Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

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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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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