Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

MI6, HAUGHEY AND THE MAFIA

June 27, 2024

AN UPCOMING book on British intelligence in Ireland, The Puppet Masters, includes new material on Patrick Crinnion of Garda intelligence, who worked for... Read more »

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BIG JOBS FOR BIG IRISH SOLDIERS

June 27, 2024

FOLLOWING THE appointment of Defence Forces chief of staff Seán Clancy as the first Irish chairman of the EU Military Committee, Irish ex-officer... Read more »

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BLUE-BLOUSE BATTLES

June 27, 2024

GOLDHAWK REPORTED in the last edition on the two Dublin Bay South (DBS) Fine Gael personalities, ex-TD Kate O’Connell and newly elected councillor... Read more »

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PLOT THICKENS IN LISTOWEL

June 13, 2024

THERE CONTINUES to be more twists and turns on the Listowel Writers’ Week (LWW) board than can be found in any thriller that... Read more »

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THE PIT BULL LOBBY

June 13, 2024

AFTER THE recent fatal dog attack in Limerick, there will be increased focus on the activities of Heather Humphreys’ new Dog Control Stakeholder... Read more »

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TOO MUCH DATA, MARIE

June 13, 2024

LAST OCTOBER the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) received an email from PR and lobbying firm FleishmanHillard to say that its client, Peter... Read more »

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PADDY CURRAN’S HEAVY GOING

June 13, 2024

AMONG THE various interesting local election results thrown up this week, Goldhawk noted the surprise defeat by a short head of Kildare Blueshirt... Read more »

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JIM O’CALLAGHAN’S INTENTIONS

June 13, 2024

MICHEÁL MARTIN was not so much elated as tremendously relieved at the local and EU election results, which basically mean he does not... Read more »

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PASCHAL DONOHOE’S PATIENT ‘ALLY’

June 13, 2024

SCENES OF jubilation among Fine Gael candidates and other senior party figures at the Dublin local election count centre in the RDS were... Read more »

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COMER BROTHERS’ PR COUP

June 13, 2024

CONGRATULATIONS TO the minted Comer brothers, Luke and Brian, who earned a quick return from their decision to splash out on some public... Read more »

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DARRAGH O’LOUGHLIN’S HANDICAP

June 13, 2024

A DRAFT copy of the long-awaited Mazars report into financial matters that were described by Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) boss Darragh O’Loughlin... Read more »

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NEUTRALITY ANNOYS EU, FG AND BRITS

June 13, 2024

After a European Parliament election campaign dominated by the issue of immigration, which was put centre stage by a cohort of ideologically committed... Read more »

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DUBLIN-MONAGHAN BOMBING FILES

June 13, 2024

Last month President Michael D Higgins told the survivors and victims’ relatives of the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bomb atrocities that it was “not morally... Read more »

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SHANE ROSS’S RECORD

May 30, 2024

MANY YEARS after he had honed it to a fine art, Sindo columnist Shane Ross was back puffing up his former boss, Tony... Read more »

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STEENSON MELTDOWN

May 30, 2024

PROMINENT ANTI-IMMIGRATION activist Malachy Steenson is standing as an Independent candidate in Dublin’s North Inner City local electoral area and the Dublin EU... Read more »

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JOHN NAGLE CARPETED

May 30, 2024

THE ONE-TIME bankrupt John ‘Payzone’ Nagle has just run into yet another spot of bother, this time courtesy of the dreaded taxman. Nagle... Read more »

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BRUCE ARNOLD’S OBITUARY

May 30, 2024

THE TIMES of London published a lovingly crafted obituary of Bruce Arnold this week under the headline: “Writer who needled the Irish establishment”.... Read more »

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MARTIN’S BACK CHANNEL RHETORIC

May 30, 2024

A FORTUITOUSLY timed declaration of recognition for Palestinian statehood – shortly before the EU and local elections – was explained last week by... Read more »

