Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

ROSS NO-SHOW AGAINST McDOWELL

May 17, 2018

SHANE ROSS’S campaign to block Senator Michael McDowell as chair of the Oireachtas committee to implement Maurice Manning’s Seanad reform proposals – ostensibly... Read more »

DERMOT DESMOND V THE PHOENIX

May 17, 2018

DATA Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has rejected Dermot Desmond’s complaint that The Phoenix breached his privacy by publishing a photograph of him at... Read more »

ISRAEL DIPLOMACY

May 17, 2018

TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney’s dressing down of the Israeli ambassador for the latest massacre of Palestinians and his demand for a UN investigation is... Read more »

TÁNAISTE MARY LOU?

May 3, 2018

POST general election speculation has centred on whether Fianna Fáil can overtake Fine Gael (unlikely), but the real question is whether either party... Read more »

IN PURSUIT OF FILMBASE

May 3, 2018

WITH TOM Murray having now been appointed liquidator of the film resource organisation Filmbase, focus now turns to the inevitable fallout. Documents released... Read more »

VERY ‘HOT’ IRA DOCUMENTARY

May 3, 2018

THE ghost of Jean McConville, murdered by the IRA in 1972, surfaced again at the recent Hot Docs film festival in Toronto with... Read more »

CALMLY DOES IT FOR ED GUINEY

May 3, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS to Goldhawk’s favourite film producers, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, who have added another string to their bow by tapping a fund... Read more »

JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE PARANOID…

May 3, 2018

ONE standout irony amid the welter of allegations disgorged daily from the INM imbroglio is the surveillance paranoia that has seized executives at... Read more »

DINNY AND DERMO AND INM

April 19, 2018

THE MOST recent coverage of ODCE boss Ian Drennan’s affidavit on the alleged carry-on in Independent News and Media (INM) has seen mention... Read more »

IRISH FOREIGN POLICY COLLAPSE

April 19, 2018

IN JUST three weeks the disintegration of Ireland’s once honorable non-aligned foreign policy has been laid bare by the pace of events in... Read more »

IRFU KEEPS ITS EYE ON THE BALL

April 19, 2018

THE TERMINATION of the contracts of shamed rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding was never in doubt from the time the trial... Read more »

EMILY LOGAN KEEPS MUM ON EGYPT

April 19, 2018

HUMAN RIGHTS campaigning can be a tricky business as the head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), Emily Logan, found... Read more »

HYLAND’S SUITE GUYS

April 19, 2018

THERE has been rather less hype about Dublin Tech Week – Ian Hyland and Paul Connolly’s attempt to replace Paddy Cosgrave’s web summit... Read more »

IAN BAILEY: CHAPTER 84

April 19, 2018

IAN BAILEY’S hearing in the Court of Appeal this week was the first of several staging posts along the way as he continues... Read more »

FEAR AND LOATHING AT INM

April 5, 2018

THE Irish Independent innocently wondered this week about how it was “unclear” why deputy editor of the Sunday Independent, Brendan O’Connor, should be... Read more »

Reds under the bed

April 5, 2018

FOREIGN minister Simon Coveney’s statement justifying the expulsion of a Russian diplomat does not bear scrutiny and indicates a subservience to British foreign... Read more »

INM’s sub-committee

April 5, 2018

AN AWFUL lot has been written about the extraordinary events that are alleged to have unfolded at Independent News and Media (INM) in... Read more »

Justin McAleese’s mentor

April 5, 2018

BEING progressive on one issue is no guarantee of a broader political enlightenment. Mary McAleese’s son Justin, who came to prominence as a... Read more »

Olga Shajaku v Crystal Li

April 5, 2018

WHILE THE expulsion of a Russian diplomat here created waves, another Russki known to fans of Goldhawk – legal eagle Olga Shajaku –... Read more »

AIB’s Irish Times fans

March 22, 2018

DISREGARDING the vulgar populism so prevalent these days, The Irish Times has registered its appreciation of the sterling achievements of AIB chiefs. The... Read more »

ANIMUS IN COURT

March 22, 2018

THE legal actions being taken against giant multinational Volkswagen by Ballyhaunis solicitor Evan O’Dwyer on behalf of a dozen or so clients in... Read more »

Irish Times defies Michael Twee

March 22, 2018

IS President Michael D Higgins losing his touch? Higgins failed recently to bring to heel his normally adoring courtiers at The Irish Times... Read more »

Vindicating Fred Holroyd

March 22, 2018

A SENIOR British Army surgeon has backed Fred Holroyd’s claim that he was falsely sectioned as mentally ill once he began to complain... Read more »

Tania Banotti’s pay rise

March 22, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS to Tania Banotti who has just landed the job of director of the Government’s Creative Ireland programme once helmed by John Concannon.... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S HANDLER

March 22, 2018

WITH Josepha Madigan settling in as Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, an experienced PR handler has popped up as one of... Read more »

PEARSE DOHERTY’S TIMING

March 22, 2018

SINN FÉIN TD Pearse Doherty’s statement last week that he had moved in favour of abortion on request up to 12 weeks should... Read more »

EVA ORSMOND’S SWEET PROFITS

March 22, 2018

WITH THE Sugar Tax set to kick in on April 6, various experts have been making themselves heard on the issue. Few have... Read more »

RACHEL MORAN V ROISIN INGLE

March 8, 2018

AN INTERESTING Twitter spat surfaced last weekend when high profile anti sex trade campaigner Rachel Moran attacked the producers of The Irish Times... Read more »

JUDGE CON O’LEARY’S ‘OBJECTIVE BIAS’

March 8, 2018

EYEBROWS WERE raised in legal circles recently at the colourful tone of a High Court ruling that pulled no punches when criticising a... Read more »

MARTIN FRASER’S REVIEW

March 8, 2018

THAT opposition parties should criticise the selection of Martin Fraser to review the Strategic Review Unit (SCU) – over which Fraser himself presides... Read more »

IFTA’S HAPPY ENDING

March 8, 2018

GOOD NEWS for fans of the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs). The team behind the annual orgy of backslapping have managed to... Read more »