Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

MI5’s BENIGN ROLE IN IRELAND

April 6, 2023

THE NEW book by veteran British author and broadcaster Peter Taylor, Operation Chiffon, has much to say about MI5’s activities in Ireland. It... Read more »

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ONLY OUR RIVERS RUN FREE

April 6, 2023

A PLANNING row that began in 2012 over an Athlone marina has turned into a major confrontation involving Waterways Ireland (WI), Westmeath County... Read more »

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ELLIE KISYOMBE KEEPS BUSY

April 5, 2023

NO DOUBT one-time Social Democrats local election candidate Ellie Kisyombe was breathing a sign of relief last month when she was given just... Read more »

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CIARA FLOOD’S BANKERS

April 5, 2023

AS THE dust settles on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), assorted Irish customers with loan facilities are breathing a sigh of... Read more »

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FRANCESCA’S SWISS ROLE

March 23, 2023

WHILE THERE has been acres of space devoted to the trials and tribulations of Credit Suisse in the business media in particular, the... Read more »

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ENDA MCNULTY’S PERFORMANCE

March 23, 2023

IT HAS been hard to avoid the dulcet tones of former Armagh All-Ireland winning full-back Enda McNulty in recent weeks as he has... Read more »

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€20M ‘KIN’ CONUNDRUM

March 23, 2023

WHILE THE crux of the opening episode of RTÉ’s second series of Kin (see review p23) is the €90m cost of the Kinsella... Read more »

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TED CUNNINGHAM’S COURT CASE

March 23, 2023

THE LATEST development relating to Tipperary farmer Patrick Quirke’s conviction for murdering Bobby Ryan (aka DJ Mr Moonlight) in 2011 has been the... Read more »

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ENDA KENNY’S SPACE MISSION

March 23, 2023

THE COLOURFUL story of an alleged spy working for the National Space Centre (NSC) in Cork got quite the kicking in the Sindo... Read more »

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MICHEÁL MARTIN’S NEW FRIENDS

March 23, 2023

AS The Phoenix has repeatedly pointed out, the Government, and in particular Micheál Martin, has in the last year moved further and further... Read more »

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BARON’S PAEAN TO EOGHAN HARRIS

March 23, 2023

THE ULTIMATE British Tory journalist, Charles Moore – official biographer of the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher and past editor of the Daily Telegraph,... Read more »

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IFA ‘MODERATES’

March 23, 2023

If you run an industrial operation where there is a risk of pollution, you will require a licence from the Environmental Protection Agency... Read more »

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MANCHESTER BOMB: MI5 INCOMPETENCE

March 23, 2023

MI5 DIRECTOR GENERAL Ken McCallum has said he is “profoundly sorry” that his service did not prevent the Manchester Arena suicide bombing, in... Read more »

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SUE GRAY STILL TO RUN UK?

March 8, 2023

THE MOST powerful woman in Britain – according to various British sources – is Sue Gray and she has now emerged as British... Read more »

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LITTLE MUSEUM, BIG BRANDS

March 8, 2023

CLEVER TREVOR WHITE, director of the Little Museum of Dublin, exudes ethical concern for children, climate and other issues as manifest in various... Read more »

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MODEST ANNE HARRIS

March 8, 2023

THE HEROISM attributed to TD Catherine Murphy by Anne Harris in the Irish Times this week was a study in selfless endeavour untainted... Read more »

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BRENDAN MULLIN SCORES

March 8, 2023

INTERESTING TO see a judgment for the sum of €163,000 being registered against a property development company by one Brendan Mullin – former... Read more »

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PRINCE KHALED’S IRISH JET

March 8, 2023

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see that a colourful Saudi prince, Khaled, who owns the most expensive house in the UK, is currently embroiled... Read more »

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TRICOLOURS AND THE FAR RIGHT

March 8, 2023

SOME OF the boneheads running the Irish far-right scene have stumbled on the contradictions of cosying up to right-wing extremists and criminals from... Read more »

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CONSULATE’S OSCAR PERFORMANCE

March 8, 2023

THERE IS one possible result at Sunday’s Oscars that may not be top of the wish list for film funding agency Screen Ireland.... Read more »

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ROBERT QUIRKE’S MALTESE MOOLAH

March 8, 2023

THE Comptroller and Auditor General’s scathing report into the farce surrounding HSE spending on ventilators in the early days of the Covid pandemic... Read more »

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BURNING ISSUE

March 8, 2023

If an outsider were to land in rural Ireland for the first time in recent weeks, what would be their enduring impression of... Read more »

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BERTIE AHERN’S REAL AGENDA

February 22, 2023

WHETHER INSPIRED by some devious and cunning politician or whether they became obsessed with Bertie Ahern’s presumed presidential ambitions, journalists en masse were... Read more »

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DUNCAN’S DOSH

February 22, 2023
LAST WEEKEND climate activist and environmental campaigner Duncan Stewart got a run-out on Brendan O’Connor’s Radio 1 show on foot of the unpopular decision... Read more »

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MICHAEL O’LEARY ON THE BUSES

February 22, 2023

IN DECEMBER last, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary made one of his trademark outbursts, this time with a target that, even by his standards, was... Read more »

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CIARA KELLY’S MORNING MOOLAH

February 22, 2023

AS ONE of star agent Noel O’Kelly’s roster of ‘talent’, doctor-turned-broadcaster Ciara Kelly is proving quite the earner. The Newstalk presenter’s profile on... Read more »

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FINTAN CALLS TIME ON BIDEN

February 22, 2023

FINTAN O’TOOLE is probably the most influential opinion former in Ireland and thus far he has laid most blame for the war in... Read more »

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SISTERS’ SUMMIT

February 22, 2023

IT LOOKS like Dublin’s Convention Centre will be the hot ticket in May when Executive Women Gathering (EWG), described as “Ireland’s largest female... Read more »

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IRISH MEDIA AT WAR

February 22, 2023

A REHASHED article that has effectively been published already by the Irish Times, Irish Independent, RTÉ, BBC and now the Sunday Times again... Read more »

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IDLIB: IRELAND’S IMPACT

February 22, 2023

THE EARTHQUAKES that hit south-eastern Turkey and north-western Syria caused widespread destruction of property and tens of thousands of death. The region has... Read more »

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BAD APPLES

February 22, 2023

DAVID BURKE, the specialist author on British intelligence in Ireland, is shortly to release an old-fashioned pamphlet entitled An Orchard of Bad Apples... Read more »

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DOUG TAYLOR’S PRIZE MONEY

February 9, 2023

IT LOOKS like the champagne corks could be popping soon in Ridgewood House, home of colourful millionaire Doug Taylor. The Sunday Times reported... Read more »

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MARY HARNEY’S MANY HATS

February 9, 2023

THE INCREASINGLY busy former health minister Mary Harney has popped up as a director of yet another Irish pharma business. She continues to... Read more »

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RONAN McNALLY’S ROUGH RIDE

February 9, 2023

DISGRACED TRAINER Ronan McNally will be well aware of the name Barney Curley, the renowned gambler who hijacked the only phone line available... Read more »

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OMAGH REVISITED

February 9, 2023

THERE IS a stark difference in how the British government is responding to court orders to carry out inquiries into the Omagh bombing... Read more »

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MALACHY STEENSON’S EURO PLANS

February 9, 2023

WORKING-CLASS Dub hero Malachy Steenson has recently been at more public protests against migrants than the number of political parties he has joined... Read more »

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