Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

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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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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