avoid tripping over the latest new whiskey distillery to pop up (see p17), it is not surprising to learn... Read more »

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KINCORA WON’T GO AWAY

June 15, 2023
THE DECADES-old snake pit that is the former Kincora Boys’ Home in Belfast, where children were abused in blackmail tactics against unionist politicians and... Read more »

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AI TO SCAN ALL EU PRIVATE MESSAGES?

June 15, 2023
AN INCREASINGLY burning issue concerns multinationals and states accessing the public’s personal data. In the last month alone, politicians in Ireland have voiced concern... Read more »

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The Phoenix 40th Edition

June 1, 2023

The 40th edition is packed with interesting and amusing stories from 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s and up to 2020. Also includes regular issue... Read more »

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FG LEADERSHIP PARALYSIS

June 1, 2023
MANY FINE GAEL TDs and senators want Simon Harris to get a move on and go for the leadership of the party but the... Read more »

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CATCH THE WIND

June 1, 2023

While touted by some as Ireland’s green energy moonshot, the backlash against offshore wind energy seems to be gathering pace, long before a... Read more »

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RYEVALE HOUSE RESISTANCE

June 1, 2023

THERE IS still significant opposition to the decision to use the impressive Ryevale House outside Leixlip, Co Kildare, to provide emergency accommodation for... Read more »

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JOE MACKEN’S FORMER PARTNER

June 1, 2023

GOLDHAWK’S one-time favourite restaurateur Joe Macken (see Young Blood 6/4/12) was in the news again last week when he took a pop at... Read more »

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MI5 MACHINATIONS

June 1, 2023

HIS MAJESTY’S legislation to snuff out Troubles-related legacy cases looks like it will pass into law this year. The probe into the RUC’s... Read more »

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BEDS BONANZA IN D6

June 1, 2023
THE BLOCKADE in Inch and the burnt-out tent village in Dublin city centre have focused attention on the issues surrounding the housing of asylum... Read more »

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HAUGHEY’S GUBU ENEMIES

June 1, 2023

Harry McGEE’S new book, The Murderer and the Taoiseach, describes the homicides perpetrated by Malcolm McArthur in 1982. Sensationally, McArthur was arrested while... Read more »

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WHITE EUROPEANS

May 30, 2023

At the Aviva Stadium last October, defence department secretary general Jacqui McCrum opened proceedings at ‘Building the ecosystem – identifying connections for collaboration... Read more »

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NORMAN’S WISDOM

May 30, 2023

NORMAN CROWLEY’S fans in the Irish Times gave him another outing in the paper earlier this month, where the ‘energy efficient solutions’ motor... Read more »

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IN DEFENCE OF PADDY COSGRAVE

May 18, 2023

IT WAS hardly surprising to see the ‘nwl’ Twitter account wading into the controversy over Paddy Cosgrave’s €1m in funding for The Ditch... Read more »

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FAKE TAN AT NEWSTALK

May 18, 2023

MUCH HAS been written about the Irish Times’s chatbot debacle and there are plenty of red faces on Tara Street this week. It turns... Read more »

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PADDY KEHOE’S ROUGH RIDE

May 18, 2023

HORSERACING PUNTERS have been enjoying the incendiary online spat between one Paddy Kehoe, the owner of racehorse Princess Zoe, and her former trainer,... Read more »

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ÁINE MORIARTY’S ACADEMY REBOOT

May 18, 2023

THE IRISH Film and Television Academy (Ifta) production directed by Áine Moriarty was back from the Zoom wilderness for an in-person event this... Read more »

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LIGHT TOUCH GARDA RESPONSE

May 18, 2023

THE POLICY of light-touch policing that gardaí have used to deal with far-right protests and provocations in recent months was again evident last... Read more »

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FR MCMANUS’S PRESS RELEASE

May 18, 2023

The Belfast Telegraph has excommunicated the Irish National Caucus (INC). Fr Sean McManus, founder of the INC – which lobbies the US Congress... Read more »

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WILL THE NATO CAMPAIGN WORK?

May 18, 2023

IF THE Born-Again-Redmondites (BARs) in Government fail to deliver Irish neutrality up to the dogs of war in Nato and Brussels, it will... Read more »

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GOOD ENERGY NEWS?

May 18, 2023

It’s almost 20 years since Ireland’s first offshore windfarm came into operation. By today’s standards, the 2004 Arklow Bank windpark is a tiddler,... Read more »

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DENAMING TCD’S MAKTOUM CENTRE?

May 4, 2023
THE HIGH-profile decision of the board in Trinity College to ‘dename’ the Berkeley Library has attracted plenty of attention. Goldhawk wonders why there isn’t... Read more »

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HAMISH MACAULEY’S FISH SUPPER

May 4, 2023

GOLDHAWK THOROUGHLY enjoyed the Oirish Sun’s Punchestown splash on bloodstock agent Hamish Macauley last weekend. He is certainly a chap on the move... Read more »

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OONAGH BUCKLEY’S APOLOGY

May 4, 2023

IT DIDN’T take the interim chair of An Bord Pleanála (ABP) too long to issue an apology to top planning lawyer Fred Logue,... Read more »

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