Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

MARY LOU CHILLS OUT MARTIN

October 19, 2022

MICHEÁL MARTIN, Shane Ross and other journalists have accused Sinn Féin, and Mary Lou McDonald in particular, of having a “chilling… spooked” effect... Read more »

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‘IRISH TIMES’ EDITORIAL WINS OUT

October 19, 2022

FOR MANY years the commercial side of the house in Tara Street tended to win out over the lofty editorial staff with their... Read more »

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FRANCES RUANE’S NEW DRAMA

October 19, 2022

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see a tender notice has been published by the Abbey Theatre, seeking applications from consultants to carry out what... Read more »

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OUT OF AFRICA

October 19, 2022

IRISH WOMAN Lynn Sheehan has just been appointed head of operations of the EU’s advisory mission in Ukraine. This follows her service as... Read more »

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AOIFE GALLAGHER’S INSTITUTE

October 19, 2022

CONGRATULATIONS TO journalist-turned-analyst Aoife Gallagher, who has managed to generate a huge amount of publicity for her new book, Web of Lies (The... Read more »

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BERTIE MOVING BACK CENTRE STAGE?

October 19, 2022

WHY HAS the question of Bertie Ahern re-joining Fianna Fáil suddenly become an issue and why does the former taoiseach appear willing to... Read more »

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RANDOX’S RAP ON THE KNUCKLES

October 19, 2022

THE Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has issued its latest findings into alleged breaches of its code, including complaints about the seriously... Read more »

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CULTURE CLUB

October 19, 2022

THERE HAS been a flurry of letter writing activity in the Irish Times this month relating to the little-known Irish Banking Culture Board... Read more »

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TEVIAN’S TRAVAILS

October 19, 2022

A JUDGMENT has just been registered by PR queen Caroline Kennedy against the fabulously named Tevian Mirrelson, who previously came to the attention... Read more »

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LAW SOCIETY ABSTENTIONISTS

October 19, 2022

HOW EMBARRASSING. With elections pending to the Law Society Council, members have been informed there will be no such election as not enough... Read more »

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MICHEÁL MARTIN’S NIMBYISM

October 6, 2022

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin became a little tetchy last Sunday when Justin McCarthy of RTÉ’s This Week programme reminded him that he had described... Read more »

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MICHAEL D’S NEW YORK PALS

October 6, 2022

TWO SIGNIFICANT twists in the ongoing saga of the attempt to sell off the prestigious American Irish Historical Society (AIHS) building in New... Read more »

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BARNIVILLE DEFENDS ‘PRIVATE’ JUDGES

October 6, 2022

WITH IMPECCABLE timing, just as the first ever judicial misconduct complaints procedure is due, High Court president Mr Justice David Barniville proceeds to... Read more »

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KINCORA COVER-UP — AGAIN

October 6, 2022
THE KINCORA Boys’ Home scandal, as old as the northern Troubles, not only refuses to go away but now threatens to burst into the... Read more »

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AID FOR DALAI LAMA

October 6, 2022

the 87-year-old Dalai Lama must be wondering where Robo is when you need her, as a Trinity College Dublin (TCD) committee agonises about... Read more »

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GUNS’N’HOUSES

October 6, 2022

THE “MODEST” 5.6% increase in Irish defence spending – to €1.174bn – in Budget 2023 appeared not to cause any negative reaction from... Read more »

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AER LINGUS HACKED AGAIN?

October 6, 2022

WHEN AER LINGUS suffered a significant IT outage on September 10, Goldhawk pointed out that the account provided by the airline made little... Read more »

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FINE GAEL BORDER POLL

October 6, 2022

MORE EVIDENCE of Leo Varadkar’s cunning plot to outmanoeuvre Micheál Martin on the national question (see The Phoenix 9/9/22) came with his appearance... Read more »

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FF/FG CIVIL WARS

October 6, 2022

THE PERSISTENCE of Cork City Fine Gael councillors and others in their quest to honour Michael Collins with the erection of a statue... Read more »

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CAUGHT RED HANDED

October 6, 2022

CONTROVERSIAL LOYALIST Jolene Bunting was elected to Belfast City Council in 2014. Offensive comments about Muslims, jokes about the famine and allowing British... Read more »

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RYANAIR’S BUSINESS CLASS

September 22, 2022

THERE WAS A bumpy landing for those financial hacks who booked their tickets for the Ryanair AGM in north County Dublin last week.... Read more »

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MYSTERY IT CRASH AT AER LINGUS

September 22, 2022

THE COMPUTERISED IT system at Aer Lingus suffered a significant crash on Saturday September 10, from 9am to 5.30pm. The disruption caused the... Read more »

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NEW CHAIR FOR RTÉ

September 22, 2022

NEXT WEEK is the closing date for applicants seeking to land the plum job of chairperson of RTÉ. There should be plenty of... Read more »

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BILL SHIPSEY’S ART WORK

September 22, 2022

IT WAS surprising to see former barrister Bill Shipsey caught in the crosshairs last week, when Amnesty International (AI) commenced legal proceedings against... Read more »

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CLEVER TREVOR’S SPEAKERS

September 22, 2022

INTERESTING TO see who is speaking at the upcoming ‘Icon’ series at the Little Museum of Dublin, where director Trevor White has signed... Read more »

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LIZ TRUSS’S ‘ETHICAL’ SPYMASTER

September 22, 2022

British teasock Liz Truss appears determined to maintain his majesty’s ship of state on a collision course with the EU. If she hopes... Read more »

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KING CHARLES AND THE IRISH

September 22, 2022

THE MEDIA seemed to be competing with their British counterparts when it came to recording the devotion of the British royals’ would-be subjects... Read more »

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SHE LOVED US, SHE LOVED US NOT

September 22, 2022

YOU HAVE to hand it to the late Queen Elizabeth, whose act in coming over all friendly toward Ireland in recent years was... Read more »

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GERRY O’BRIEN’S BUDGET PLOT

September 22, 2022

IN A flurry of recent social media publicity on Facebook and Instagram, Gerry O’Brien, the president of the Irish Equity actors and performers... Read more »

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UKRAINIAN SILVER LINING

September 8, 2022

WITH AROUND 50,000 Ukrainian refugees now in Ireland, accommodating them has obviously caused some headaches. What is interesting, however, is that millions of... Read more »

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VARADKAR’S NORTHERN PLOT

September 8, 2022

WHILE Taoiseach Micheál Martin mulls over his chances of surviving as Fianna Fáil leader until the next election, his replacement as leader of... Read more »

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GELDOF’S ‘TENANT’

September 8, 2022

WHEN MOTORMOUTH, and landlord, Bob Geldof paid a flying visit to Ireland this summer to visit Skibbereen and recall famine atrocities, he presumably... Read more »

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ED GUINEY’S MOVIE MARATHONS

September 8, 2022

IT MAY have come as something of a surprise that the biggest movie hit of the season by far, Tom Cruise’s Top Gun:... Read more »

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KENNEL CLUB’S NEXT DOGFIGHT

September 8, 2022

FRIDAY NIGHT sees the latest monthly gathering of Irish Kennel Club (IKC) members, many of whom continue to fear a sale of the... Read more »

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MI6 FIGHT BORIS RETURN

September 8, 2022

BORIS JOHNSON ended his premiership with a campaign for his political rehabilitation and return via a ‘farewell tour’, showcasing his achievements to the... Read more »

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‘IRISH TIMES’ EDITORIAL CONTEST

September 8, 2022

THE RACE to become the new editor at the Irish Times will be more complex, political even, than normal with the ascendancy of... Read more »

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