Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

IRISH NEUTRALITY OVER, SAYS ‘EXPERT’

February 9, 2023

THE ASSERTION by Lieutenant General Esa Polkkinen, director general of policy at Finland’s defence ministry, that neutrality is “over” for Ireland and that... Read more »

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AND THE AWARD DOESN’T GO TO …

February 9, 2023

AMIDST THE hoo-ha about Oscar nominations for five Irish actors, there’s been no talk about whether any of them has been subject to... Read more »

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FLORIAN HAUFE’S CRIME ACADEMY

February 9, 2023

ON VALENTINE’S Day, a creditors’ meeting is to be held to wind up an entity called the Financial Crime Academy Ltd. This was... Read more »

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NORMAL PEOPLE

February 9, 2023

PEOPLE ROUTINELY accept risks associated with motoring that they would find intolerable in almost any other walk of life, according to new research.... Read more »

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GARDA AND HARD RIGHT

January 26, 2023

GARDA COMMISSIONER Drew Harris OBE grabbed the headlines this month when he described some of those involved in the anti-refugee protests as having... Read more »

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HANDICAPPING MICHAEL HALFORD

January 26, 2023

GOLDHAWK WAS surprised to spot that a company called Copper Beech Racing Ltd has just collapsed into liquidation. This is the business established... Read more »

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AMNESTY FOR BILL SHIPSEY?

January 26, 2023

INTERESTING TO see that Art for Amnesty (AfA), fronted by ex-legal eagle Bill Shipsey, has advised the Companies Office of a name change... Read more »

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ROBBIE HENSHAW’S VITAMINS

January 26, 2023

RUGBY INTERNATIONAL Robbie Henshaw, who is set to return from injury, featured heavily at the weekend in the run-up to the start of... Read more »

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NO BONE FOR NOEL SMYTH

January 26, 2023

REGIME CHANGE came to the Irish Kennel Club (IKC) earlier this month and this could be bad news for Goldhawk’s old pal, Noel... Read more »

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DONOHOE: HOLD THE BACK PAGE!

January 26, 2023

THE EFFORTS by Paschal Donohoe, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to resist an exposé of his dodgy election returns was initially supplemented by... Read more »

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CANCELLING KEVIN HIGGINS

January 26, 2023

THE COMPLIMENTARY obits to the late poet Kevin Higgins last weekend did not quite do justice to the bard’s talent and wit. Nor... Read more »

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SUZANNE LAURIE’S INSTITUTE

January 26, 2023

WHILE THE health and wellness sector has been thriving in recent years, a Dublin-registered company, owned by Suzanne Laurie and Laurence Dann, that... Read more »

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FOOD ‘VISIONARY’ McCONALOGUE

January 26, 2023

WITH PRESSURE growing on all sectors to find ways to meet their legally binding emissions reduction targets, recent research conducted by the Irish... Read more »

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DONOHOE’S SIPO COMPLAINT

January 12, 2023

EUROPEAN POSTER-BOY boy Paschal Donohoe, now public expenditure minister and recently re-elected as president of the Eurogroup, may have his glistening image tarnished... Read more »

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HEAVING GOING FOR TRAINERS

January 12, 2023

A DEVASTATING ruling by the Court of Appeal has meant a very bad start to 2023 for the new regime at the Irish... Read more »

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MARTIN’S DIPLOMACY

January 12, 2023

IT’S BEEN a rough year for Russian diplomats on Dublin’s Orwell Road since Russia invaded Ukraine, when the Russian embassy became a focus... Read more »

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BRUSSELS BAGGAGE

January 12, 2023

THERE HAS, not surprisingly, been acres of space devoted to the scandal over cash-fuelled lobbying by the Qatari government of European Parliament members,... Read more »

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STILL STANDING AND SHOUTING

January 12, 2023

NEARLY 40 years ago to the day – January 7, 1983 – The Phoenix rose from the ashes of a previous media venture... Read more »

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BLUESHIRT PLAYBOOK

January 12, 2023

SOME AGEING Fine Gael members have been muttering about Irish Times anti-American liberals who blame the antics of Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s fascist... Read more »

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GARDAÍ’S GOOD TIMING

January 12, 2023

JUST BEFORE Christmas there was a high-profile conference, called ‘Breaking the Silence’, held in Dublin focusing on issues to do with the sex... Read more »

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HARRY’S GAME OF CHESS

January 12, 2023

RICHARD KEMP, a former commander of British armed forces in Afghanistan and ex-chair of the Cobra Intelligence Group – co-ordinating MI5 and MI6... Read more »

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TURN AROUND FOR LEGAL EAGLE

January 12, 2023

LIMERICK SOLICITOR Gerard O’Neill will have been pleased at the fight back he successfully mounted against press statements issued by the Irish Small... Read more »

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NEW REGIME IN ROSSLARE

January 12, 2023

DESPITE THE hectic social calendars of members of Rosslare Golf Club, they somehow found time to squeeze in an extraordinary general meeting on... Read more »

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KISS AND TELL?

December 15, 2022

THE MEDIA handling of that video showing incoming Taoiseach Leo Varadkar kissing a man in a nightclub combined a mixture of fear, ethical... Read more »

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BIO-BOYCOTT

December 15, 2022

THOUGH YOU would struggle to find a mention of it anywhere across Ireland’s media, the most important international conference on nature and biodiversity... Read more »

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A LOTTO MONEY

December 15, 2022

IRELAND’S NATIONAL Lottery has been in the spotlight recently as a result of the introduction of legislation relating to gambling and on foot... Read more »

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ROCHE BELOW PAR

December 15, 2022

THE AGM of Rosslare Golf Club last week proved rather eventful, with former senior newspaper man Michael Roche finding himself ousted as chairman.... Read more »

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MCNALLY’S NAGS

December 15, 2022

CONTROVERSIAL HORSE TRAINER Ronan McNally is planning heavy going for the stewards of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) when his punishment is... Read more »

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RENA MAYCOCK’S MANY HATS

December 15, 2022

THE MULTI-TALENTED Rena Maycock was celebrating last week when she was informed that the state had become a major backer of her fledgling... Read more »

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NOT-SO-RICH FOOD

December 15, 2022

ALTHOUGH IT was announced nearly three years ago that high-profile Michelin-starred restaurant L’Ecrivain in D2 was to close down for good, it was... Read more »

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TOO MUCH INFORMATION?

December 15, 2022

HEATHER HUMPHREYS has been social protection minister for two-and-a-half years but appears to have been unaware until recently of the convulsions inside the... Read more »

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KELLY’S HEROES

December 15, 2022

HERMANN KELLY, leader of the Irish Freedom Party (IFP), has been reinvigorated in recent weeks. Not only has he led his party activists... Read more »

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LEO KICKS TO TOUCH

December 15, 2022

THERE HAS been plenty of water under the bridge since Goldhawk highlighted the hugely expensive arbitration process that was left hanging over IDA... Read more »

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BASHING BLACKROCK BOYS

December 1, 2022

RUADHÁN MAC CORMAIC has handled his first crisis as Irish Times editor by ignoring it and Róisín ‘Bungle’ Ingle’s loud, long sneer at... Read more »

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NEW CHAIRPERSON AT RTÉ

December 1, 2022

THE APPOINTMENT by Catherine Martin’s of Siún Ní Raghallaigh as chairwoman of RTÉ will not be too big a surprise to those who... Read more »

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BALLS.IE SCORES

December 1, 2022

WITH THE World Cup in Qatar driving footie fans even to the outer reaches of the internet in search of more and more... Read more »

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