Affairs of the Nation Archives

MARY HARNEY’S TIMELY EXIT

August 8, 2019

GOLDHAWK was surprised to spy the appointment of an administrator to the UK-registered parent of Mary O’Brien’s VideoDoc operation. The good news is... Read more »

EMILY LOGAN’S APPOINTMENT

August 8, 2019

IT EMERGED at the weekend that justice minister Charlie Flanagan has stripped away the red tape previously wrapped around the re-appointment of serving... Read more »

MICHAEL NUGENT’S LUNCH DATE

August 8, 2019

INTERESTING TO see Atheist Ireland (AI) founder and High Priest Michael Nugent lending his impressive intellectual ballast to yet another unpopular cause. Last... Read more »

BAHRAIN BLAST

August 8, 2019

The recent executions in Bahrain of three Shi’ite activists were met with opprobrium from human rights groups and civil unrest in the Middle... Read more »

SEE THE QUEEN!

August 8, 2019

Boris Johnson arrived at Stormont on 31 July all bluff, bluster and bonhomie, urging the north’s parties to “seal the deal on power-sharing”.... Read more »

MATT DEMPSEY’S CAMPAIGN

August 8, 2019

BEEF FARMERS make unlikely victims but former editor of the Irish Farmers Journal (IFJ), Matt Dempsey, has fought back against the “virulent vegan”... Read more »

FILM PLOT THICKENS

August 8, 2019

EARLIER THIS month, the latest episode of the ongoing film and TV union saga played out at a meeting to discuss assorted plot... Read more »

DANIELLE’S TWEET

August 8, 2019

GOLDHAWK was curious to read a report of defamation proceedings by the father of rugby player Paddy Jackson over comments circulated on Twitter... Read more »

GALWAY RADICALS

August 8, 2019

FOLLLOWING THE recent attack on the Galway Maryam Mosque, the president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Ireland, Dr M A Malik, pointedly... Read more »

HEATHER’S HOUSE

August 8, 2019

SPARE a thought for Mark Thornburgh, who stumped up over E170,000 to help his sister Heather Perrin – the only Irish judge ever... Read more »

‘MACHO BOYS CLUB’ AT THE ‘IRISH TIMES’

July 25, 2019

THE MOST shocking news likely to be (not) reported in the Irish Times for years is the document drawn up by women in... Read more »

DECLAN CREGAN’S US TROOP MOVEMENTS

July 25, 2019

INTERESTING TO see that US customs and border pre-clearance at Shannon Airport is being expanded to include corporate jets from the Kingdom of... Read more »

MADIGAN’S FANTASY

July 25, 2019

FORMER LEINSTER and Ireland out-half Ian Madigan has been having a tough time of late, but there has now been some good news... Read more »

PAULA TIERNAN’S PAST

July 25, 2019

IRATE CIRCUIT Court judge Jacqueline Linnane claimed earlier this month that some solicitors should be more selective with the clients they take on.... Read more »

DAVID COLEMAN’S JUDGMENT

July 25, 2019

GOLDHAWK’S old friend, legal eagle David Coleman, has suffered a setback at the hands of one of those dreadful vulture funds. The high-profile... Read more »

VLAD CULLS NO-HOPE CANDIDATES

July 25, 2019

WITH NO obvious signs of mutiny after the de-selection of one or more general election candidates, Fine Gael’s director of organisation and director... Read more »

ARJUM WAJID’S ERROR

July 25, 2019

PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS were seriously embarrassed at the blunder by NUJ executive member Arjum Wajid, who had been the target of Irish NUJ executive... Read more »

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!

July 25, 2019

THE ANTI-RUSSIAN campaign in the so-called ‘Irish’ edition of the Sunday Times is reaching Cold War proportions and reflects the obsessions of Whitehall... Read more »

PATRICIA RYAN’S PROMOTION

July 25, 2019

THE RECENT handover of the presidency of the Circuit Court from Judge Raymond Groarke to Judge Patricia Ryan was met with high spirits... Read more »

BIG PHIL’S PAYBACK FROM LEO

July 11, 2019

THE ANGST-RIDDEN debate on the EU deal with South American trading block Mercosur is one thing, and it may be that the government... Read more »

SARAH O’SHEA’S FOOTBALL SKILLS

July 11, 2019

IF ALL goes according to plan on July 20, then the subsequent annual general meeting of the FAI could see a brand new... Read more »

DERMOT DESMOND’S JET LAG

July 11, 2019

SURPRISING to see three companies associated with Dermot Desmond’s former investment in a Swiss private jet hire operation being listed for striking off... Read more »

PAT QUIRKE’S RESIGNATION

July 11, 2019

THREE MONTHS on from Tipperary farmer Pat Quirke’s high-profile conviction for murder, the company he set up to run his business has just... Read more »

JUST NOT CRICKET

July 11, 2019

IT’S JUST not cricket. As England’s lions bestride the sward at Lords in the Cricket World Cup, it must be recorded, with no... Read more »

EMMETT O’NEILL’S STRATEGY

July 11, 2019

REPORTS last week that former Topaz chief executive Emmett O’Neill is looking to sell his Lovin Media group won’t have surprised Phoenix readers.... Read more »

STRIKING OFF ALAN LLOYD

July 11, 2019

GOLDHAWK spotted a legal notice last month published by the Law Society of Ireland’s Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal proclaiming that Alan Lloyd had been... Read more »

‘POST’ BACKS RTÉ

July 11, 2019

COMING JUST days after The Phoenix broke the story about Sunday Business Post owner Enda O’Coineen’s bid to buy the RTÉ Guide (see... Read more »

THRIFTY PROTESTANTS

July 11, 2019

LAST MONTH, the Irish Times carried an article headlined ‘Protestants outlive Catholics, study shows’, based on a report from the CSO. The report... Read more »

WAR LIKE FRAU

July 11, 2019

AMID THE reams of media commentary about new EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, just the barest mention has been made of... Read more »

‘IRISH TIMES’ RUSSIAN SCARE

June 27, 2019

THE increasingly hysterical tone of the Anglo-American Russian scare campaign was evident in a story splashed across the front page of the Irish... Read more »

FG DINNER DONORS

June 27, 2019

A CERTAIN apprehension spread across the bluer membership of the Law Library this week as they perceived that their civil war enemies were... Read more »

SONYA LENNON’S FASHION SENSE

June 27, 2019

CLOTHING designer (sorry “fashion guru”) and all round do-gooder Sonya Lennon has been dividing her time between assorted projects, but now one has... Read more »

DUBLIN PRIDE’S PRICE

June 27, 2019

THIS WEEKEND sees the annual Dublin Pride march organised by Jed Dowling’s Dublin LGBTQ Pride company and it promises to be the most... Read more »

AT HOME WITH DAVID DAVIES

June 27, 2019

THE SQUIRE of Abbey Leix House, David Davies, must have been delighted with the fawning coverage of his decision to put his Co... Read more »

FOXY AVERIL POWER

June 27, 2019

THE MEDIA row between Solidarity’s Ruth Coppinger TD (her bill to ban mink farming goes before the Dáil next week) and fur farmer... Read more »

DONAL KINSELLA’S COSTS

June 27, 2019

DONAL KINSELLA, former Kenmare Resources deputy chairman, hasn’t been having too much luck in the courts recently. He is best known to the... Read more »

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