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CLANCY STANDS NEUTRALITY ON HEAD

May 30, 2024

THE TOP BRASS may not be able to put a ship to sea and may soon have to bring back press gangs to... Read more »

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SIMON PAYS

May 30, 2024

THE LIQUIDATOR is now in place at the homelessness charity, North West Simon Community (NWSC), which ran out of moolah less than two... Read more »

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OPERATION DENTON RE-VISITED

May 30, 2024

OPERATION DENTON is examining the decades-long homicidal rampage of the UVF’s infamous Glenanne Gang. Its members operated in the mid-Ulster area during the... Read more »

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GO HARVEY, GO!

May 30, 2024

THERE MUST have been high fives in the commercial department at Mediahuis last week when free-spending Harvey Norman managed to take a lofty... Read more »

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ANTON SAVAGE’S CLIENTS

May 30, 2024

NEWSTALK WEEKEND presenter Anton Savage pitched into the 2FM crisis of its departing stars – Jennifer Zamparelli, Doireann Garrihy and the 2 Johnnies... Read more »

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STARMER AND SUE GRAY’S ENEMIES

May 16, 2024

THE LIKELY advent of Labour leader Keir Starmer and his chief of staff, Sue Gray, at the helm of the British government is... Read more »

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RWANDA WARNING IGNORED

May 16, 2024

THE DRAMATIC and forceful actions being taken by the current Government to address the refugee crisis, however unsympathetic they are to refugees, indicate... Read more »

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BANK OF IRELAND’S ‘EXCEPTION’

May 16, 2024

LATER THIS month, Judge Nuala Jackson will deliver a ruling in the High Court on a matter than could have significant implications for... Read more »

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JAMES KELLY’S CRYPTO CHALLENGE

May 16, 2024

THE FIRST report from the liquidator of James Kelly’s collapsed crypto-trading operation, Gigabyte Investment Ltd (GIL), reveals that there is plenty of investigating... Read more »

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PAUL HOURICAN’S SURPRISE

May 16, 2024

AN ENGLISH firm, Igniyte Ltd, has just registered a judgment for a paltry €15,000 against a company owned by Goldhawk’s favourite landlord, Paul... Read more »

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ENDA O’COINEEN’S STRATEGY

May 16, 2024

EARLIER THIS MONTH, the Business Post published a cry to arms under a headline that warned: “The Irish media sector won’t hold out... Read more »

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NATO: WHAT’S IN A NAME?

May 16, 2024

THE AVALANCHE of articles in mainstream media demanding that Ireland abandons neutrality has been accompanied by the Defence Forces becoming closer to both... Read more »

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PADDY MERRIGAN’S WILD RIDE

May 16, 2024

FORMER JOCKEY Paddy Merrigan – who once claimed to have blown a million quid on drink, drugs and women – delivered an extended... Read more »

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‘NEITHER FANCIFUL NOR ABSURD’

May 16, 2024

FIFTY YEARS ago this month, four UVF car bombs blew apart 34 people in Dublin and Monaghan. The late Henry Barron, a retired... Read more »

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BRITS ON STICKY WICKET

May 16, 2024
BRITAIN’S UNILATERAL decision to stifle victims’ ability to seek truth and justice via its Legacy Act has been condemned not only by the Irish... Read more »

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COALITION IGNORED RWANDA WARNING

May 2, 2024

It’s not as if they didn’t know. On December 7 last year, prominent Labour MP Stella Creasy, chair of the Labour Movement for... Read more »

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VINNIE DOYLE’S BUM NOTE

May 2, 2024

THIS WEEK, rock band Cry Before Dawn will be playing a gig at Whelan’s. While a good time is guaranteed for fans, it... Read more »

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FALLON BOYS BACKTRACK

May 2, 2024

GOLDHAWK WAS as surprised as Mediahuis staff were to see that the Belgian media giant had been sniffing around online news platform The... Read more »

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